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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Frost and I'rccipitiition in Xortli Dakota 



Production of Fmits in North Dakota 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to small 

 fruits on farms: 



* It is probable that some of the potatoes and sweet potatoes and .vams raised in farm gardens were not reported separately 

 by farmers, but were included in their returns for vegetables. 

 3 Itcportcfl in small fractions. 

 ' Less than 1 acre. 



The production of small fruits in 

 North Dakota in 1909 was 285,696 quarts, 

 as compared with 70,152 quarts in 1899, 

 and the value $39,641, as compared with 

 $7,785. Currants were the most impor- 

 tant of the small fruits raised in the 

 state. 



Orchard fruits, grapes and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. Tlie 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 varia- 

 tions may be due largely to temporarily 

 favorable or unfavorable climatic con- 

 ditions. 



