472 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Trees or plants. 



Apple 



Apricot ... 



Cherry 



Fig_- 



LemoD 



Lime 



Nectarine. 



Olive 



Orange 



Peach 



Pear 



Plum 



Pomelo 



Prnne 



Total 

 number 

 grown. 



240,570,666 



3,144,466 



38,236,254 



742,200 



552,841 



64,125 



652,679 



328,016 



4,368,322 



49,887,894 



77,223,402 



88,494,367 



80.700 



7,623,000 



Trees or plants. 



Quince 



Nut 



Deciduous 



Evergreen 



Hardy shrubs 



Rose 



Grapevines 



Strawberry... 



Raspberry 



Blackberry 



Currant 



Gooseberry _ 



Miscelianeo's fruit 

 trees and plants. . 



Number 



of 



acres. 



518 

 1.370V4 

 12,342 

 8,644i4 

 2,881 



346'/ 2 

 5,673 

 4,433 



4,889^ 

 2,021, 

 1,009% 



1,477 



Average 



number 



grown 



per acre. 



11,675 

 10,072 

 105,121 

 95,094 

 15,989 

 11,295 

 28,052 

 61,157 

 15,025 

 21,539 

 24,432 

 14,047 



Total 

 number 

 grown. 



6,047,680 



13,803,1*06 



1,297,408,257 



822,038,324 



46,072,530 



3,913,653 



159,139,248 



271,108,253 



86,487,491 



105,310,810 



49,376,K)5 



14,180,789 



The total value of these products in the nursery is upward of $100,000,- 

 000 if sold at market rates; but the fluctuation in demand for the various 

 varieties is such that there is often a considerable surplus of stock on 

 hand of some varieties of too great age or inferior grade, which has to 

 be sold at whatever price is offered or else thrown on the brush heap to be 

 burned, so that nearly 20 per cent, of all stock produced annually remains 

 unsold. 



As nearly all trees and many plants are seldom sold till two or three 

 years old, the stock in nurseries, as above enumerated, really represents a 

 two years' supply. 



The following tables present interesting statistics concerning the nur- 

 series of the United States at the taking of the eleventh census: 



Nurseries and Capital Invested. 



a The value of nursery land in many instances is regulated more by its proximity to cities and towns 

 than by its productive value for nursery purposes. 



b It is evident from the figures furnished by the nurserymen as to the total value of nurseries that in 

 most cases growing stock is not estimated at much more than one fourth its market value when sold. No 

 doubt this is just and fair, as perishable products of this sort are of value only as they can be sold, and 

 their sale depends largely upon advertising and the solicitation of catalogues and traveling salesmen, and 

 if not disposed of when they arrive at proper size and age they soon become valueless. 



