UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
‘= BULLETIN No. 806 § 
Wyo Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Plant In- 
Py, SS dustry, WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief, and the Bureau 
Swe TS ef Crop Estimates, L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief 
Washington, D.C. Vv December 8, 1919 
PEACHES: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND IM- 
PORTANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND 
VARIETIES. 
By H. P. Goutn, Bureau of Plant Industry, and FRANK ANDREWS, Bureau of 
Crop Estimates. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
Relative importance and extent of Important commercial districts and 
the peach industry. = — ee == oe 1 varieties, by States—Continued. 
Estimated production of peaches__- 2 West North-Central States_____ 16 
Outstanding features of the peach South Atlantic States________ 18 
BTU Sp yA aoe ia hes ha Rane a. 9 East South-Central States____ 24 
Important commercial districts and West South-Central States____ 26 
Varieties, -by States. 2-3 10 Mountain: States Seer os Ae 28 
New England States___-2..=_ 10 Pacte Statess 22 See ee 31 
Middle Atlantic States_______ (OF SingexreOle. SPAS. 6 ee I ee 85 
East North-Central States____ 14 
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE AND EXTENT OF THE PEACH INDUSTRY. 
The peach, though far below the apple,‘ which greatly exceeds any 
other fruit in both acreage and crop value, is second with respect to 
these two standards of comparison. This is shown clearly in figure 1, 
which is based on the Thirteenth Census. While the last decade has 
witnessed some changes, it is doubtful whether those changes have 
affected materially the relative positions of the more important 
fruits. Nectarines are grouped with peaches in figure 1, but the 
total production of nectarines is so small as to be a negligible factor. 
The geographical distribution of peach trees is shown in figures 2 
and 3, both of which are based on the Thirteenth Census. The census 
1See Gould, H. P., and Andrews, Frank, ‘‘ Apples: Production Estimates and Important 
Commercial Districts and Varieties,’ Bul. 485, Dept. of Agr. 48 pp., 16 figs. 1917. "This 
bulletin is obtained only from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 
Office, at a cost of 10 cents. 
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