am iner , ▁which ▁even ▁B ism ar ck ▁proc ured ▁from ▁Ell er stadt , ▁has ▁a ▁mostly ▁low ▁yield ▁and ▁is ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁scattered ▁sp ots , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁so ils ▁in ▁the ▁municipality ▁are ▁especially ▁well ▁su ited ▁to ▁it . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁municipality ' s ▁area ▁of ▁ 6 3 4   ha , ▁ 1 1 7   ha ▁was ▁given ▁over ▁to ▁win eg row ing , ▁ 3 5 7 ▁to ▁c rop ra ising ▁and ▁garden ing ▁and ▁ 7 0 ▁to ▁“ for ests ▁and ▁wood lands ”. ▁F ruit g row ing ▁played ▁an ▁important ▁rôle ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁de cade , ▁with ▁pe ach ▁growing ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 7 . ▁Kn own ▁well ▁beyond ▁the ▁region ▁is ▁the ▁variety ▁Ell erst ad ter ▁R ote ▁( “ E ll er stadt ▁Red ” ). ▁Since ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁however , ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁s our ▁cher ries ▁have ▁been ▁being ▁grown . ▁ ▁Where as ▁there ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁only ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁people ▁living ▁here ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁document ary ▁mention , ▁this ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁ 2 4 ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁families ▁by ▁ 1 5 4 8 , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 6 1 4 ▁this ▁had ▁reached ▁ 6 0 ▁to ▁ 7 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 2 , ▁on ▁the ▁street