UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 822 



Joint Contribution from the Dureau of Plant Industry 



WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief, and the Dureaii of Crop 



Estimates. L. M. KSTABItOOK Chief. 



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Washington, D. C. 



February 25, 1920 



PEARS: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND IMPOR- 

 TANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND VARIETIES. 



By H. P. Gould, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Frank Andrews, Bureau of 



Crop Estimates. 



CONTENTS. 



■Relative importance of the pear 



Estimated production of pears 



Outstanding features of tlie pear in- 



dustrj- 



Important commercial districts and 



varieties, by States 



New England States 



Middle Atlantic States 



East North-Central States 



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 1 



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Important commercial districts and 

 varieties, by States — Continued. 



West North-Central States S 



South Atlantic States 9 



East South-Central States 11 



West South-Central States U 



Mountain States 13 



raciflc States 14 



Index of States 16 



RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE PEAR. 



Compared with other fruits when the Thirteenth Census was com- 

 piled, the pear occupied seventh place in value, being exceeded by the 

 apple, the peach and nectarine (grouped together), the grape, the 

 strawberry, the orange, and the plum and prune (grouped together). 

 It occupied fourth place on the basis of acreage, only the apple, the 

 peach (and nectarine) and the grape exceeding it. The relative 

 importance in acreage and value of different fruits in 1909 is shown 

 grapliically in figure 1. 



ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF PEARS. 



The estimated production of pears for the ,years 1909 to 1919, in- 

 clusive, is shown in Table I. These estimates include the entire 

 crop, no segregation of the commercial production from the total 

 being made, 



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