PEABS: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES, ETC. 9 
SOUTH DAKOTA. 
Distribution. — Practically no pears are grown in South Dakota. 
A few pear trees occur in Union, Clay, Yankton, and Bon Homme 
Counties, which border on the Missouri River in the southeastern 
part of the State ; they are rarely found elsewhere. 
Varieties. — In general, the measure. of success with all varieties 
tried has been so small as to discourage the planting of pears in 
this State. 
NEBRASKA. 
Distribution. — A few pear orchards are located in southeastern 
Nebraska in the counties bordering on the Missouri River as far 
north as the northern border of Washington County ; also in Johnson 
and Pawnee Counties in the second tier from the river in the 
extreme southeastern part of the State. Elsewhere in the State 
pear trees are seldom found. 
Varieties. — No variety is preeminent, though the Kieffer prob- 
ably occurs more frequently than any other. Garber, Bartlett. and 
Seckel are also grown. 
KANSAS. 
Distribution. — Small plantings are widely distributed, especially 
throughout the eastern half of the State of Kansas. The com- 
mercial interests are small; but a few orchards are located in the 
four or five northeasternmost counties of the State north of the 
Kansas River and in Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, and Cowley Counties 
in the Arkansas Valley. A few orchards also occur in the eastern 
part of the State, in the counties bordering the Kansas River on the 
south. 
Varieties. — Several varieties are included in the plantings, such as 
the Kieffer, Garber, Clapp Favorite, Angouleme (Duchess), Seckel, 
and Douglas. The last-named variety originated in Kansas in Doug- 
las County. 1 
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 
DELAWARE. 
Distribution. — Pear growing is very generally distributed in Dela- 
ware, though considerably more than half the total production is 
accredited to Kent County. Important areas of production center 
about Bridgeville, Milford, Camden, Smyrna, and Middletown. 
Varieties. — The Kieffer comprises the commercial crop. It is 
visually considered essential to plant a small proportion of other 
varieties to insure adequate cross-poll in atiou of the blossoms. The 
Le Conte and Garber varieties are commonly used for this purpose. 
MARYLAND. 
Distribution. — A good many orchards of commercial size occur in 
the Eastern Shore counties, Kent, Queen Amies, and Caroline prob- 
1 See tie Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1912, p. 267. 
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