 She produced more than 10 times as much as any other county in the state. Benton County's large production of tobacco in 1880 accounted for it being second in some other categories. So at one time, Benton County was a giant tobacco-producing county in the state. You come down a few years later, and Benton and Washington County were the absolute apple capitals of the world. They were number one and number two in terms of total apple production in the state and probably any other counties in the nation at that time.