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52 LESSON XXXII.

1. Surface.—Along the ocean the land of these states is level. Some distance from the seashore it begins to rise, and we find ourselves at first among hills, then among mountains.

We rise higher and higher until we reach at last the tops of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny ranges. In New York are the Catskill and the Adirondack groups, famous as summer resorts for people from the cities.

2. Rivers—Many rivers flow through these states, some into the Atlantic ocean, others into James river and Blue Ridge mountains, Va.the Ohio river. The most important are the Hudson, Delaware, Potomac, and the James.

3. Climate.—In the northern portions of these states, the climate is very much like that of New England. In winter the snow is often very deep.

As we go farther south, the climate becomes milder, and along the Atlantic coast in the southern part of Virginia snow is seldom seen.

Delaware Water Gap, Pa. '''4. Farm Products.'''—Farming is a more important industry in the Middle Atlantic states than in New England.

The principal crops are hay, potatoes, oats, wheat, corn, and buckwheat. These grow in all the states.

Maryland and Virginia are noted for tobacco.

New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware are famed for their peaches and strawberries.

New Jersey is a great market garden.

New York and Pennsylvania are especially noted for cattle, butter and cheese, hay, grain, potatoes and orchard fruits.