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in the State. The Milton-Freewater district in Oregon is a part of 
the Walla Waila Valley. In all of these valleys most of the peach 
trees are interplanted in the apple orchards. As the apple trees de- 
velop, the peach trees are taken out. As a result, there is at present 
a more or less rapid and constant decrease in the extent of the peach 
industry in Washington. 
Varieties—There are no varieties that are in any way character- 
istic of these districts. The most important sorts are-the Triumph, 
Carman, Champion, Early Elberta, Early Crawford, Elberta, Late 
Crawford, and Salwey. The Elberta is the principal variety in most 
localities. 
OREGON. 
Distribution.—Peaches are grown in Oregon to a considerable ex- 
tent as fillers interplanted in apple orchards. To this extent, there- 
fore, peach grewing in this State is a temporary enterprise. In some 
sections, however, peach trees have been planted on a somewhat per- 
manent orchard basis. This is the case in The Dalles district in 
Wasco.County, in the Ashland and Merlin districts in the Rogue 
River Valley, and in the vicinity of Salem in the Willamette Val- 
ley. Important valleys where many peaches have been interpianted 
in apple orchards include such localities as the Milton-Freewater 
district In Umatilla County, this being a part of the Walla Walla- 
Valley, the Hood River Valley, the Umpqua Valley, and various 
points in the Willamette Valley in addition to Salem, which is men- 
tioned above. 
V arieties—A large number of different varieties are grown in the 
various districts, the more important and widely distributed of 
which include the Alexander, Early Crawford, Early Charlotte, 
Elberta, Late Crawford, Muir, Phillips, and Salwey. In most in- 
stances in the districts where peaches are of special commercial 
value the problem in selecting varieties is more largely that of se- 
curing sorts that ripen at a desired time or are suited to the pur- 
pose for which they are to be used than of choosing varieties that 
will develop well. 
CALIFORNTA, 
Distribution —The peach interests of California surpass those of 
any other State in both quantity and value of the product. Ac- 
cording to the Thirteenth Census, there were nearly 1,500,000 more 
trees not of bearing age in California in 1910 than in any other 
State, though in number of trees of bearing age Texas and Georgia 
each surpassed California. Moreover, the industry is highly special- 
ized. While large quantities of fruit are marketed in the fresh 
state, the planting of varieties intended especially for canning as 
