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the town of Wenatchee, but with some car-lot production at most of 

 the other fruit-shipping stations, is second in importance. Small 

 commercial interests have been developed in the Walla Walla dis- 

 trict, in the Okanogan Valley, in the Puget Sound region at various 

 points, and in certain localities in Clarke and Klickitat Counties. 



Varieties. — The Bartlett is the variety most extensively grown. 

 Other commercial sorts include the Clapp Favorite, White Doyenne, 

 Flemish {Flemish Beauty), Bosc, Clairgeau, Comice, Seckel, Anjou, 

 and Winter Nelis. 



Distribution. — Pears are of commercial importance in practically 

 all the fruit-growing districts of Oregon. The most important dis- 

 trict, with several thousand acres devoted to this fruit, is in the 

 Rogue River valley, centering about Medford in Jackson County. 

 Several centers of much smaller production are located in the Wil- 

 lamette Valley, in Douglas, Polk, and Marion Counties, and else- 

 where; in the Hood River valley; in the Milton-Freewater district; 

 and in the Grande Ronde Valley in the northeastern part of the 

 State. 



Varieties. — In the Rogue River valley several varieties enter into 

 the industry, the Bartlett. Howell, Clairgeau, Bosc, Cornice, Anjou, 

 and Winter Nelis being the most important. Several of these va- 

 rieties, especially the Bartlett, Anjou, and Winter Nelis, are also 

 grown in most of the other districts. The Clapp Favorite, Flemish 

 {Flemhh Beauty), and Kieffer occur in some of the orchards in the 

 northeastern sections of the State. A number of other sorts are 

 planted on a scale sufficient to suggest a wide range of adaptability 

 of most of the commercial varieties commonly listed by nurserymen. 



CAXIFORNIA. 



Distribution. — While pears are widely grown throughout most 

 parts of California, the commercial industry is more or less cen- 

 tralized. As reported by tlie California State Commission of Horti- 

 culture (Monthly Bulletin, aoI. 5, No. S, 1916), the counties named 

 in Table IT, with acreages in pearS indicated, lead in importance. 



Table II. — Lcddhi!/ pedr-iirodvcini/ cuHHticii In California, slioivinu acreaffes in 

 hearinn and rio)ihPoring pear trees in 1915. 





Area in pear 

 orchards (acres). 



County. 



Vrea in pear 

 onliards (acres). 



Ooimty. 



Bearing 

 age. 



Non- 

 bearing 

 age. 



Bearing 



age. 



Non- 

 bearing 

 age. 



Lake 



1,460 



i,.5oa 

 n.noo 



1, 400 



1,000 



2,'o66 



185 





1,000 



1,097 



230 







554 



Sacramento 





:U1 

 75 



2,388 

 S,285 



Santa Clara 



San Luis Obispo 







