6 BULLETIN 1415, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
of Yellow Newtown and Esopus Spitzenburg, two rather light-bearing 
varieties. Probably three-fifths of the entire apple acreage is 
lanted to Yellow Newtown, one-fifth or more is in Esopus Spitzen- 
urg, and the other one-fifth is made up of the Ortley, Arkansas 
Black, Winter Banana, and other varieties. 
ROGUE RIVER 
Centering around Medford is the Rogue River district, which 
also ships some tonnage from Grant’s Pass, Gold Hill, and other 
small stations. It is prominent as a pear-raising section, but has 
nearly as large an acreage of apples as Hood River Valley, mostly 
Yellow Newtown and Esopus Spitzenburg. The Yellow Newtown 
forms far more than half the crop, but many young orchards include 
other varieties in larger proportion. Rainfall is less than at 
Hood River, and irrigation is now considered very important. 
Fig. 4.—Orchards in Hood River Valley 
OTHER DISTRICTS 
Apple growing is of some prominence in the Umpqua and Will- 
amette Valleys and in the Milton-Freewater district. There are 
scattered commercial developments in various other parts of the 
State. 
IDAHO 
In recent years Idaho has become more prominent among boxed 
ae sections and is usually classed with Washington and Oregon, 
although it is more recent than these sections in general development 
of the industry. Orcharding centers mainly in Payette and Boise 
Valleys, and around Payette, Fruitland, Emmett, and Nampa. 
About half of the production is in Payette district near Fruitland, 
Payette, Parma, Emmett, Weiser, and New Plymouth. The 
adjoining Boise Valley has similar conditions, but the apple area 
is not very large. There are about 5,000 acres in apples in the 
