No. (I. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1029 



Of the total number in 11)00, GG.O per cent, were apple trees; 1D.7 

 per cent, peach trees; 5.4 per cent, cherry trees; 4.(> per cent, pear 

 trees: 4.3 per cent, apricot, plum, prune, and uuclassilied trees; the 

 laU<!r class, which is not included in the table, numbered 58,1)50 and 

 yielded 21,778 bushels of fruits. The value of orchard products given 

 in Table 18 includes the value of 504,472 barrels of cider, 110,- 

 324 barrels of vinegar and 1)38,810 pounds of dried and evaporated 

 fruits. Comparisons of fruit yields or values, when made by decades 

 only, are of little value, as the yield of any given year deijends upon 

 the season. 



Small Fruits. 



The total area used in the cultivation of small fruits in 1899 was 

 12,271 acres, distributed among 50,937 farms, an average of 0.24 acre 

 pci farm. Of the total area, 5,GG7 areas, yielding 10,179,430 quarts, 

 were devoted to strawberries. These berries were grown generally 

 throughout the State, but the southeastern counties of York, Lan- 

 caster, Berks and Chester, together with the western counties of 

 Allegheny and Erie, report 38.0 per cent, of the product and 36.4 

 per cent, of the acreage. The acreages and productions of the other 

 berries were as follows: IJaspberries and Logan berries, 3,938 acres 

 and 5,3G0,530 quarts; blackberries and dewberries, 1,383 acres and 

 1,995,070 quarts; currants, 71G acres and 1,031,870 quarts; goose- 

 berries, 2G7 acres and 3GG,930 quarts; and other small fruits, 300 

 acres and 32G,730 quarts. 



Vegetables. 



The total area used in the cultivation of vegetables, including 

 potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions, in 1899 was 310,43G acres. Of 

 this area 73.4 per cent, ^vas devoted to potatoes, 25.0 per cent, to 

 niisi-ellaneous vegetables, 1.1 per cent, to sweet potatoes, and 0.5 per 

 cent, to onions. Potatoes were extensively raised throughout the 

 Slate, 227,8G7 acres being devoted to them, and yielding 21,7G9,472 

 bushels, an average of 95.5 bushels per acre. 



The total area used in the cultivation of miscellaneous vegetables 

 was 77,G21 acres, of which the products of 42,041 acres were not re- 

 ported in detail. Of the remaining 35,580 acres, 12,879 were devoted 

 to sweet corn; 10,851, to cabbages; G,089, to tomatoes; 785, to turnips; 

 754, to muskmelons; 749, to cucumbers; G18, to watermelons; 596, to 

 asparagus; 561, to celery, and 1,698 to other vegetables. 



Tobacco. 



Though tobacco was cultivated in Pennsylvania as early as 1689, 

 its production was not reported with any degree of care until 1840. 



