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18 BULLETIN 806, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
KANSAS. 
Distribution.—For home and local use peaches are planted very 
generally in the eastern half of Kansas. Very few are grown in the 
western part of the State. There are a few commercial orchards, 
located principally in the extreme northeastern corner of the State, 
especially in Doniphan County, and at a few poinis along the 
Arkansas River in Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, and Cowley Counties. 
Isolated orchards of local importance are also found in a few coun- | 
ties in other parts of the State. 
Variettes—While the Elberta probably predominates, a number 
of the other widely planted varieties are grown, such as the Carman, 
Minnie (Alion), Champion Belle, and Hale (J. H.). 
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 
DELAW ARE. 
Distribution.—Great changes have taken place in the status of the 
peach industry in Delaware during the last 25 or 30 years. That 
portion of the Chesapeake Peninsula which consists of Delaware 
and the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland early became a famous 
peach-producing region; in fact, it was one of the first regions in 
the country in which peach growing became a great industry. 
Peach growing reached its zenith in New Castle County in the 
late seventies. With the extension southward of peach yellows, the 
center of the industry in Delaware reached the vicinity of Wyom- 
ing, in Kent County, about 1880 to 1885, when probably the produc- 
tion was greater than at any time since. Though considerable 
change has occurred from decade to decade, the central part of Kent 
County contains relatively large mterests at present. It is probable 
that they have increased somewhat since the Thirteenth Census was 
compiled. : 
The trend of the industry following the period of its greatest 
development is indicated by the census figures presented in Table I. 
Taspre II.—Peach trees of bearing age in the different counties of Delaware 
and in the entire State. 
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Counties. 
Entire 
Census of— eae sR Te State. 
New Castle. Kent. Sussex. 
EROS ste eG Seek Ga Ah een Gein at ee eae ee pS 588,119 |} 2,335,740} 1,597,764 4,521, 623 
OQ SC ee rela tote URE Leen Ya tee 2 37, 689 824,430 | 1,579,531 2,441, 650 
1,177, 402 
TOT () Se Sa RSS oe Randa Raita sok Sie pata, Dh ie ae Se 58,175 596, 069 523,158 
Since the late seventies New Castle County, the northernmost 
county in the State, has not been prominent for peach growing as 
compared with Kent and Sussex Counties, and, as Table II shows, 
