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TABLE 28 



Pears — Production by States 1937-39 * 



Statp 



IQ.^7 



1Q3S 



X i/Oy 



V cl <3lgt; 





WOO hi] 



1000 hij 



1000 hii 



lUUU lrU/» 



\,fi 1 i f nrn i ft 



Q 334 



11 751 



X X, f KfX 





10 47^ 



\\fc\ an in cHt»ti 





500 



\JjKi\J\J 



77Q 







3 550 



4 24Q 



4 22Q 



4 oin 



Npw Vork 



1,305 



1 960 



X, kJ\J\J 



1 749 



1 672 



x,u < ^ 





1,380 



1,411 



1 354 





Ohio 



992 



634 



Q56 





T*pn n civl vn n 1 a 



ox < 





«7XO 



7Q8 



Tllinois 



999 



\J xj \J 



413 



724 



712 



Indiana 



630 



366 



527 



508 





412 



440 





420 



lVriQ<3m TP! 



684 



66 





SQ2 



IVT 1 c; Qi 7-»-ni 



157 



462 





^2^ 



Virginia 



416 



334 



189 



313 



Georgia 



244 



404 



281 



310 



Alabama 



211 



383 



313 



303 



North CaroHna 



281 



364 



230 



292 



Kentucky 



411 



135 



206 



251 



Tennessee 



284 



186 



244 



238 



Arkansas 



214 



156 



211 



194 



Kansas 



282 



56 



151 



163 



All others 



1,345 



1,546 



1,335 



1,409 



United States 



29,548 



32,473 



30,910 



30,984 



* Source of date: United States Department of Agriculture. 



carefully handled, and small sizes are not wanted. Bartlett 

 and Kieffer are the varieties in greatest demand for canning. 



Pears are dried on the Pacific Coast, but not in the East 

 at the present time. 



4. Storage and Refrigeration. Bartlett and other standard 

 varieties keep well in cold storage, if properly handled. No 

 time should be lost after the fruit is picked in getting it cooled 



