THE NEW EARTH 



fruits and nuts exported was about five hun- 

 dred thousand dollars, while, in 1904, this had 

 risen to over twenty million, five hundred 

 thousand dollars. 



In 1870 we produced fruits to the value of 

 $5,425,677; in 1880, it had increased to $17,- 

 549,576; in 1890, $29,862,416; in 1900, $56,- 

 668,313, while the increase during the present 

 decade promises to be even larger. There 

 were only ninety-seven establishments for can- 

 ning and preservmg fruits in the United States 

 in 1870, while in 1905 there were over two 

 thousand. 



These figures will suggest the advancement 

 in fruit culture during this period from a com- 

 mercial point of view. It is quite as significant 

 an advance as that shown in individual interest 

 in this most delightful occupation. With a 

 steadily increasing demand, home and foreign, 

 and with a steady widening of the zone of 

 culture, the fruit industry, large as has been 

 its progress during the generation, appears but 

 at its real beginning. 



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