PEARS : PRODUCTION ESTIMATIONS, ETC. 9 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Distribution. — Practically no pears are grown in South Dakota. 

 A few pear trees occur in Union, Clay, Yankton, and Bon Homme 

 Counties, which border on the Missouri River in the southeastern 

 part of the State ; they are rarely found elsewhere. 



Varieties. — In general, the measure of success with all varieties 

 tried has been so small as to discourage the planting of pears in 

 this State. 



NKHKASKA. 



Distribution. — A few pear orchards are located in southeastern 

 Nebraska in the counties bordering on the Missouri Eiver as far 

 noi-th as the northern border of Washington County; also in Jolmso/i 

 and Pawnee Counties in the second tier from the river in the 

 extreme southeastern part of the State. Elsewhere in the State 

 pear trees are seldom found. 



YaHeties. — No variety is preeminent, though the Kieffer prob- 

 ably occurs more frequently than any other. Garber, Bartlett, and 

 Seckel are also grown. 



KANSAS. 



Distribution. — Small plantings are widely distributed, especially 

 throughout the eastern half of the State of Kansas. The com- 

 mercial interests are small; but a few orchards are located in the 

 four or five northeasternmost counties of the State north of the 

 Kansas River and in Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, and Cowley Counties 

 in the Arkansas Valley. A few orchards also occur in the eastern 

 part of the State, in the counties bordering the Kansas River on the 

 south. 



Varieties. — Several varieties are included in the plantings, such as 

 the KielTer, Garber, Clapp Favorite, Angouleme {Duchess)^ Seckel, 

 and Douglas. The last-named variety originated in Kansas in Doug- 

 las County.^ 



SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



Dli;i.A\VAUK. 



Distribution. — Pear growing is very generally distributed in Dela- 

 ware, though considerably more than half the total production is 

 accredited to Kent County. Important areas of production center 

 about Bridgeville, Milford, Camden, Smyrna, and Middletown. 



Varieties. — The Kieffer comprises the commercial crop. It is 

 usually considered essential to plant a small proportion of other 

 varieties to insure adequate cross-pollination of the blossoms. The 

 Le Conte and Garber varieties are commonly used for this purpose. 



MAKYLAiNU. 



Distribution. — A good many orchards of commercial size occur in 

 the Eastern Shore counties, Kent, Queen Annes, and Caroline prob- 



' Set the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1912, p. 267. 

 139709°— 19— Bull. 822 2 



