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such as cider, vinegar, dried fruits, and the like, and may there- 

 fore involve some duplication, while the values shown for 1909 

 relate only to the products in their original condition. 



The next table shows the quantities of the more advanced 

 products manufactured by fanners from orchard fi-nits and grapes. 

 Values were not called for on the schedule. 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899.— The following table shows data 

 with reffard to small fruits on farms : 



Chop. 



Small fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries. . 

 Raspberries and loganberries. 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting, 



1909 



14,086 



4,882 



13,187 



7,528 



1,696 



88 



9 



Quantity 



(quarts) , 



1909 



37,857,829 



15,945,863 



2,509,851 



14,751,940 



3, 982,. 389 



331,135 



327 , 370 



9,281 



Value, 

 1909 



$2,875,495 



1,187,410 



210,986 



1,168,062 



264,051 



23,427 



20,743 



816 



Strawberries and raspberries and loganberries are by far the 

 most important small fruits grown in New York, with currants 

 ranking next. The total acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 

 22,496 and in 1890, 25,051, a decrease of 10.2 per cent. The pro- 

 duction in 1909 was 37,858,000 quarts, as compared with 

 40,376,000 quarts in 1899, and the value $2,875,000, as compared 

 with $2,538,000. 



