Economic Status, and Extent of the Peach Industry 21 



In the countries in South America not mentioned peaches 

 are grown, if at all, in such small quantities as to be a neg- 

 ligible factor in the fruit industry. 



Europe. 



Austria-Hungary. — Only fragmentary data regarding the 

 extent of fruit-growing in this country are accessible. The 

 average annual value of peaches exported during the period 

 1909-1913 was $13,000. 



France. — The average annual production of peaches in 

 France for the ten-year period 1904-1913 w^as 31,967 tons, 

 or 1,332,000 bushels; for 1914 it was about 22,000 tons; 

 and in 1915 about 15,000 tons. 



Germany. — In 1913 there were reported to be in Ger- 

 many 1,285,000 peach trees of bearing age and 735,000 not 

 of bearing age. During the five years 1909 to 1913, Ger- 

 many imported fresh peaches to the extent of an average 

 annual value of S485,000, obtained mostly in Italy, and 

 dried peaches and apricots, mostly from the United States, 

 with an average annual value of $748,000. According to 

 the Census of December 1, 1913,^ there w^ere in the 

 several provinces of Prussia, peach trees in number 

 as follows: in Silesia, 117,037; Saxony, 92,144; Rhine, 

 351,382; and in other districts not specifically designated, 

 495,595. 



Italy. — The statistics showing the production of "stone- 

 fruits" in Italy do not segregate the different kinds. The 

 average annual production for the five years 1909-1913 of 

 peaches, apricots, cherries, and the like was 117,000 tons: 

 126,000 tons in 1914 and 130,000 tons in 1915. For the 

 years 1909-1913 peaches were exported in average annual 

 » Daily Consular and Trade Rept., Oct. 30, 1916, p. 390. 



