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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Slrawberries are the most inipoi-tanl of 

 the small fruits raised in Nebraska, with 

 blackberries and dewberries ranking 

 next. The total acreage ot small fruits 

 in 1909 was 1,411 and in 1899, 1.171, an 

 increase of 20.5 per cent. The production 

 in 1909 was 1,594,000 quarts, as compared 

 with 1,212,000 quarts in 1899, and the 

 value $159,000, as compared with $98,000. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The next table 

 presents data with regard to orchard 

 fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropical fruits. 

 The acreage devoted to these products 

 was not ascertained. In comparing one 

 year with the other the number of trees 

 or vines ot bearing age is on the whole 

 a better index of the general changes or 

 tendencies than the quantity of product. 

 but the censuses of 1910 and 1900 are 

 not closely comparable, and the product 

 is therefore compared, although varia- 

 tions may be due largely to temporarily 

 favorable or unfavorable climatic condi- 

 tions. 



Tlii^ total quantity ol' orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 3,572,000 bushels, 

 valued at $1,932,000. Apples contributed 

 more than nine-tenths of this quantity, 

 peaches and nectarines and cherries most 

 of the remainder. The production of 

 grapes in 1909 amounted to 4,752,000 

 pounds, valued at $137,000, and that of 

 nuts 384,000 pounds, valued at $9,000. 

 Most of the nuts were black walnuts. 



The production of all orchard fruits to- 

 gether in 1909 was 145.3 per cent greater 

 in quantity than in 1899, and the pro- 

 duction of grapes also increased. The 

 total value of orchard fruits increased 

 from $685,000 in 1899 to $1,932,000 in 

 1909, and that of grapes from $75,000 in 

 1899 to $137,000 in 1909. It should be 

 noted in this connection that the values 

 for 1899 include the value of more ad- 

 vanced products derived from orchard 

 fruits or grapes, such as cider, vinegar, 

 dried fruits, and the like, and may there- 

 fore involve some duplication, while the 

 values shown for 1909 relate only to the 

 products in their original condition. 



1 Expressed in bushels for orchard and tropical fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 



3 Included with "uncIassiGed." 



' Consists of at) products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation "all others." 



« Includes almonds, pecans, butternuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, Japanese walnuts, hickory nuts, beechnuts and other nuts. 



The following table shows the quanti- 

 ties of the more advanced products man- 

 ufactured by farmers from orchard fruits 



and grapes. Values were not called for 

 on the schedule. 



