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Texas and Louisiana, would include the more important commercial 

 peach-producing comities. Important peach interests exist in a con- 

 siderable proportion of the counties in the region thus outlined, and 

 many stations from, which peaches are shipped are located therein. 

 Tyler, Winona, Athens, Jacksonville, Palestine, Pittsburg, Sulphur 

 Springs, Winnsboro, Mount Vernon, Mount Pleasant, and Marshall 

 are more or less typical centers of production in this area. Orchards 

 of considerable size are also found in other counties, where the in- 

 tersts are somewhat isolated or represent relatively small community 

 enterprises. Such orchards occur in Colorado, Erath, Eastland, 

 Callahan, Montague, and probably in other counties. 



Varieties.— The Elberta variety predominates, but others are con- 

 siderably planted, such as the Arp, Yellow Swan, Early Wheeler, 

 Carman, Mamie Ross, and Slappey. Certain varieties that have been 

 developed in Limestone County appear to possess characteristics that 

 may prove of great value in northeastern Texas and other regions 

 where the climatic conditions are similar. This group includes varie- 

 ties designated as Tena, Millard, Anita, Toughina, Lizzie, Frank, 

 Barbara, Katie, and several others which ripen about with the El- 

 berta variety and later. 



MOUNTAIN STATES. 

 MONTANA. 



Distribution. — It is'substan.tially true that peaches are not grown 

 in Montana. The Thirteenth Census reported 538 trees of bearing 

 age for the entire State, these occurring on 49 farms ; also 3,386 trees 

 not of bearing age on 117 farms. In most sections of the State the 

 trees can not survive the winter conditions, but in the sections about 

 Bigfork, Plains, and Hamilton, in the western part, and possibly in 

 some of the other milder localities a few trees have been planted. 



Varieties. — Little information can be give regarding varieties. The 

 Triumph, Champion, Foster, and a few others have been planted, but 

 apparently with very uncertain results. 



Distribution. — Peaches are grown to a limited extent for home 

 use in most sections of Idaho in which a commercial fruit industry 

 has been developed, but the commercial peach production is limited 

 very largely to three regions : (1) The Lewiston district, where a large 

 portion of the fruit is grown on a high bench about 3 miles south- 

 east of the town of Lewiston. (2) The Payette district', which con- 

 tains a larger acreage of fruit than any other district in the State, 

 comprising the areas along the Payette River from its mouth to 

 Horseshoe Bend, along the Snake River between Payette and 

 Weiser, and up the Weiser River as far as Council. While peaches 



