Fkuit Production in New Yokk 



1365 



1 Expressed in busliels for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 



2 Included with " unclassified." 



' Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designa- 

 tion " all other." 



* Includes small amounts of almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, beechnuts, Japanese chestnuts, Jap- 

 anese walnuts, filberts, and other nuts. 



The total quautitj of orchard fruits produced in 1909 was 

 29,456,000, valued at $17,989,000. Apples contributed about six- 

 sevenths of this quantity, peaches and nectarines and pears most 

 of the remainder. The production of grapes in 1909 amounted to 

 253,006,000 pounds, valued at $3,962,000, and that of nuts to 

 2,774,000 pounds, valued at $74,000. 



The production of all orchard fruits together in 1909 was 12.5 

 per cent greater than that in 1899, while the production of grapes 

 increased 2.1 per cent. The value of orchard fruits increased from 

 $10,542,000 in 1899 to $17,989,000 in 1909, and that of grapes 

 from $2,764,000 in 1899 to $3,962,000 in 1909, It should be 

 noted in this connection that the values for 1899 include the value 

 of more advanced products derived from orchard fruits or grapes, 



