14 BULLETIN 822, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



districts in which pears occur are as follows: The Mimbres Valley 

 district, mostly in Luna County ; the Rio Grande Valley district, ex- 

 tending from the southern border of the State as far north as the 

 northern part of Santa Fe County ; the Otero County district in the 

 northern part of the county of that name; the Lincoln County dis- 

 trict, represented by several small valleys converging toward the 

 soiitiieastern part of that county; the Pecos Valley district, which 

 extends through Eddy County and as far north as Eoswell in Chaves 

 County ; the Portales district in the eastern part of Roosevelt County, 

 a recently developed fruit-growing section ; and the San Juan County 

 district, located along the San Juan River in the northern part of 

 the county. 



Varieties. — The varieties commonly grown are the Bartlett, Clapp 

 Favorite, Anjou, and Winter Nelis. 



Distribution. — Pears are grown in Arizona only to a very limited 

 extent, but they occur more or less widely throughout the agricultural 

 sections of the State, and more especially in the Salt River Valley in 

 Maricopa County east of Phoenix and in the Gila Valley in the 

 central part of Graham County. 



V aritties.—The, principal varieties are the Bartlett, Winter Nelis, 

 and Kieffer. 



TJTAK. 



Distribtdion. — The pear-producing districts of Utah correspond 

 rather closely with those apple districts which are south of Ogden, 

 blight having destroyed most of the plantings made in previous years 

 in the districts north of that city. The most important pear district, 

 however, centers about Provo, in Utah County. In this district the 

 orchards are located in the Utah Lake Valley along the streams flow- 

 ing out of the Wasatch Mountains into that lake. In Weber, Davis, 

 and part of Salt Lake Counties orchards are likewise found in the 

 valleys of the small streams which come from the Wasatch Range 

 and which empty into Salt Lake, while south of Salt Lake City or- 

 chards occur in the Jordan Valley. 



Varieties. — The more important varieties are the Bartlett, Anjou, 

 Winter Nelis, Lawrence, and Flemish {Flemish Beauty). 



NEVADA. 



Practically no pears are grown in Nevada. 



PACIFIC STATES. 

 WASHINGTON. 



Distribution. — Pears are of considerable commercial importance in 

 Washington. They are grown principally in the irrigated valleys 

 where apple and other fruit interests have been developed. The 

 largest production is in the Yakima Valley in Yakima and Benton 

 Counties. The Wenatchee Valley, with the interests centering about 



