peaches: production estimates, etc. 29 



have been planted more or less in different parts of this district, it 

 is in the Payett'e River valley, in the vicinity of Emmett on the 

 Emniett bench that the most extensive plantings are found. (3) The 

 Snake Iviver Canyon district, which extends for a distance of some 

 125 or 130 miles along the Snake Eiver eastward from the point 

 where it crosses the State line into Oregon. Fruit is planted in 

 coves and other places along the river where conditions are favor- 

 able. The North Idaho, Palouse, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls dis- 

 tricts are not well suited to peach growing. 



Varkties. — The Early Craw^ford, Elberta, and Late Crawford are 

 the varieties principally mentioned by Vincent and Downing.^ The 

 Early Hale is named for the Snake Eiver Canyon district in addi- 

 tion t'o the Early Crawford and Elberta. The latter variety is far 

 more extensively grown than any other. 



Additional varieties grow^n in a small way in several regions of the 

 State include the Alexander, Triumph, Carman, Champion, and a 

 few others. 



WYOAXING. 



As in the adjacent parts of the States which surround Wyoming, 

 peach growing is made impossible by the severity of the climatic 

 conditions. One report states that peaches in Woming are grown 

 " only as curiosities. The trees have to be laid down and buried in 

 winter." " 



COLOEADO. 



Disiyibutlon. — The commercial peach districts in Colorado are lo- 

 cated in irrigated valleys. The most important district is in the 

 Grand Valley, in Mesa County. Palisades and Clifton are the 

 largest shipping points. Other sections of some importance are the 

 Gunnison Valley, in Delta County, centering about Delta and Austin; 

 the North Fork of the Gunnison, also in Delta County, centering 

 about Paonia and Hotchkiss ; and the Uncompahgre Valley, in Mont- 

 rose County, centering about Montrose. Small interests also are 

 found in the Las Animas Valley, in La Plata County. 



East of the Great Divide the only areas of commercial importance 

 are in the Arkansas Valley about Canon City, in the eastern part of 

 Fremont County, and at a few points in close proximity to the 

 Arkansas Eiver in Pueblo and Otero Counties. 



Yaneties. — ^In all of these sections the Elberta is by far the most 

 important variety. Very small quantities, relatively, of a few other 

 sorts, such as the Alexander, Carman, Belle, Heath, and Salw^ey, are 

 produced. 



1 Vincent, O. C, and Downinj;, G. J. Recommended varieties of fruit for Idaho. Idaho 

 Agr. JJ^sp. Sta. Bull. 83, 14 p., map. 1915. 



