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deemed advisable to tabulate the results from three different groupings 

 of orchards, as follows : 



In Group I are placed 161 orchards for which complete returns for 

 yield and income for the years 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907 are recorded. 

 This grouping is made in order to show the influence of the various factors 

 in orchard condition and management on yield and income per acre. In 

 determining the average yields and incomes per acre, the totals as recorded 

 in the survey sheets have been used, and the mean* (average) per acre 

 is the average used in all tables. 



In Group II are included ill the available data from the 391 orchards, 

 concerning the distribution of orchards and general orchard management. 



Group III consists of all the orchards for which yield and income are 

 reported for 1907 and 1908. The tables based on this group, with one 

 exception, will be found in Part I of the Appendix. 



THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORCHARDS 



The geographical distribution of apple orchards in the county naturally 

 follows the path of the old Indian orchards. The main mass of the orchards 

 is concentrated in the southeastern corner of the county, extending from 

 Orleans, a few miles north of Seneca Castle, southeasterly to Seneca, 

 Halls Corners, and the district north of Bellona, and southwesterly to 

 Gorham. The orchards in this somewhat triangular space comprise 80 

 per cent of the total orchards whose location is recorded. The orchards 

 near Clifton Springs, Phelps, Shortsville, Hopewell Center, and Canan- 

 daigua bring the total for the eastern half of the county up to 8g per cent. 

 Another center of the industry is in the vicinity of East Bloomfield, the 

 home of the Northern Spy, where 5.5 per cent of the orchards are located. 

 A few orchards are scattered in the northwestern part of the county 

 around Victor and Fishers. 



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GENERAL AVERAGE YIELD AND INCOME FOR THE COUNTY 



The general average yield and income for all the orchards in Ontario 

 county comprising Group I are shown in Table i. The figures for yields 

 show larger returns in the alternate years, but prices are so adjusted that 

 such extremes do not appear in the incomes. The years of heavy yield 

 were 1904 and 1906. An average yield of 7 9 barrels per acre was produced 

 in 1904, and about 61 barrels per acre in 1906. Much damage was done 

 by hail in 1907, so that the yield for that year reached the very low point 

 of 38 barrels per acre for the orchards of Group I. The four-yeai* average 

 yield for Group I is 58.4 barrels per acre, and the four-year average income 

 is $111.51. 



* See Appendix, Part II, for an explanation of this term. 



