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throughout the warmer portions of the State. Even the casual 

 observer notes that many varieties find conditions congenial to 

 vegetative growth, while many produce annual yields of well 

 matured fruit. As early as 1899 fig production had become an im- 

 portant line of fruit raising. The Twelfth United States Census 

 shows 4,325 trees of bearing age, and a yield of 949,140 pounds. 

 The Thirteenth Census, however, shows a total of 3,848 trees in 

 bearing, a decrease of nearly 10 per cent, with a much greater 

 decrease in average yield per tree. 



There are no commercial orchards in the State. Less than 400 

 farms have bearing trees, the average number of trees per farm 

 being approximately 10. These trees are generally located in the 

 home orchard, the lawn, or along the irrigation ditch. 



The following data, adapted from the Thirteenth United States 

 Census, is of more than usual interest and is introduced at this 

 point to show clearly the success met with in planting trees at earlier 

 dates, the results secured from older plantings, and the development 

 of fig growing in sections where very promising returns have been 

 realized. 



TABLE III. — SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BEARING AND NON-BEARING 

 FIG TREES, INCREASE IN PER CENT OF PLANTINGS, TOTAL AND 

 AVERAGE YIELD FOR ALL COUNTIES, 1910. 



Counties 



Apache 



Cochise 



Coconino. . . 



Gila 



Graham . . . . 

 Maricopa. . . 

 Mohave. . . . 



Navajo 



Pima 



Pinal 



Santa Cruz. 

 Yavapai. . . 

 Yuma 



The State. 



Trees 

 bearing 



Total 

 yield 



Number 



76 



37 



190 



2,628 



70 



Pounds 



785 



10,655 



3,236 



96,540 



630 



344 

 164 



2 

 60 



277 



3,848 



650 

 5,800 



200 

 3,100 

 5,485 



Average 

 yield 



Trees 

 non- 

 bearing 



Pounds 



10.3 



287.9 



17.0 



36.7 



9.0 



127,081 



1.8 



35.4 



100.0 



51.6 



19.8 



33.0 



Number 



215 

 44,694 



58 

 2,123 



Increase 



in last 



10 years 



Per cent 



6.6 



113.2 

 1,700.7 



113 



70.1 



96.6 



776.4 



47,208 1,226.8 



The above table is instructive since it shows that conditions in 

 Apache, Coconino, and Navajo Counties inhibit the growing of the 



