CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Service [Ciro 42 
Most of these sections are growing the drying and canning varieties, 
although a few produce shipping varieties. Atwater, Livingston and 
Denair, and sections in Fresno and Tulare counties grow peaches for 
eastern shipment. The bulk of the dried peaches of California are 
produced in the San Joaquin Valley; namely, in Fresno, Tulare, 
Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Kings counties, where climatic 
conditions are particularly favorable for the production of an excellent 
sun-dried product. In 1927 and 1928 comparatively few additional 
trees were planted. 
In addition to the necessity of controlling leaf curl, twig-borer, and 
powdery mildew, peach blight must be taken into consideration in 
the spraying program. Certain plantings have been found unprofit- 
able because of nematodes or alkali in the soil. or because of little-leaf. 
TABLE 1 
ESTIMATED ACREAGE OF PEACHES IN LEADING COUNTIES OF 
CALIFORNIA 
Distriet and county 
Sacramento Valley District: 
BEES. neni RHEE 
PIAGET .....co recessive rnesensirnaines 
REY F-74113 11 OOOO 
BOINI0. corm smisssisisssavimss 
A — 
Thats conrmnummmmmaninymnn 
F010 tities 
Yuba 
San Joaquin Valley District: 
FIDOIIIO: co isriscinesiiavins sions ssa 
MOOT i cssiosminas ssi sr aE 
Merced. iii 
Ban JOAQUIR cirri: 
SEANISIAUS. iauevvvrerermrcrssennrsirnaesenersssensaneiins 
PUB consis pavriimseisswermermmessissssrpsvessesesiiuss 
Southern California Distriet: 
LoS Angelesl.......cimieriiisnnninnns 
RAVEIBIAL. co vvevrerernsmnnsrssarassssssssssessecssoss 
San Bernardino........iimesensencionns 
Bam DHAEO i mmm snsissismmsssmssssoses 
DEther COURLIBR....ovvceeieieririereraonsrsienssancereses 
TOtAL correc renessenaerecrissinss arses 
Clingstone 
Bearing 
arree 
Non- 
bearing 
HOTeR 
3,773 
2,188 
3.235 
90 
17.741 
181 
734 
3.764 
609 
69 
163 
3,686 
100 
52 | 
B74 
2,168 
884 
1,314 
5,972 
3,878 
8,770 
5.488 
156 
162 
63 
59 
983 
1,176 
1.774 
2,100 
3,716 
5,931 
80 
156 
259 
251 
18 
350 
4.078 
76.012 | 10.565 | 
Freestone 
Bearing 
aeres 
Non- 
bearing 
OCTeR 
1,569 
6,217 
600 
2,539 
439 
1,481 
1,869 
90 
138 
280 
94 
333 
131 
514 
7 
5 
12,688 
3,585 
1,965 
3,486 
2,430 
3,209 
3.278 
200 
300 
20 
516 
268 
347 
1.212 
2,211 
1,030 
3,101 
1.285 
225 
150 
616 
128 
7.681 
1.102 
60.692 
8,744 
Bearing 
ere 
5,342 
8,405 
3,835 
2,561 
8,180 
1,662 
2,603 
2 709 
14,856 
4,469 
3,279 
9,458 
6,308 
11,979 
R 788 
4,311 
4,746 
9,032 
1.365 
11,756 
136. 704 
Total 
Non- 
bearing 
acres 
747 
349 
257 
333 
3,717 
614 
129 
BR2 
356 
462 
83 
575 
[,251 
1,523 
2.088 
381 
409 
867 
146 
1.549 
17.300 
Source of data: California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service, Annual Crop Report, 1928.