MINNESOTA 



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Production of Fruits iu Minnesota 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1S99. The next 

 table shows data with regard to small 

 fruits on farms. 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in Min- 

 nesota, with raspberries and loganberries 



ranlcing next in importance. The total 

 acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 3,738 

 and in 1899, 3,092, an increase of 20.9 

 per cent. The production in 1909 was 

 4,477,000 quarts, as compared with 4,543,- 

 000 quarts in 1899, and the value $493,- 

 000, as compared with $340,000. 



^ Reported in small fractions. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The following table presents 

 data with regard to orchard fruits, 

 grapes, and nuts. The acreage devoted 

 to these products was not ascertained. 

 In comparing one year with the other 

 the number of trees or vines of bearing 

 age is on the whole a better index of 



the general changes or tendencies than 

 the quantity of product, but the data for 

 the censuses of 1910 and 1900 are not 

 closely comparable, and the product is 

 therefore compared, although variations 

 may be due largely to temporarily favor- 

 able or unfavorable climatic conditions. 



' Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 



* Included with "unclassified " 



» Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation "all other." 



* Includes Persian or Enghah walnuts, almonds, pecans, butternuts, hickory nuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts and other nuts. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 1,067,000 bushels, 

 valued at $801,000. Apples contributed 

 97.9 per cent of this quantity, plums and 

 prunes most of the remainder. The pro- 



duction of grapes in 1909 amounted to 

 293,805 pounds, valued at $11,021, and 

 that of nuts to 81,555 pounds, valued at 

 $1,838. 

 The production of all orchard fruits to- 



