PRESENT EXTENT OF THE FRUIT INDUSTRY 



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The table does not include apples because they are not handled 

 in the same way as other fruits. The figures of dried and canned 

 fruits and nuts will appear in Chapter XLI. 



The Fruit Interests of 1920. The fruit interests of California 

 now constitute the greatest single industry of California, and the 

 fruit output of California is far greater than that of any other State 

 in the Union. Notable progress has been secured in planting, in 

 the growth, preparation and marketing of the product, in the con- 

 test with injurious insects and plant diseases, and, in fact, in all 

 things which contribute to success. 



Some idea of the dimensions of the California fruit interests may 

 be had from the enumeration of the trees and vines made by the 

 State Board of Equalization for March 1, 1920, and the report of 

 the quantities and valuations of the products to the growers made 

 by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture for the year 1920, as follows : 



Acreage of California Fruits: Also Products and Valuation for 1920 



flndicates acres. 



*Figures for prunes and raisins are weights of cured products. 



It was shown by the U. S. Census of 1910 that California led 

 the other States in every fruit except two the apple and the cherry. 

 California also led in the total value of all fruits produced in all 

 States producing in fact about one-fourth of all the fruit grown in 

 the United States. Since the census year, 1909, the California fruit 

 interests have notably advanced, and it is anticipated that the census 

 of 1920 will show that California leads in the production of all fruits 

 grown in the United States except the apple. The preliminary re- 

 ports of the Census of 1920 place the farm value of the fruit crops of 

 1919 at $270,910,705. The less value for 1920, as given above, is due 

 to fluctuations both in production and prices prevailing. 



