6 BULLETIN 823, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Varieties. — Bartlett, Sheldon, Howell, Flemish {Flemish Bc<n/.t//), 

 and possibly others are grown. 



VERMONT. 



Distribution. — Pear growing in Vermont is unimportant commer- 

 cially, but trees are rather widely distributed, especially in the Lake 

 Champlain district and in Windham County in the southern part of 

 the State. 



Varieties. — Bartlett, Clapp Favorite, Howell, Sheldon, Flemish 

 {Flemish Beauty), Lawrence, and Winter Nelis are representative 

 sorts in this State. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Distribution. — In an earlier day, eastern Massachusetts was famous 

 for its amateur pear growers. The principal pear interests of the 

 State are still located in that section, especially in the eastern part 

 of Middlesex County in the vicinity of Behnont, Arlington, Concord, 

 and other points not far from Boston. Worcester is also a center of 

 some production. 



Varieties. — The principal varieties include the Bartlett, Bose, 

 Clapp Favorite, Sheldon, Seckel, Danas Hovey, and Anjou. 



KHODE IST.AND. 



Distribution. — Pears are grown for home and local use, through- 

 out most of Rhode Island, but there are no centers of large produc- 

 tion. 



Vcorieties. — Bartlett, Sheldon, and Seckel are the more common 

 sorts. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Distribution. — There are no communities which are centers of 

 pear production in Connecticut, and the aggregate of the commer- 

 cial interests is small. There is one large orchard in the extreme 

 southwestern part of the State and small interests in other towns 

 in the same general region, while trees occur in most sections through- 

 out the State. 



Varieties. — Bartlett, Anjou, Seckel, and Kieffer sire t' e nuy: com- 

 mon sorts. 



MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



NE\\' YOKK. 



Distribution. — New York is second only to California in pear pro- 

 duction. The commercial interests are located principally in three 

 regions. The largest one is the Lake Ontario district, which include ^ 

 a large portion of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Oswego Counties, 

 and smaller parts of Cayuga and Onondaga Counties, Pears are 

 also grown in the " finger-lake " region in the central Avestern part 

 of the State and in the Hudson River valley. In the latter, the prin- 

 ci])al areas are in Columbia and Greene Counties, and smaller inter- 

 ests are found northward in Albanv and Rons^eiaor Counties and 



