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NORTH AMERICAN STATES 



The production of nuts in 1909 was 382,535 pounds, 

 valued at $47,456. The pecan was by far the most 

 important nut, the production in 1909 being 307,632 

 pounds, valued at $43,962. The production of Persian 

 or English walnuts was, in 1909, 28,575 pounds, valued 

 at $2,018; that of black walnuts 42,573 pounds, valued 

 at $766; and 17,012 coconuts valued at $501. 



The most important fruits produced in Florida are 

 the tropical fruits, valued in 1909 at $7,092,150. More 

 than half this value is contributed by oranges, and most 

 of the remainder by pomelos (grapefruit) and pine- 

 apples. In 1909, 4,852,967 boxes of oranges were pro- 

 duced, valued at $4,304,987. The production in 1899 

 was 273,295 boxes. The production of pomelos, or 

 grapefruit, in 1909 was 1,061,537 boxes, valued at 

 $1,907,816; that of pineapples, 778,644 crates, valued 

 at $734,069. Other tropical fruits of importance, their 

 production, and value in 1909 were: tangerines, 34,871 

 boxes, valued at $64,082; lemons, 12,367 boxes, valued 

 at $13,753; limes, 11,302 boxes, valued at $12,457; 

 guava, 258,709 pounds, valued at $7,604; figs, 474,287 

 pounds, valued at $20,886; mangoes, 5,278 boxes, 

 valued at $5,739; bananas, 10,048 bunches, valued at 

 $5,638; avocados, 4,920 crates, valued at $10,100; and 

 also kumquats to the value of $2,768; and Japanese 

 persimmons, valued at $2,066. 



Of the small-fruits raised in Florida, strawberries are 

 the only one raised on a considerable scale. The total 

 acreage, production, and value of small-fruits in Florida 

 in 1909 was: 1,356 acres; 2,396,573 quarts; and 

 $302,383. Of strawberries alone, there were 1,343 

 acres, which produced in 1909, 2,383,397 quarts, valued 

 at $301,056. Blackberries and dewberries contributed 

 $1,287 toward the total value of small-fruits; raspberries 

 and loganberries $25; and currants $15. 



Of the vegetables grown in 1909, the most important 

 in value were the tomato, sweet potatoes, yams, and 

 potatoes. The product from 12,338 acres of tomatoes 

 in 1909 was valued at $1,839,233. The production of 

 sweet potatoes and yams in 1909 was 2,083,665 bushels, 

 valued at $1,231,238; the production of potatoes was 

 856,967 bushels, valued at $839,691. Other leading 

 vegetables were: 5,013 acres of green beans, valued at 

 $483,927; 3,028 acres of cabbage, valued at $434,558; 

 3,408 acres of cantaloupes and muskmelons, valued at 

 $230,009; 825 acres of celery, valued at $417,578; 2,086 

 acres of cucumbers, valued at $354,770; 1,450 acres of 

 lettuce, valued at $343,456; 296 acres of green peppers 

 valued at $94,246; and 17,711 acres of watermelons, 

 valued at $394,567. Other vegetables of less impor- 

 tance grown in Florida are asparagus, beets, cauliflower, 

 sweet corn, eggplant, okra, onions, green peas, squash 

 and turnips. 



The acreage devoted to the production of flowers and 

 plants in 1909 was 49; in 1899 it was 45 acres. The value 

 of the products from flowers and plants was $69,106 

 m 1909; the value from these products was $41,417 in 

 1899. The total area under glass in 1909 was 711,787 

 square feet. Of this, 568,190 were covered by green- 

 houses and 143,597 by sashes and frames. 



The acreage used in the production of nursery prod- 

 ucts was 2,231 in 1909, as compared with 663 in 1899, 

 showing an increase in acreage of 236.5 per cent. The 

 value of the nursery products in 1909 was $478,174, as 

 compared with $122,140 in 1899. p. jj. ROLFS. 



EAST SOUTH CENTRAL STATES. 

 Kentucky. 



The state of Kentucky (Fig. 2516), while its interests 

 have not been largely directed, in the past, toward the 

 field of horticulture, is nevertheless, in its various parts, 

 admirably adapted to nearly all the fruits and vege- 

 tables of the temperate zone, a fact which during the 

 past decade or more, has been increasingly recognized. 



Its agriculture has been primarily concerned with the 

 practices of general farming and live-stock production 

 rather than with the more intensive requirements of 

 fruit- and truck-growing. 



Before the Civil War, the people of wealth and cul- 

 ture, in common with those of other classes, lived 

 chiefly in the country rather than in the towns, which 

 were small and comparatively unimportant. There 

 are evidences yet remaining, in numerous old and 

 stately country homes, surrounded by magnificent trees 

 and old-fashioned gardens, to bear witness to the high 

 appreciation of the people of those early days for the 

 amenities of rural life. Even today, though the move- 

 ment toward the town is here, as elsewhere, apparent, 

 Kentucky is practically a rural community. With the 

 exception of Louisville, all of its cities are still of modest 

 size, the interests of whose people are closely inter- 

 woven with those of the country districts round about. 



In the early years, therefore, there was little to stimu- 

 late the growth of commercial horticulture, but with the 

 steady advance in fruit-growing throughout the country, 

 and particularly as a result of better transportation 

 facilities for perishable products, there have been 

 developed, in recent years, several fruit- and vegetable- 

 growing areas in which these industries have assumed 

 extensive proportions. Broadly speaking, these areas 

 may be said to include a more or less continuous band 

 of territory of varying width, along the northern bound- 

 ary of the state bordering the Ohio River down to its 

 confluence with the Mississippi. A second region of 

 horticultural importance includes a belt of counties 

 lying to the south and southwest of Louisville, extend- 

 ing as far as Warren and adjacent counties in the 

 southern part of the state. 



Among the more notable of these centers of fruit- 

 production is the Henderson apple district including 

 Henderson and parts of the neighboring counties which 

 have proved to be peculiarly adapted to the production 

 of the Winesap apple. This variety has been more 

 extensively planted in this section than any other kind, 

 and being held in cold storage until the later winter 

 months when other varieties of high quality have 

 become scarce, finds a ready market at good prices, 

 much of the product being shipped to southern cities. 

 The interests of the community being centered largely 

 upon this one fruit, there has naturally developed an 

 organization for cooperation which has resulted in 

 great economies in the purchase of spraying material 

 and other supplies, though not as yet, in marketing 

 the crop. 



In this same region, also, along the bottom-lands 

 more or less subject to annual overflow from the Ohio 

 River, there is the promise of a new industry for this 

 latitude in the growing of select varieties of the pecan. 

 Upon both the Indiana and Kentucky shores of the 

 Ohio, in this locality, are numerous groves of native 

 pecan trees of great size, vigor, and productiveness. 

 Here and there individual trees of great merit have been 

 discovered which produce nuts of high value, from the 

 standpoint of flavor, thinness of shell, size, and contin- 

 uous productiveness. Some of these have been propa- 

 gated by specialists who have discovered new and 

 simpler methods for their multiplication, and are now 

 being offered by nurserymen along with choice varieties 

 of apples and peaches. Thoughtful students of this 

 subject predict that here in Kentucky, as well as in the 

 South, there is to be a large and important develop- 

 ment of this horticultural industry. 



Another fruit industry has sprung up during the past 

 eight years in the strawberry-growing district in and 

 around Warren County, with Bowling Green as its 

 center. Here there is maintained a strong cooperative 

 organization which has been so efficiently managed for 

 the benefit of the growers that the strawberry area has 

 increased from 55 acres the first year, to over 1,000 in 

 1914, with a large increase in prospect. After trials 



