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These districts are thus defined: (1) About the junction of the White 
and Wabash Rivers in Knox and Gibson Counties; (2) in the hilly 
section in the south-central part of the State, principaily in. Orange 
and Lawrence Counties and adjacent parts of the adjoining counties, 
including Brown, Monroe, Jackson, Washington, and Martin; (3) 
in most of the counties bordering the Ohio River; and (4) in the 
northern part of the State bordering Lake Michigan and including 
parts of Porter and Laporte Counties. 
Variettes—The bulk of the crop consists of the Elberta variety, 
with the Carman, Champion, and small quantities of a few others as 
secondary sorts. 
ILLINOIS. 
Distribution.—Commercial peach growing in Illinois is confined to 
the southern third of the State, with only such exceptions as are 
practically negligible. Even in this area the centers of production 
are rather restricted. In the average season Union County, in the 
extreme southern part of the State, probably leads in production, 
but interests of commercial importance are found elsewhere, espe- 
cially in Johnson, Jackson, Marion, Clay, and Richland Counties. 
Peach trees are planted in considerable numbers for home use 
throughout practically the whole State. 
Varieties—The Elberta is roughly estimated by some to comprise 
as high as 90 per cent of the trees planted in the commercial orchards. 
A few Carman, Mountain Rose, Ede, Heath, and some others occur. 
The Hale (J. H.) has been planted in some of the younger orchards. 
MICHIGAN, 
Distribution.—Peach growing in Michigan is an extensive indus- 
try. The area in which it has been developed is more clearly defined 
than in many other States. It borders Lake Michigan in a narrow 
belt which includes Berrien County, the southwesternmost county 
of the State, and extends thence to Leelanau County (which lies 
between Grand Traverse Bay and the lake) on the north. It is 
largely through the ameliorating influence of Lake Michigan upon 
climatic conditions in the areas adjacent to it that the development 
there of a peach-growing industry has been made possible. As the 
lake’s influence extends inland but a short distance, the peach belt 
is only a very few miles wide at most pomts. In the Grand Traverse 
region, about the bay of that name, peaches are grown to some ex- 
tent, and the belt extends across Ottawa County into Kent County 
in the second tier from the lake, though at most points its width 
covers only a portion of the first tier of counties bordering the lake. 
Peaches are also produced in seme other sections ef the State, as, for 
