FRUIT MOTgS - May 1953 



APPLE TREE COUMT IN I«iASSACHUSETTS 



During 19^0 and 1951, the iiassachusetts Fruit Growers' Association attempted 

 to get an apple tree count in tJ:ie commercial orchards in Massachusetts. The 

 tabulation of the count was delayed with the hope that a larger percentage of the 

 trees could be included. Finally the WGA Industry Committee requested that tho 

 usable questionnaires be tabulated. The following figures were taken from the 

 summary of available and useful questionnaires, 



NUivlBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES, TREES. ACRE S, AND PR ODUCTION REPORTED BY COUNTIES : 



t: — — 



Number Trees Acres Production 



County useful 19U8 19ii9 



• questionnaires 



.. 860 

 900 



7,57ii 

 11,028 



7,005 

 68,520 

 8li,192 

 25,971 



9,963 



9,895 

 3,315 



Total 229 229,223 6,557 812, l6l 1,259,752 



The average orchard, according to thesu figures, \vould be about 29 acres 

 v/ith 1000 trees or about 35 trees to the acre. 



The estimated 19U8 and 19^9 production is approximately 35?o of the apple 

 production as reported by the New England Crop Reporting Service. 



A size breakdovm of the orchards reported is as follovrs:- 



Nuraber of trees Number of orchards 



— 500 trees 129 

 501-1000 trees ' hh 



1,001-1500 trees 15 



1,501-2000 trees 13 



2,001-3000 trees 9 



3,001-UOOO trees 7 



ii, 001-5000 trees 5 



Over -5000 7 



229 



The varieties reported by the 229. grovrers, amounts to 217,i458 trees in the 

 following variety groupings :- 



Varieties Reported 



Mcintosh 

 Baldv/in 

 Delicious 

 Cortland 

 Early Mcintosh 



