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the town of Wenatchee, but with some car-lot production at most of 
the other fruit-shipping stations, is second in importance. Small 
commercial interests have been developed in the Walla Walla dis- 
trict, in the Okanogan Valley, in the Puget Sound region at various 
points, and in certain localities in Clarke and Klickitat. Counties. 
Varieties, — The Bartlett is the variety most extensively grown. 
Other commercial sorts include the Clapp Favorite, White Doyenne, 
Flemish (Flemish Beauty), Bosc, Clairgeau, Cornice, Seckel, Anjou, 
and Winter Nelis. 
Distribution. — Pears are of commercial importance in practically 
all the fruit-growing districts of Oregon. The most important dis- 
trict, with several thousand acres devoted to this fruit, is in the 
Rogue River valley, centering about Medford in Jackson County. 
Several centers of much smaller production are located in the Wil- 
lamette Valley, in Douglas, Polk, and Marion Counties, and else- 
where; in the Hood River valley; in the Milton-Freewater district; 
and in the Grande Ronde Valley in the northeastern part of the 
State. 
Varieties. — In the Rogue River valley several varieties enter into 
the industry, the Bartlett, Howell, Clairgeau, Bosc, Cornice, Anjou, 
and Winter Nelis being the most important. Several of these va- 
rieties, especially the Bartlett, Anjou, and Winter Nelis, are also 
grown in most of the other districts. The Clapp Favorite, Flemish 
(Flemhh Beauty), and Kieffer occur in some of the orchards in the 
northeastern sections of the State. A number of other sorts are 
planted on a scale sufficient to suggest a wide range of adaptability 
of most of the commercial varieties commonly listed by nurserymen. 
CALIFORNIA. 
Distribution. — While pears are widely grown throughout most 
parts of California, the commercial industry is more or less cen- 
tralized. As reported by the California State Commission of Horti- 
culture (Monthly Bulletin, vol. 5, No. 3, 1916), the counties named 
in Table II, with acreages in pears indicated, lead in importance. 
Table II. — Leading pear-producing counties in California, showing acreages in 
bearing and nonoearing pear trees in 1915. 
Area in pear 
orchards (acres). 
County. 
Area in pear 
orchards (acres). 
County. 
Bearing 
age. 
Non- 
bearing 
age. 
Bearing 
age. 
Non- 
bearing 
age. 
Lake 
gSSft 
1,000 
2, 666 
185 
1,000 
1,097 
230 
554 
2,383 
3,285 
Placer '.. 
Sacramento 
Santa Clara 
San Luis Obispo 
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