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trees of bearing age, as against 151,323,000 

 trees in 1910 (census taken as of April 

 15), a decrease of 50,471,000 trees, or 33.4 

 per cent. 



In 1910 there were 2,980,398 farms re- 

 porting the growing of apple trees, or 46.8 

 per cent of the total number of farms 

 in the United States. The average num- 

 ber of trees per farm reporting is given 

 as 51. No report was received in 1900 

 showing the number of farms reporting. 



The returns of the 1900 census likewise 

 did not secure the number of trees under 

 bearing age. In 1910, however, 1.498,746 

 farms, or 23.6 per cent of the total, had 

 65.792.000 trees not of bearing age, or an 

 average of 44 per farm. 



The present census shows that in 1909 

 there were produced in the United States 

 147,522,000 bushels of apples, having a 

 total value of $83,231,000. The production 

 at that time was somewhat less than it 

 was ten years previously, when 175,397,000 

 bushels were gathered. The reports of 

 the 1900 census give no information as 

 to value of apples. 



ITnmber of Apple Trees and Prodnction 

 by Divisions 



Of the nine main geographical divisions 

 into which the census divides the country, 

 the- East North Central Division in 1910 

 and 1900 reported the largest number of 

 trees of bearing age, 34,135,000 and 48,- 

 493,000, respectively. In 1909 a total of 

 25,081,000 bushels of apples were gathered, 

 against 47,650,000 bushels in 1899. The 

 value of the crop in 1909 was ?14,669,000. 



The division ranking next in the num- 

 ber of trees of bearing age is the West 

 North Central. In 1910 this division had 

 31,745,000 trees of bearing age, against 

 43,678,000 trees in 1900. At the present 

 census 22,633,000 bushels of apples were 

 produced by this division, valued at $11,- 

 792,000. Ten years ago the production 

 amounted to 14,321,000 bushels. 



The South Atlantic division, with 20.- 

 674,000 trees of bearing age, is third in 

 rank. In 1900 the corresponding number 

 of trees was 25,526,000, a slight falling 

 off thus being shown. The trees of bear- 

 ing age in 1909 produced 18,375,000 bush- 

 els valued at $9,461,000; ^ut in 1899 there 

 •were gathered 26,774,000 bushels, the de- 



crease during the ten years being 8,399,- 

 000 bushels. 



The Middle Atlantic division reports 

 almost as many trees of bearing age as 

 the South Atlantic, and shows more ap- 

 ples produced than any of the other 

 divisions. In 1910 there were 20,302,000 

 producing trees, as compared with 28,- 

 640,000 in 1900, the decrease amounting 

 to 8,338,000 trees. The number of bushels 

 gathered in 1909 was 37,865,000, valued 

 at $19,857,000. In 1899 the trees in this 

 division produced 52,813,000 bushels. 



These four divisions reported over 67 

 per cent of the total product for 1909. 



Number of Apple Trees and Prodnction 

 by States 



Among the several states, Missouri, 

 New York, and Illinois together contained 

 in 1910 almost 25 per cent of all apple 

 trees of bearing age in the United States. 



The number of trees of bearing age in 

 Missouri at the census of 1910 was 14,- 

 360,000, this being a decrease since 1900 

 of 5,680,000 trees. The production of 

 apples in 1909 amounted to 9,969,000 bush- 

 els, while in 1900 it was 6.496,000 bushels, 

 a gain of 3,473,000 bushels. The value 

 of the 1909 crop was $4,886,000. 



New York reported 11,248,000 trees of 

 bearing age in 1910, against 15,055,000 

 trees in 1900. This state alone produced 

 more apples in 1909 than the entire East 

 North Central division, 25,409,000 bushels, 

 valued at $13,343,000. In 1899, a crop 

 of 24,111,000 bushels w^as gathered. 



In 1910 there were 9,901,000 trees of 

 bearing age in the state of Illinois, while 

 in 1900 the number was 13,430,000 trees. 

 Over 3,093,000 bushels of apples were 

 produced in 1909, against 9,178.000 bush- 

 els in 1899, a falling off of over 6,000,000 

 bushels. The value of the 1909 crops was 

 $2,112,000. 



While the states of Pennsylvania and 

 Michigan did not report as large a num- 

 ber of trees in 1910 as the above-named 

 states, they each produced a considerably 

 greater quantity of apples than Missouri 

 or Illinois. 



The Tabular Summary 



Further details are shown in the table 

 following: 



