THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



419 



CROP REPORT AND STATISTICS. 



By Geo. P. Wei.dox. 



The reguhir monthly crop report whieli has been published in this 

 department of the bulletin for some months past has not been com- 

 piled for September, owing to the fact that the county horticultural 

 connni.ssioners are required to make an annual report to the State 

 Commission, such report being due on September 30th, and as a con- 

 sequence the previously mentioned report was not required. 



Many interesting facts concerning the condition of orchards, new 

 plantings, and i)roduction of fruits are contained in the annual reports 

 parts of which will later be published in the bulletin. 



The following figures, giving the production of oranges for the sea- 

 son in the three heaviest producing counties south of the Tehachapi, 

 may be of interest: 



Lo.s Augeles 108,000 tons 



Riverside (50,818 tons 



San Bernardino 207,504 tons 



The estimated percentage of the total state's output grown in these 

 counties during a season of normal production may be found in the 

 following table which has been compiled from reports of county horti- 

 cultural commissioners, fruit exchanges and other reliable sources. 



*L€ss than 2 per cent of state's normal crop grown in county. 



