354 Report or THE HorticuLTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
various physiographic divisions within her boundaries. The matter 
herewith presented is the beginning of such a catalogue and includes 
a preliminary list of apples for the various districts of the State. 
The State of New York may be divided into nine primary 
pomological districts in accordance with the physical geography 
of the State but more particularly with reference to the distribution 
of its plants, both wild and domesticated. The chief authorities 
consulted in making such a division are Tarr’s “ The Physical 
Geography of New York State;” the New York Weather Bureau; 
the Weather Bureau of the U. S. Department of Agriculture; the 
Natural History of New York, Vol. 2, “ Botany ” by John Torrey ; 
the horticultural literature of the State; and a subdivision of the 
State made by Beach in collecting information for “The Apples of 
New York.” 
In dividing the State into districts but little attention has been 
paid to the soils. The soils of New York, for most part, have been 
formed by glacial action and have been carried to and fro by the 
same agency, so that in no part of the State is there any great 
degree of uniformity in soil over a large area. Therefore, though 
recognizing that soil is important in determining areas of profitable 
fruit-growing, it has not been thought best to rely much on soil 
formation in laying out the pomological Seles for the apple. 
The following are the districts: 
Long Island.— This district is composed of the sandy lowland of 
Long Island. It is formed by a low plain covered with a thick 
deposit of glacial drift in which sand predominates. The varieties 
of the fruit crops cultivated here, and especially of the apple, are not 
distinctive. The limits of the northern and of southern sorts seem 
to meet, giving a great number of varieties for the district and 
making it difficult to form a definite list. 
