Apple Orchard Survey of Niagara County. 



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Age and yield. — The period of maximum production seems to come 

 between fifty and sixty-five years after planting. Some orchards or 

 parts of orchards were seen, which were planted previous to 1830, but 

 no accurate data could be given of the yields so they were not used 

 in this computation. 



II. Age and Yield per Acre in Bushels for All Parts of the County 



Surveyed 



DATE OF 

 PLANTING. 



1830-39 

 1840-49 

 1850-54 

 1855-59 

 1860-64 

 1865-69 

 1870-74 

 1875-79 

 1880-84 

 1885-89 



1902. 



Num- 

 ber or- 

 chards. 



I 

 4 

 2 



9 



31 

 33 

 30 

 22 

 1 1 

 I 



Num- 

 ber 

 acres. 



9 

 40 

 1 1 

 94 



297 

 356 

 267 

 223 

 105 

 4 



Aver- 

 age 

 yield. 



Ill 



98 



121 



26 1 



96 



97 



136 



162 



198 



ISO 



1903. 



Num- 

 ber or 

 chards. 



3 



5 

 6 

 I 2 

 37 

 48 

 43 

 40 

 15 

 3 



Num- 

 ber 

 acres. 



49 

 39 



78 



157 

 408 

 458 

 371 

 414 

 153 

 18 



1904. 



Aver- 

 age 

 yield. 



89 

 88 

 107 

 106 

 109 

 127 

 122 

 108 

 71 

 115 



Num- 

 ber or- 

 chards. 



2 



4 

 S 

 16 

 45 

 69 

 63 

 71 

 23 

 I 



Num- Aver- 



ber age 

 acres, yield. 



14 

 40 

 76 

 173 

 456 

 730 

 597 

 623 



123 



4 



117 

 213 

 173 

 106 

 102 

 162 

 170 



150 

 129 

 160 



Age and Yield per Acre in Bushels for All Parts of the County Surveyed 



The comparatively high yield for the last two periods, namely, 1885- 

 89 and 1890-94, is due to the fact that these orchards were mostly 

 of the Oldenburg (Dutchess) variety, which is an early bearer. 



* Average age for a ten-year period. Each date of planting not Icnown. 

 (a) Two year average. 



