Accurate figures could not be obtained from the Hudson River Valley and Long Island shipping points as so much of the fruit is shipped by water, but, basing the yield in 1915 on the census reports of 1909 as to yields and number of trees as compared with similar data for these years from western New York, a rough approximation of the number of carloads in eastern New York is 600. From reports received from the chief Hudson River navigation lines it would seem that they probably carried about one hundred carloads.
Practically all of the 600 carloads grown in eastern New York were consigned to New York City or nearby towns. From the above table we may assume that about 5000 carloads were produced in the rest of the State and we are fortunate in having a record as to where 4419 of these were consigned. The New York Central Railroad distributed the number of carloads named as follows:[259]
| No. of Cars | Percentage of Crop | Destination | No. Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,628 | 36 | Buffalo and points west, including Pittsburgh | 96 |
| 906 | 20 | Pennsylvania and points south of Newberry Junction | 72 |
| 222 | 5 | Points east of Albany | 25 |
| 986 | 22.3 | Points north of New York City | 145 |
| 677 | 15.7 | New York City | 1 |
| 4,419 | 339 | ||
Analyzing these figures we find that the 4,419 carloads reached 339 destinations grouped as follows:[260]
| 9 | cities took 2,378 cars, over one-half of the crop, |
| 21 | cities took 3,018 cars, two-thirds of the crop, |
| 59 | cities took from 4 to 10 cars each, |
| 231 | cities took from 1 to 3 cars each, |
| 62 | per cent of the crop went outside of the State, |
| 22.3 | per cent went to points in New York north of New York City, |
| 15.7 | per cent went to New York City |
The nine cities which took over one-half of the crop are:
| New York | 677 | Cars |
| Pittsburgh | 555 | " |
| Philadelphia | 418 | " |
| Cleveland | 156 | " |
| Boston | 135 | " |
| Cincinnati | 116 | " |
| Syracuse | 109 | " |
| Columbus | 109 | " |
| Detroit | 103 | " |
| Total | 2,378 | Cars |
While these nine cities took over one-half the 1915 peach-crop, twenty-one cities took 3,018 carloads. In addition to those already named, these cities are as follows:
| Newark, N. J | 77 | Cars |
| Dayton, O. | 69 | " |
| Albany | 67 | " |
| Utica | 64 | " |
| Baltimore | 55 | " |
| Troy | 52 | " |
| Wilkes-Barre | 50 | " |
| Schenectady | 46 | " |
| Watertown | 44 | " |
| Indianapolis | 43 | " |
| Toledo | 37 | " |
| Providence | 36 | " |
| Total | 3,018 | Cars |