20 Peach-Grovdng 



Mexico, Central America, West Indies. — In some parts of 

 Mexico, where the cUmate is temperate, peaches are grown 

 to a limited extent but do not constitute any important com- 

 mercial enterprise. In the subtropical and tropical parts of 

 IMexico, Central America, and the West Indies, peaches are 

 of only negligible importance. 



South America, 



Argentina. — No more recent figures are available than the 

 Census of 1908 when 7,908,000 peach trees were reported. 

 Buenos Aires was the leading province in the production of 

 peaches, 32,017 acres, carrying 4,839,000 trees, representing 

 the industry. They are also grown in a limited way in the 

 regions of San Juan and Mendoza. 



Chile. — No statistics available show the extent to which 

 peaches are grown in Chile, but they are more or less widely 

 planted. During the four years 1910-1913 the average 

 annual production of dried peaches was 2,365,000 pounds. 



Uruguay. — The peach is a relatively important fruit 

 crop in Uruguay. In 1908 nearly one-half the acreage that 

 was in fruits was devoted to peaches, or 33,418 acres out of 

 a total of 68,125 in tree-fruits. The number of trees was 

 2,065,597 and the production 14,230,000 pounds. The peach 

 is one of the principal fruits exported, the others being 

 oranges, pears, olives, and cherries. 



Peru.^ — In some parts of Peru peaches are grown to a 

 limited extent, but they are probably all produced on seed- 

 ling trees and as a rule are of rather indifferent quality. 

 Commercially they are unimportant except perhaps for 

 very local markets. 



1 From notes by W. F. Wight. Bull, of the Pan American 

 Union, Jan. 1914, p. 20. 



