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BULLETIN 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
districts in which pears occur are as follows: The Mimbres Valley 
district, mostly in Luna County ; the Rio Grande Valley district, ex- 
tending from the southern border of the State as far north as the 
northern part of Santa Fe County ; the Otero County district in the 
northern part of the county of that name ; the Lincoln County dis- 
trict, represented by several small valleys converging toward the 
southeastern part of that county; the Pecos Valley district, which 
extends through Eddy County and as far north as Roswell in Chaves 
County ; the Portales district in the eastern part of Roosevelt County, 
a recently developed fruit-growing section ; and the San Juan County 
district, located along the San Juan River in the northern part of 
the county. 
Varieties. — The varieties commonly grown are the Bartlett, Clapp 
Favorite, Anjou, and Winter Nelis. 
ARIZONA. 
Distribution. — Pears are grown in Arizona only to a very limited 
extent, but they occur more or less widely throughout the agricultural 
sections of the State, and more especially in the Salt River Valley in 
Maricopa County east of Phoenix and in the Gila Valley in the 
central part of Graham County. 
Varieties. — The principal varieties are the Bartlett, Winter Nelis, 
and Kieffer. 
Distribution. — The pear-producing districts of Utah correspond 
rather closely with those apple districts which are south of Ogden, 
blight having destroyed most of the plantings made in previous years 
in the districts north of that city-. The most important pear district, 
however, centers about Provo, in Utah County. In this district the 
orchards are located in the Utah Lake Valley along the streams flow- 
ing out of the Wasatch Mountains into that lake. In Weber, Davis, 
and part of Salt Lake Counties orchards are likewise found in the 
valleys of the small streams which come from the Wasatch Range 
and which empty into Salt Lake, while south of Salt Lake City or- 
chards occur in the Jordan Valley. 
Varieties. — The more important varieties are the Bartlett, Anjou, 
Winter Nelis, Lawrence, and Flemish (Flemish Beauty). 
NEVADA. 
Practically no pears are grown in Nevada. 
PACIFIC STATES. 
WASHINGTON. 
Distribution. — Pears are of considerable commercial importance in 
Washington. They are grown principally in the irrigated valleys 
where apple and other fruit interests have been developed. The 
largest production is in the Yakima Valley in Yakima and Benton 
Counties. The Wenatchee Valley, with the interests centering about 
