THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



371 



SUPPLY OF LEMONS IN UNITED STATES. 



The following- figures on the supply of lemons in the United States 

 during the last sixteen years in five .year periods have been received 

 from Mr. F. 0. AVallsehlaeger, secretary of the Citrus Protective 

 League, and will be of interest to the Bulletin readers : 



For the information of our members we have brought together the 

 following data showing the supply of lemons in the United States for 

 three five-year periods and the estimated supply for 1914-15. The 

 years end on June 30th. 



Imports, 

 tons 



Califor- 

 nia ship- 

 ments, 

 tons 



Total 

 tons 



Increase 



over 



last five 



years, 



per cent 



Five-year average — 



1900-1904 



1905-1909 



1910-1914 



Year 1914-1915 



78,750 

 74,531 

 80,942 



80,803 



28,620 

 52,963 

 63,812 

 76,086 



107,370 

 127,494 

 144,754 

 156,889 



18.8 



13.5 



8.4 



The remark is sometimes made that the consumption of lemons has 

 been nearly stationary during recent years. The data, however, shows 

 that the 1911-15 estimated supply of 156,889 tons exceeded the average 

 supply during the five years 1900-1904 by 49,519 tons, or 46.1 per cent. 

 This increase in the supply during about fifteen years is equal to 

 about 3,300 carloads of 30,000 pounds each. 



The proportion out of the total supply which was shipped from 

 California increased from 26.7 per cent in 1900-04 to 48.5 per cent 

 in 1914-15. 



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