THE OUTLOOK FOR GROPVING 



Production op Apples in Barrels in thk United 

 States from 1896 to 1910 



1896 69,070,000 



1^7 41,530,000 



1898 28,570,000 



1899 37,460,000 



1900 56,820,000 



Total crop for five years 233,450,000 



Average crop for five years 46,690000 



1901 26,970,000 



1902 46,625,000 



1903 42,626,000 



1904 45,360,000 



1905 24,310,000 



Total crop for five years 185,891,000 



Average crop for five years 37,178,200 



1906 38,280,000 



1907 29,540,000 



1908 25,850,000 



1909 25,415,000 



1910 23,825,000 



Total crop for five years 142,910,000 



Average crop for five years 28,582,000 



Estimates of 1896, 1897, and 1898 from " Better Fruit," 

 Vol. 5, No. 5. All other years from the estimates of the 

 " American Agriculturist." 



It will thus be seen that the apple crop 

 of 19 10 was 45,245,000 barrels less than that 

 of 1896, and that during the whole period of 

 fifteen years the decline has been regular. The 

 average annual crop of the five year period 

 ending with 1905 was 9,511,800 barrels less 

 than the average annual crop of the preceding 

 five years ending with 1900, and correspond- 



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