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THE FRUIT INDUSTRY ix XEW YORK STATE 



The thirteenth census reports nursery products as being grown 

 on 608 farms in the state of Xew York. Of this total, 306 did 

 not grow sufficient for their stock to reach $250 in value; in fact, 

 the total value of these 306 places was only $47,514, an average 

 of $155 per farm. The remaining 302 establishments reporting 

 the value of products as over $250 each, had ar average of $8,952 

 per farm. The census for 1899 gave the total acreage of nursery 

 products and the value thereof as follows : 



TABLE I 



Amount of 



New York Counties Ac-res Sales 



Albany 5 . 5 $7, 001 



Allegany 7.5 5, 050 



Broome 6.75 4, 750 



Cattaraugus 141 



Cayuga 53 . 5 5. tiS',> 



Chautauqua 406.5 90, 532 



Chemung 15.0 1,994 



Clinton , 1.5 225 



Columbia . 8.0 1,215 



Cortland 105 



Delaware ... 31 



Dutchess 19.5 2, 985 



Erie 61.5 15,350 



Fulton 1.5 302 



Genesee 220. 42, 242 



Greene 2.5 2, 050 



Jefferson 3.5 76 



Kings 2.75 7,853 



Livingston 688 . 103, 046 



Madison 18.0 1,080 



Monroe 3, 118.5 621, 230 



Montgomery .75 655 



Nassau 199.0 44,103 



New York 12 . 25 3, 400 



Niagara 133 . 19, 335 



Oneida 2.G 2, 044 



Onondaga 329 . 75 33. 423 



Ontario 1. 033.75 230, 174 



Orange 102.5 12. 880 



Orleans 68.75 11,115 



Oswego 5.5 2, 363 



Otsego ... 30 



Queens 203.0 51. 311 



Kensselaer 31.0 12, 040 



Richmond 1.0 150 



Rockland 1.5 801 



