480 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



nonbearing madeira nut trees, 278,380 bearing and 331,022 nonbearing 

 olive trees, 3,885,890 bearing and 9,705,246 nonbearing orange trees, 

 21,750,000 pineapple plants, 3,279 bearing and 12,867 nonbearing pomelo 

 trees, and 214,988 bearing and 657,980 nonbearing pecan trees. 



Excluding pineapples and bananas, which are all counted as bearing 

 plants, as they commence fruiting within a year of planting, it will be 

 noted that the average number of all nonbearing trees is about double that 

 of the bearing trees, the product of which in the census year was, so far 

 as reported, valued at $14,116,226.59, divided as follows: Almond $1,525,- 

 109.80, banana $280,653.75, cocoanut $251,217.41, fig $307,271.76, lemon 

 $988,099.92, lime, $62,496.90, madeira nut $1,256,958, olive, $386,368.32, 

 orange $6,602,099.06, pineapple $812,159.17, pomelo $27,216, and pecan 

 $1,616,576.50. On the basis of present prices, with all the nonbearing 

 trees in fruitage, the next census ought to show a value of product of more 

 than $50,000,000. As a forecast of the future growth of these branches of 

 horticulture, in addition to the acreage already planted, the number of 

 acres of land in the United States susceptible of development in plant in 

 any one or all of the fruits and nuts named has been ascertained, and the 

 aggregate figures are also given. 



Kinds of fruit and nut. 



Total... 



Almond 



Banana 



Citron 



Cocoannt ... 



Fig 



Gnava 



Kaki 



Lemon 



Lime 



Madeira nat 



Olive 



Orange 



Pecan 



Pineapple. _. 

 Pomelo 



Number of 



acres of 



bearing and 



nonbearing 



trees and 



plants. 



Number of 



bearing 



trees and 



plants. 



271,428.10 



28,101,036 



Number of 



nonbearing 



trees and 



plants. 



14,205,323 



800,010 



14,110 



1,199,549 



285.201 



120,529 



124,522 



498,784 



44,255 



411,248 



331,022 



9,705,246 



657.980 



12,867 



Value of 



product for 



year 1889. 



$14,116,226 59 



$1,525,109 80 



a 280,653 75 



b 



251,217 41 



a 307,271 76 



b 



b 



988,099 92 



a 62,496 90 



1,256,958 00 



886,368 32 



i 6,602,099 06 



1,616,576 50 



a 812,159 17 



a 27,216 00 



Estimated 

 number 

 of acres suit- 

 able for 

 planting 

 tropical 

 fruits and 

 nuts. 



24,710,879 



2.417,349 

 446,481 

 1.153.222 

 192,067 

 3,013,899 

 2,075,300 

 2,831.369 

 1,276,648 

 1,203,143 

 1,185.121 

 2,893,116 

 2,260,855 

 1,546,460 

 866,084 

 1,349,766 



a Value partially given; not fully reported. b Value of product not reported. 



Robert P. Porter, 



Superintendent of Census 



TROPIC AND SEMITROPIC FRUITS AND NUTS. 

 BY J. H. HALE. 



In undertaking an investigation of the semitropic fruit and nut indus- 

 tries of the United States a most difficult task was imposed. No single 

 branch of the work had ever before been investigated. However, starting 

 with a list of names, kindly furnished by the Division of Pomology of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, supplemented later by those of 



