UTAH 



1987 



tity of product, but the data for the cen- 

 suses of 1910 and 1900 are not closely 

 comparable, and the product Is there- 



fore compared, although variations may 

 be due largely to temporarily favorable 

 or unfavorable climatic conditions. 



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

 small fruits on farms: 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 Utah, with raspberries and loganberries 

 ranking next. The acreage of small 

 fruits in 1909 was 1,416 and in 1899, 



1,052, an increase of 34.6 per cent. The 

 production in 1909 was 3,118,000 quarts, 

 as compared with 1,695,000 quarts in 

 1899, and the value $217,000, as compared 

 with $117,000. 



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



2 Included with "unclassified." 



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



* Includes hickory nuts, chestnuts and pecans. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 634,000 bushels, 

 valued at $641,000. Apples contributed 

 considerably more than one-half of this 

 quantity, and peaches and nectarines 

 ranked next in importance. The produc- 

 tion of grapes in 1909 was 1,576,363 



pounds, valued at $28,126; there was also 

 a small production of nuts and of tropi- 

 cal fruits. 



The production of all orchard fruits to- 

 gether in 1909 was 59.3 per cent more 

 In quantity than in 1899, and that of 

 grapes also increased. The value of or- 



