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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



rrodui'tiuii of Fruits in rciiiisjlvaiiiii 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1S99. The following table shows data with regard to 

 small fruits on farms: 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits grown in 

 Pennsylvania, with raspberries and logan- 

 berries ranking next. The total acreage 

 of small fruits in 1909 was 8,678 and in 

 1899, 12,271, a decrease of 29.3 per cent. 

 The production in 1909 was 13,620,000 

 quarts, as compared with 19,261,000 

 quarts in 1899, and the value $1,175,000, 

 as compared with $1,269,000. 



Orchard Fruits, Grapes, Nuts, and Trop- 

 ical Fruits: 1909 and 1899.— The next 

 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 general 

 changes or tendencies than the quantity 

 of product, but the data for the censuses 

 of 1910 and 1900 are not closely compar- 

 able and the product Is therefore com- 

 pared, although variations may be due 

 largely to temporarily favorable or un- 

 favorable climatic conditions. 



The total quanttiy of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 13,286,000 bushels, 

 valued at $8,678,000. Apples contributed 

 about five-sixths of this quantity; peaches 

 and nectarines and cherries most of the 

 remainder. The production of grapes in 

 1909 amounted to 34,020,000 pounds, 

 valued at $851,000, and that of nuts to 

 3,796.000 pounds, valued at $90,000. 



The production of all orchard fruits 

 together in 1909 was 47.4 per cent less 

 than in 1899, and the production of grapes 

 also declined. The value of orchard fruits 

 increased from $7,976,000 in 1899 to 

 $8,678,000 in 1909, and that of grapes 

 from $640,000 in 1899 to $851,000 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 therefore involve some duplication, 

 while the values shown for 1909 relate 

 only to the products in their original con- 

 dition. 



