650 THE FRUIT INDUSTRY rx XKW YORK STATE 



TABLE II 



Report of Report of Report of Report of 



1911 1912 1913 1914 



No. nursery certificates. 500 586 663 647 



No. vineyard certificates. 42 28 37 33 



Acres in nurseries 9,255 9,918 9.735 8,356 



Acres in vineyards 2. 233 1, 297 736 1, 181 



Apple trees 14.350,000 19,246.000 21,038.375 18,640,177 



Pear trees 6, 700. 000 7: 185. 000 7. 097. 166 6, 897. 547 



Dwarf pear trees 1,100.000 970.000 981,544 1.086,262 



Plum trees 8, 600. 000 8, 263, 000 5. 256. 204 5, 133, 381 



Cherry trees 10,700,000 9.945,000 10.068,617 9,496.862 



Peach trees 9, 000, 000 9, 892, 000 9. 624. 903 7. 567, 620 



Quince trees 1,500,000 1,782,000 1.524.932 1.666,090 



Apricot trees *1, 167, 000 16, 000 129. 050 143. 816 



Ornamental trees 5, 100. 000 8, 567, 000 39. 528. 210 28. 107. 360 



Ornamental shrubs 13,000,000 11.675,000 10.289,630 9,936,219 



Currant plants 6, 900. 000 6, 828, 000 7. 31 1. 043 6, 494, 948 



Grapevines (plants) 15,580,000 24,465,000 18.047.412 19,119,805 



Herbaceous plants 122, 000 907. 000 874. 500 1. 066, 600 



Gooseberry plants 2,116,000 1,835,000 2.050.371 1,986,508 



*Probably an error. 



Dr. George G. Atwood contributes the following: 

 "In 1912 there were about 20,000,000 apple trees raised in 

 the state of Xew York. I believe that most of the apple trees are 

 raised in the nurseries of Ontario, Moirroe, Wayne, and Livingston. 

 It is also true that the majority of the pears, plums, cherries, 

 peaches, and quinces are produced in the counties named. Orna- 

 mental trees are grown mostly at Geneva, Xewark, Rochester, 

 Poughkeepsie, Yonkers, Flushing, and Westbury, and those grown 

 by the State Conservation Commission number into the millions. 

 Currants are grown most largely in Chautauqua County, but many 

 are grown in Ulster, Ontario, Wayne, and Xiagara counties. 

 Comparatively few grapevines are grown outside of Chautauqua 

 county. The bulk of the gooseberries are also raised in this county. 

 Herbaceous plants are grown in the nurseries handling orna- 

 mental trees." 



SOILS 



The principal soil types in use in western Xew York are those 

 of the Ontario and Dunkirk series. All types ranging from fine 

 sandy loam to loam and clay loam are used, the tendency 

 being to place the pears and plums on the heavier soil types and 



