10 
CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. 
winds, and oceanic and lacustrine exposures upon their adaptation to 
pomological pursuits (see map). 
8ize and quality, as usually expressed in pomological phraseology, 
are stated in the tabulations of varieties upon the scale of 1 to 10, as 
follows: 
Scale of size and quality. 
Size. 
1 Scale. 
Quality. 
Very small 
1 
Very poor. 
Small 
2-3 
Poor. 
Small to medium 
3-4 
Poor to good. 
Medium 
5-6 
Good to very good . 
Medium to large 
7-8 
Very good. 
Large 
8-9 
Very good to best. 
Very large 
' 
10 
Best. 
District No. 1 . — Maine above 500 feet elevation; New Hampshire, 
Vermont, and New York north of latitude 44°; Ontario north of Lake 
Sirncoe and east of longitude 80°; Quebec, New Brunswick, and Prince 
Edwards Island. The dominant natural feature of this district is the 
St. Lawrence Valley. Many of the hardier fruits flourish within its 
borders. 
District No. 2 . — Nova Scotia; Maine below 500 feet elevation; New 
Hampshire and Vermont south of latitude 44°; Massachusetts; Rhode 
Island; Connecticut; New York south of latitude 44°, except Long 
Island; northern New Jersey above 500 feet elevation; Pennsylvania 
east of the Susquehanna River and above 500 feet elevation, north 
of latitude 4L° west to the Allegheny River, and all of that portion 
of the State lying north of the Ohio River; Ohio and Indiana north of 
latitude 40°; and the lower peninsula of Michigan. The Annapolis 
Valley of Nova Scotia, the North Atlantic coast, the lake region of 
western New York, Ohio, and Michigan, and the Hudson River Valley 
are the leading features of District No. 2. This may be considered 
the northern grape, peach, and winter apple district. 
District No. 3 . — Long Island; New Jersey, except a small portion 
north; eastern Pennsylvania below 500 feet elevation ; Delaware; and 
Maryland and Virginia below 500 feet elevation. This is the Delaware 
and Chesapeake Bay district. Though a small district, its productive 
capacity is great of the fruits that succeed within its borders. 
District No. 4 . — Pennsylvania above 500 feet elevation and south of 
latitude 41°; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama above.500 feet elevation; West Vir- 
ginia; Tennessee and Kentucky; Ohio and Indiana south of latitude 
40°; southern Illinois below the general elevation of 500 feet, from tlie 
Wabash to the Mississippi; Missouri south of a line from near St. Louis 
and along the elevation of 1,000 feet to the southeast corner of Kansas; 
