THE NURSERY INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK 

 SAMUEL FRASER, GEXESEO, X. Y. 



MAGNITUDE OF THE INDUSTRY 



According to the thirteenth census of 

 the United States, the acreage in nurseries 

 in 1909 was 87,618 acres, while in 1899 

 it was but 59,492 acres. In other words, 

 a gain of 35.5 per cent in acreage was 

 made in that decade; while in value of 

 products the figures were $10,123,873 in 

 1899 and $21,450,822 in 1909, a gain of 

 107.9L per cent 



Taking the different divisions of the 

 United States we find that in value of 



products the Middle Atlantic states rank first; the West North- 

 Central division, second; the Pacific division, third; and the East 

 North-Central, fourth. The state of New York reports the value 

 of such products as $2,703,000, which is greater than in any other 

 state, California being second with a value of $2,135,000, and 

 Texas third with $1,236,000. No other state produced $1,000,000 

 worth. The acreage given for New York in 1899 was 8,248, while 

 in 1909 it was 8,680 ; in other words, the acreage made a slight gain 

 of 5.4 per cent in the ten years, but in value we see a remarkable 

 gain of from $1,642,107 in 1899 to $2,750,957 in 1909, or 67.5 

 per cent. This increase in value, however, was not so high as that 

 of the rest of the country. In 1911, the figures from Albany, 

 N. Y., show 9,255 acres, and in 1912, the number of acres was 

 increased to 9,918. 



The nursery business has long been established in New York, 

 and the firms engaged rank high in the industry. Of the five 

 hundred members of the National American Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation, about 25 per cent are from the state of New York, which 

 is significant when we remember that -New York has but one-ninth 

 the total acreage of the nursery industry and one-eighth of the 

 total value. 



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