MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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CHERRIES 



Acres and Trees in Commercial Orcliards * 

 By County, 19.51 and 1971 



COUNTY 



& ACRES 



VARIETY 



1951 1971 



Sweet cherries 



Flathead NA 43 



Lake NA 912 



Ravalli NA 



Total Sweet NA 955 



Tart cherries 



Flathead NA 



Lake NA 



Ravalli NA 251 



Total Tart NA 251 



Total Cherries 726 1,206 



TREES OF AI.L^AGES 



67,.360 



107,543 



' Commercial Orchards — 100 or more trees. 

 Includes Flathead County trees. 

 ' Includes Missoula County trees. 



CHERRIES 



Commercial Orchards by Size Groups, 1971 



SIZE GROUP — NUMBER OF TREES 



Less than 



COUNTY 299 



Flathead: 



Number of orchards 2 



Number of trees 321 



Lake: 



Number of orchards 78 



Number of trees 14,218 



Ravalli: 



Number of orchards 3 



Number of trees 550 



Total orchards 83 



Total trees 15,089 



SWEET CHERRY TREES IN COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS 



By County and by Age, 1951 and 1971 



COUNTY 



NUMBER OF TREES BY AGE 



TOTAL 



Under 2-6 7-11 12-21 22-31 Over TREES OF 



2 years years years years years 31 years ALL AGES 



Flathead 



1951 1 



1971 290 



Lake 



1951 1,724 



1971 7.255 



Ravalli 



1951 40 



1971 



Total 



1951 1,764 



1971 7,545 



1,460 



899 



370 



671 



334 



4.024 



' Included in Lake County totals. 



2 1951 Survey Age Group 22 years and over. 



