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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1S99. Tlie 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 compar- 

 ing one year with the other the num- 

 ber 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 com- 

 parable and the product is therefore 

 compared, although variations may be due 

 largely to temporarily favorable or un- 

 favorable climatic conditions. 



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

 ' Included with "uuclassifiod." 



• Consists of products net separately named by the enumnrator, but Erouped under the designation "all other." 



• Includes small amounts of almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, beechnuts, Japanese chestnuts, Japanese walnuts, filberts and other 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 29,450,000 bushels, 

 valued at $17,989,000. Apples contributed 

 about six-sevenths of this quantity, 

 peaches and nectarines and pears muost 

 of the remainder. The production of 

 grapes in 1909 amounted to 253,006,000 

 pounds, valued at $3,962,000; that of nuts 

 to 2,774,000 pounds, valued at $M,000. 



The production of all orchard fruits to- 

 gether in 1909 was 12.5 per cent greater 

 than that in 1899, while the production 

 of grapes increased 2.1 per cent. The 

 value of orchard fruits increased from 

 $10,542,000 in 1899 to $17,989,000 in 



1909, and that of grapes from $2,764,000 

 in 1899 to $3,962,000 in 1909. It should 

 be noted in this connection that the 

 values for 1899 include the value of more 

 advanced 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. 



The next table shows the quantities of 

 the more advanced products manufac- 

 tured by farmers from orchard fruits 

 and grapes. Values were not called for 

 on the schedule. 



