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Prodnction of Fruits in Missouri 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1S99. The next 

 table shows data with regard to small 

 fruits on farms. 



Strawberries were by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in Mis- 

 souri, with blacltberries and dewberries 



ranking next. The total acreage of small 

 fruits in 1909 was 17,009 and in 1899, 

 14,860, an increase of 14.5 per cent. The 

 production in 1909 was 23,696,000 quarts, 

 as compared with 21,485,000 quarts in 

 1899, and the value $1,761,000, as com- 

 pared with $1,051,000. 



t Reported in small fractions. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following 

 table presents data with regard to or- 

 chard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropical 

 fruits. The acreage devoted to these 

 products was not ascertained. In com- 

 paring one year with the other the num- 

 ber of trees or vines of bearing age is 



on the whole a better index of the gen- 

 eral changes or tendencies than the quan- 

 tity of product, but the data for the cen- 

 suses of 1910 and 1900 are not closely 

 comparable, and the product is therefore 

 compared, although variations may be 

 due largely to temporarily favorable or 

 unfavorable climatic conditions. 



1 Expressed in busbeU for orchard and tropical 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 almonds. Japanese walnuts, butternuts, filberts, chestnuts, chinquapins, hazelnuts, beechnuts and other nuts. 



