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orchards of commercial standing. Aside from these disticts, where 

 the commercial apple interests are large, the fruit is grown for home 

 use in other parts of the State, though where water for irrigation 

 is not available the conditions do not admit of commercial activities 

 except in special instances. 



Varieties. — The varieties suggested for the several commercial dis- 

 tricts mentioned are as follows: 



Northern district. — -Ben Davis, Gano, Jonathan, Ralls (Jeniton), and Sheriff. 



Southeastern district. — Maiden Blush.. Jeffery, Jonathan. White Pearmain, 

 and Winesap. 



Southwestern district. — Delicious, Jonathan, White Pearmain, and Winesap. 



West-central district. — Arkansas (Mammoth Black Twig), Arkansas Black, 

 Ben Davis, Delicious, Gano, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Stayman Winesap, and 

 Winesap. 



The leading varieties for the entire State, as indicated by the pro- 

 portion of each in the average crop, are as follows: Ben DavisJ Jona- 

 than, Gano, Rome Beauty, and TVinesap. (See under " Colorado " 

 in connection with Table III.) 



NEW MEXICO. 



Distribution. — The commercial production of apples in New Mex- 

 ico is limited to certain irrigated valleys. These districts have been 

 clearly defined by Garcia, of the New Mexico Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, in Bulletin 75. x In this bulletin, 10 valleys and sec- 

 tions of valleys in which apples are grown commercially are recog- 

 nized. Since the bulletin was published in 1910, some of these dis- 

 tricts have been extended more or less, and a new district has been 

 developed in the vicinity of Portales, the county seat of Roosevelt 

 County, in the east-central part of the State. The districts recog- 

 nized are designated as follows : 



(1) Mimbres Valley district, located in the eastern portion of Grant County 

 and the central portion of Luna County in the southwestern corner of the State. 



(2) Rio Grande Valley district, the largest one recognized, extending from 

 the southern border of the State, in Dona Ana County, to Santa Fe County, in 

 the north-central part of the State. 



(3) The Otero County district, in the northern portion of Otero County, in 

 the south-central part of the State. 



(4) The Lincoln County district, in the southeastern section of Lincoln 

 County. 



(5) Pecos Valley district, extending from Roswell (in Chaves County) to 

 Carlsbad (in Eddy County) in the southeastern corner of the State. 



(6) The Colfax County district, in the central portion of Colfax County, in 

 the northeastern part of the State. 



(7) The San Miguel district, in the northwestern corner of San Miguel 

 County. 



1 Garcia, Fabian. Apple culture under irrigation. N. Mex. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 75. 

 44 p., 14 fig. 1910. 



