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and Oregon. Fire blight is the chief enemy of pear culture in most 

 sections, and the industry is dying out in some districts because of its 

 inroads. 



Bartlett is the standard variety both for the fresh-fruit market and 

 for canning. Clapp Favorite, Anjou, Seckel, Bosc, Angouleme (Duchess), 

 Clairgeau, Lawrence, and Kieffer are also grown, in New York, New 

 Jersey, and Michigan, to a limited extent. Kieffer is much more 

 important in New Jersey than in New York, and is the leading variety 

 south from New Jersey. Other varieties of the Kieffer type, of com- 

 mercial importance in the same districts where Kieffer is the leading 

 variety, are Le Conte and Garber. Gorham is a new New York variety 

 which is being recommended very highly. 



Bartlett is almost the sole variety in California. In Washington and 

 Oregon the planting list is much the same as in the East, omitting 

 Seckel but adding Comice, Howell, Hardy and Winter Nelis. 



4. Cherry Regions and Varieties 



Sour cherries are grown commercially in western New York, the 

 Hudson Valley in the same state, western Michigan, Ohio along the 

 shores of Lake Erie, in the Arkansas River Valley in Colorado, in limited 

 areas in Wisconsin and Iowa, and to a less extent in other states. 



The industry is built around Montmorency as the main crop variety 

 with Early Richmond to open the season and English Morello to extend 

 it beyond Montmorency Ostheim, Dyehouse, and Large Montmorency 

 are grown to a limited extent. 



Sweet cherries reach their highest perfection and their greatest 

 yields, and are most largely grown, in the Pacific Coast states. They 

 are also grown commercially in western Michigan, western New York, 

 and the Hudson River Valley. They are less hardy than the sour 

 cherries and short-lived in sections not well adapted for them. 



Bing, Lambert, and Napoleon are the chief varieties in the Pacific 

 Northwest. The first two varieties are shipped as fresh fruit; Napoleon 

 is sold in the fresh state, but is used more extensively for canning. These 

 three varieties are both self-sterile and intersterile. They should be 

 planted in connection with other varities as indicated in Chapter VIII, 

 "Pollination." 



East of the Rocky Mountains, Black Tartarian, Windsor, Schmidt, 

 Napoleon, and Yellow Spanish are the leading sweet varieties. 



