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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Strawberries are by far tho most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 North Carolina, with blaclvberries and 

 dewberries ranking next. The total acre- 

 age of small fruits in 1909 was 6,701 

 and in 1899, 6,837, a decrease of 2 per 

 cent. The production in 1909 was 12,- 

 827,000 quarts, as compared with 11,- 

 934,000 quarts in 1899, and the value was 

 $853,000 in 1909, as compared with 

 $600,000 in 1899. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The follow- 

 ing table presents data with regard to 



orchard 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 

 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 bushnls for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes, nuts and 6g8. 

 ' Included with "unclassified." 



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

 * Includes almonds, butternuts, chestnuts, Japanese chestnuts, chinquapins, hickory nuts, Chinese walnuts, Japanese walnuts, 

 filberts, hazelnuts and other nuts. 



' Includes oranges, lemons Japanese persimmons and pomegranates. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 6,324,000 bushels, 

 valued at $3,248,000. Apples contributed 

 about three-fourths of this quantity; 

 peaches and nectarines most of the re- 

 mainder. The production of grapes in 

 1909 amounted to 1.5,117,000 pounds, val- 

 ued at $336,000, and that of nuts to 

 1,24.5,000 pounds, valued at $29,000; the 

 production of tropical fruits, mostly figs, 

 was valued at $23,000. 



The production of all orchard fruits 

 together in 1909 was 23.4 per cent more 

 in quantity than that in 1899, and the 

 production of grapes also increased. The 

 value of orchard fruits increased from 



.$1,270,000 in 1899 to $3,248,000 in 1909, 

 and that of grapes from $197,000 in 1899 

 to $336,000 in 1909. It should be noted 

 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 therefore involve some duplication, 

 while the values shown for 1909 relate 

 only to the products in their original 

 condition. 



The following table shows the quan- 

 tities of the more advanced products 

 manufactured by farmers from orchard 

 fruits and grapes. Values were not 

 called for on the schedule: 



