PBABS: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES, ETC. 13 



MOUNTAIN STATES. 



MONTANA. 



Distrihwtion. — There is little or no commercial pear growing in 

 Montana. The climate in the eastern sections of the State is too 

 severe, while blight has been a serious obstacle in maintaining such 

 phmtings as have been made in the Bitter Root and other valle3^s in 

 the western part of the State where fruit-growing interests li:ive 

 been developed. 



Varieties. — Such varieties as the Bartlett and Flemish ^Flemish 

 Beauty) are reported to do well in the western districts, aside from 

 their susceptibility to blight. 



IDAHO. 



Distnhution. — There is a .small commercial production of pears 

 in Idaho, principally in the Payette Valley, the Boise Valley, Council 

 Valley, and the Lewiston district. These names signify in general 

 the location of the regions. In limited quantities pears are also 

 grown in most of the other fruit-producing valleys of the State. 



Varieties. — The Bartlett variety predominates, but others, includ- 

 ing the Flemish {Flemish Beauty). Anjou, Winter Nelis. Howell, 

 Clairgeau, and Kieffer, are also planted. 



WYOWING. 



Distributio7i: — While there is no pear industry in Wyoming, a 

 very few trees are found in the same districts as the apple. Such 

 apple orchards as have been planted are principally in the valley of 

 the Bighorn River and its tributaries in Bighorn, Washakie, and Hot 

 Springs Counties; in the valley of the Platte River in Natrona. 

 Converse, Platte, and Goshen Counties ; and in more or less isolated 

 locations in Crook, Johnson, and Sheridan Counties in the north- 

 eastern part of the State. 



Varieties. — Information regarding the adaptability of varieties is 

 obviously meager. The Kieffer and Flemish {Flemish Beauty) 

 probabl}^ are planted more frequently than any other sorts. 



COLORADO. 



Distribution. — Pears are grown to a limited extent in most of the 

 irrigated valleys of Colorado where fruit interests have been de- 

 veloped, but the commercial orchards are located chiefly in the 

 Canyon City district in Fremont County and in the Grand Valley 

 in Mesa County. 



Vaneties. — The most important variety is the Bartlett, but the 

 Anjou. Sheldon, Seckel, Lawrence, Winter Nelis, Kieffer, and some 

 others are groAvn. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Distnbutio7t. — Though pears are of secondary importance com- 

 mercially in New Mexico, they are grown more or less in several val- 

 leys in which a fruit industry has been developed. The principal 



