UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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BULLETIN No. 822 
Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief, and the Bureau of Crop 
Estimates, L. M. ESTABROOK Chief. 
Washington, D. C. 
February 25, 1920 
PEARS: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND IMPOR- 
TANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND VARIETIES, 
By H. P. Gould, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Frank Andrews, Bureau of 
Crop Estimates. ' 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
"Relative importance of the pear 1 
Estimated production of pears 1 
Outstanding features of the pear in- 
dustry 4 
Important commercial districts and 
varieties, by States 5 
New England States 5 
Middle Atlantic States 6 
East North-Central States 7 
Page. 
Important commercial districts and 
varieties, by States — Continued. 
West North-Central States 8 
South Atlantic States 9 
East South-Central States 11 
West South-Central States 11 
Mountain States. 13 
Pacific -States 14 
Index of States , *l(j 
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE PEAR. 
Compared with other fruits when the Thirteenth Census was com- 
piled, the pear occupied seventh place in value, being exceeded by the 
apple, the peach and nectarine (grouped together), the grape, the 
strawberry, the orange, and the plum and prune (grouped together). 
It occupied fourth place on the basis of acreage, only the apple, the 
peach (and nectarine) and the grape exceeding it. The relative 
importance in acreage and value of different fruits in 1909 is shown 
graphically in figure 1. 
ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF PEARS. 
The estimated production of pears for the years 1909 to 1919, in- 
clusive, is shown in Table I. These estimates include the entire 
crop, no segregation of the commercial production from the total 
being made. 
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