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BULLETIN 822, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



While the last two counties named in Table II are unimportant 

 from the standpoint of present production, the acreages of trees of 

 nonbearing age in those counties are larger than in any others in the 

 State. Several other counties having a relatively small production 

 at present contain from 900 to 1,500 acres of trees not of bearing age. 

 A large total acreage, however, may be made up of a great number 

 of small noncommercial plantings, while a few hundred acres made 

 up of several comparatively large plantings may make a community 

 interest of considerable commercial significance. 



Varieties. — ^The Bartlett variety so largely predominates in nearly 

 all sections of California, both for shipping fresh and for drying, 

 that it may be said practically to constitute the pear industry of the 

 State. It is also the principal variety used for canning. In some sec- 

 tions the Angouleme, Clairgeau, Cornice, Easter, P. Barry, Winter 

 Nelis, and a few others are grown. 



INDEX OF STATES. 



Page. 



Alabama 11 



Arizona . 14 



Arkansas 11 



California ■-. 1 15 



Colorado i_ ' 13 



Connecticut 6 



Delaware 9 



Florida 10 



Georgia 10 



Idaho 13 



Illinois , : 8 



Indiana 7 



Iowa 8 



Kansas 9 



Kentucky _: 11 



Louisiana 12 



Maine 5 



Maryland 9 



Massachusetts 6 



Michigan 8 



Minnesota 8 



Mississippi 11 



Missouri 8 



Montana 13 



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Nebraska 9 



Nevada 14 



New Hampshire 5 



New Jersey 7 



New Mexico 13 



New York 6 



North Carolina 10 



North Dakota 8 



Ohio 7 



Oklahoma 12 



Oregon : 15 



Pennsylvania 7 



Rhode Island 6 



South Carolina 10 



South Dakota 9 



Tennessee 11 



Texas 12 



Utah 14 



Vermont 6 



Virginia 10 



Washington 14 



West Virginia 10 



Wisconsin 8 



Wyoming . 13 



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