THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



473 



CROP STATISTICS. 



By Geo. P. Weldon. 



In the September number of The INIonthly Bulletin there appeared an 

 article on the outlook of the olive, by Honorable B. B. Meek, of Oroville. 

 This article ably discusses the present importance of the olive in the 

 State of California, as well as its future possibilities. Mr. Meek states 

 that "the olive industry can become one of the biggest and most im- 

 portant fruit industries in the State." That this is true no one who is 

 familiar with conditions generally will doubt. California is practically 

 the only state in the Union which is growing this fruit commercially. 

 The area devoted to the production of this crop during the year 1914 is 

 graphically depicted in the map published herewith. This is a copy of 

 a map which is on exhibition in the booth containing the exhibit of the 

 State Commission of Horticulture, in the Horticultural Building at the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The acreage, both bearing and non-bearing, 

 for 1914, is given. 



This Conunission will soon have in its possession figures showing the 

 total acreage of this fruit in 1915. No doubt these figures will show a 

 tremendous growth in the industry, as some of the counties have been 

 planting very heavily. 



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-STATC COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE- 



Fig. 98. — Map showing the acreage of olives by counties. (Original.) 



