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greater ease and certainty with which the walnut 

 can be grown has led to the abandonment in 

 recent years of many of the almond orchards. 



Nevertheless, the crop is one of considerable 

 importance, as the figures just given show. 



The total number of Persian or English wal- 

 nut trees in bearing in 1910 numbered 914,270, 

 of which all but about sixty thousand are in 

 California. The rapid increase of the industry, 

 and its prospect of still greater increase in the 

 near future, is shown in the fact that the number 

 of young trees, not yet of bearing age, was 

 reported in 1910 as 806,413. 



The extension of the industry is shown also in 

 the fact that of the trees not yet in bearing no 

 fewer than 177,004 are in the single State of 

 Oregon, and 5,513 in Mississippi. These figures 

 forecast the spread of industry to meet the grow- 

 ing demand for walnuts in America. 



The total production of Persian walnuts in 

 1909 was 22,026,524 pounds, with a valuation 

 of $2,297,336. 



It will thus be seen that the walnut takes rank 

 as a commercial crop of genuine importance. 

 The value of the crop approaches that of the 

 total crop of apricots, although not as yet 

 approaching the value of the half dozen more 

 popular orchard fruits. 



