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have been planted more or less in different paris of this district, it 
is in the Payette River valley, in the vicinity of Emmett on the 
Emmett bench that the most extensive plantings are found. (8) The 
Snake River Canyon district, which extends for a distance of some 
125 or 180 miles along the Snake River eastward from the point 
where it crosses the State line into Oregon. Fruit is planted in 
coves and other places along the river where conditions are favor- 
able. The North Idaho, Palouse, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls dis- 
tricts are not well suited to peach growing. 
Varieties—The Early Crawford, Elberta, and Late Cita: are 
the varieties principally ential by Vincent and Downing. The 
Early Hale is named for the Snake River Canyon district in addi- 
tion to the Early Crawford and Elberta. The latter variety is far 
more extensively grown than any other. 
Additional varieties grown in a small way in several regions of the 
State include the Alexander, Triumph, Carman, Champion, and a 
few others. 
WYOMING. 
As in the adjacent parts of the States which surround Wyoming, 
peach growing is made impossible by the severity of the climatic 
conditions. One report states that peaches in Woming are grown 
“only as curiosities. The trees have to be laid down and buried in 
winter.” 
COLORADO. 
Pistribution.—The commercial peach districts in Colorado are lo- 
eated in irrigated valleys. The most important district is in the 
Grand Valley, in Mesa County. Palisades and .Clifton are the 
largest shipping points. Other sections of some importance are the 
Gunnison Valley, in Deita County, centering about Delta and Austin; 
the North Fork of the Gunnison, also in Delta County, centering 
about Paonia and Hotchkiss; and the Uncompahgre Valley, in Mont- _ 
rose County, centering about Montrose. Small interests also are 
found in the Las Animas Valley, in La Plata County. 
East of the Great Divide the only areas of commercial importance 
are in the Arkansas Valley about Canon City, in the eastern part of 
Fremont County, and at a few points in close proximity to the 
Arkansas River in Pueblo and Otero Counties. 
Varreties—In all of these sections the Elberta is by far the most 
important variety. Very small quantities, relatively, of a few other 
sorts, such as the Alexander, Carman, Belle, Heath, and Salwey, are 
produced. 
+ Vincent, C. C., and Downing, G. J. Recommended varieties of fruit for Idaho. Idaho 
Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 838, 14 p., map. 1915. 
