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ORCHARDS* 



FARMS PRODUCING: 

 ACREAGE: 

 MARKET OUTLETS: 



Key Growing Areas 



572 



9380 



virtually all of the fruit is produced for fresii market. An estimated50% of 

 the crop is wholesale marketed. The residual is sold through roadside 

 stands, pick-your-own operations and farmers' markets. 



• Nashoba Valley -Over 50% of the state's tree fruit acreage straddles the boundary of Worcester and 

 Middlesex counties. 



• Connecticut River Valley - over 30 percent of the state's tree fruit acreage is found here. 

 County Distribution 



COUNTY 



FAPIMS PRODUCING 



ACRES 



WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



Berkshire 27 



Franklin 61 



Hampshire 44 



Hcimpden 68 



250 



1,157 



943 



923 



Total 200 



CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS 

 Worcester 147 



3,273 

 3,443 



Total 



EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



Essex 



Middlesex 



Norfolk 



Plymouth 



Bristol 



147 



29 

 74 

 20 

 30 



53 



3,443 



484 



1,327 

 158 

 138 

 422 



Total 



206 



CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS 

 Barnstable 9 



Dukes 7 



Nantucket not available 



2,529 



38 

 80 



not available 



Total 



not available 



not available 



STATE TOTAL 



572 



9,379 



•includes apples, apricots, cherries, grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums etc. 



Sources: 1987 Census of Agriculture, United States Department of Commerce and Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture. 



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