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The RJirok- lsl;»ul KxiH-rinu-iit Station located at 

 KinEston, is a .loparlnu-nt of the State College, its 

 work beina eoiuhieted by a stalT of seventeen At pres- 

 ent then-' IS no liortieultunst upon the staiT. 1 hero 

 have been pubhshe.i nineteen liortieultural bullet nis 

 U-siiles numerous hortienltvual artii'les m the annual 



"" H^ortieulturc is not taupht in any of the public schools 

 of the state as a text-book subject. School-fiar.leiis 

 were estahlishe.l bv the Kxtension Departnient ot the 

 State College in 1005, which work has developec very 

 rapi.llv since l'.H)S, the cooperation of the Mate B()ard 

 of Agriculture atul school avithor.ties o the various 

 cities and towns having been sectired at that tnne In 

 addition to the school-garden work, the Extension Ser- 

 vice conducts orchard demonstrations m spraymg and 



'^^The State Hoard of Agriculture is by law empowered 

 to cmplov an entomologist who has charge of all nursery 

 inspection work in connection with msect pests and 



The most important societies of horticultural inter- 

 est in the state are the Rhode Island Horticultural 

 Societv of Providence, Newiiort Horticultural Society, 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Providence and the 

 Providence Market-Gardeners' Association the latter 

 societv h;us for its object the betterment of conditions 

 under which the growers for the Providence market 

 dispose of their produce. 

 StaiMcs {Thirleenth Census). 



The approxhnate land area in 1910 was 682 880 acres. 

 The land in farms was 64.9 per cent of the land area 

 or -443,308 acres. Of this land iii farms the improved 

 land numbered 178,344 acres; the woodland lb... 909 

 acres- and other unimproved land in farms <9,0o.j acres. 

 The AunZ of all the farms m 1910 w.is 5,292 and the 

 average acre:ige was 83.8. [The total area of Rhode 

 Island is 1,248 square miles.] 



The leading agricultural crops of the state are hay 

 and forage and cereals. The acreage devoted to hay and 

 forage dfcreased from 69,776 in 1899 to 61,327 m 1909 

 when the production was valued at $ 309,/ 17 which 

 was 33 3 per cent of the total value of all crops Cereals 

 rnfrelied^n acreage from 10,5.52 in 1899 to 12^12 m 

 1909 when the production was valued at $.:S/b,UJ/. 

 The 'value of the forest P^°ducts of the fanns was 

 S31''0"'2 in 1909, as compared with S19o,4/Z in ISJJ. 

 Horticultural crops produced in Rhode Island are 

 fruits and nuts, small-fruits, potatoes and other vege- 

 tables, and flowers and plants and nursery products 

 The value of fruits and nuts produced m 1909 w s 

 $207,844, as compared with $160 411 m 1899 Small- 

 fruits dccreaseti in acreage from 581 in 1899 to 28 n 

 1909 when the production was 437,560 quarts, valued 

 at $43,033. The total acreage of P"t^toes and other 

 vegetables in 1909 was 9,924, and their vahie SI ,045,093. 

 Excluding p(Jtatoes, the other vegetables increased 

 from 5 Wr, in 1899 to 5,275 in 1909, when the produc- 

 tion was valued at 8636,656. Flowers and plants and 

 nursery pro.lucts increased in acreage from 263 in 18,)J 

 to 502 in 1909, when the production was valued at 



^^The pmduction of orchard fruits in 1909 was 245,822 

 bushels, valued at $197,639. Apples producec most 

 of this quantity, and peaches and nectarines and pears 

 most of the remainder. The number of ai)ple trees ot 

 bearing ag- in 1910 was 152,009; those not of bearing 

 age .54 56fJ, an<l the production in 1909 was 212,908 

 bushels, valued at $147,125. 1'':="^^ and necdarmc 

 trees of bearing age m 1910 nu.nhered .?9,.542 those 

 not of bearing age 30,795, and the production in 1909 

 wa-s 17,704 bu.shels, valued at $30,(i09. Pear trees of 

 Ix-aringagein 1910 numbered 16,907; those not of teir- 

 ngage .5^405 an-1 the production m 1909 vvas 12,501 

 btwhels. valued at $14,577. Other orchard fruits pro- 



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diiced were: 1,872 bushels of plums and prunes, valued 

 at $3,586; 618 bushels of quinces, valued at $1,267; 

 and 214 bushels of cherries, valued at $464. 



The produ.'tion of grapes in 1909 was 1,52,937 pounds, 

 value<l at $9,759. The grape-vines of bearing age in 

 1910 numbered 7,662; those not of bearing age, 9,634. 

 Nuts are of little importance, the protiuction in 1909 

 being valued at $49. _ , , r i, n 



Strawberries are the most important ot the smaii- 

 fruits grown in Rhode Island. The acreage of straw- 

 berries decreased from 154 in 1899 to 140 in 1909, 

 when the proiluction was 326,540 quarts valuexl at 

 $31,712. Cranberries decreased m acreage from 300 in 

 1899 to 70 in 1909, when the production was 34,688 

 quarts valued at $2,734. Raspberries and loganberries 

 decreased in acreage from 57 in 1899 to 34 in 1909 

 when the production was 32,871 quarts, valued at 

 $4 197. Other small-fruits produced in 1909 were: 

 17',S75 quarts of blackberries and dewberries, valued at 

 $1*927 ■ 17,110 quarts of currants, valued at $1,564 and 

 8 251 quarts ot gooseberries, valued at $852. 

 ' Potatoes in Rhode Island decreased in acreage from 

 5 816 in 1899 to 4,649 in 1909 when the production 

 w'as 552 677 bushels, valued at $408,429. The more 

 important ot the other vegetables produced were: 

 790 acres of sweet corn, valued at $49,440; 37 acres 

 of celery, valued at $26,880; 192 acres of cabbage, 

 valued at $25,818; 152 acres of o^'of -„:^aJ'J|d at 

 $23 828- 187 acres of tomatoes, valued at S..i^,sy», lyo 

 acres of turnips, valued at $21,050; 199 acres of cucum- 

 bers valued at $18,330; 93 acres of asparagus, valued 

 at $17 504; 154 acres of beans, valued at »13,30a, ii 

 acres of lettuce, valued at $14,670; 205 acres of peas, 

 valued at 12,790; and 8 acres of radi.shes, valued at 

 $10 269 Vegetables valued at less than $10,000 were 

 beets cantaloupes and muskmelons, carrots, cauli- 

 flower, eggplant, parsnips, green peppers, pumpkins, 

 rhubarb, sjiinach, and watermelons. 



The acreage devoted to the production of flowers 

 and plants increased from 177 in 1899 to 290 in 1909. 

 The total area under glass in 1909 was 2,02/ ,643 square 

 feet. Of this area 1,882,314 square feet were covered by 

 greenhouses, and 145,329 by sashes and frames The 

 value of the flowers and plants produced in 1909 was 

 $558 543, as compared with $314,806 in 1899. 



The acreage devoted to nursery products increased 

 from 86 in 1899 to 212 in 1909, when tlie value of the 

 products was $75,544, as compared with $42,295, the 

 value of the nursery products produced in 1899. 



George E. Adams. 



Connecticut. 



While Connecticut (Fig. 2492) is one of the^ smallest 

 states covering but one degree of latitude (41 to 4jJ ), 

 it is adapted to as wide a range of horticultural produc- 

 tions as any state outside of the semi-tropic fruit-belt, 

 owing to the great diversity of soil and varying eleva- 

 tions from the sea-level along the whole southern 

 border, to 900 and 1,200 feet in sections of Tolland 

 County, and 1,200 and 1,.500 in parts of Litchfield. 

 The "season" of many of the quick-maturing species 

 and varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetab es is often 

 ent rely over on the light soil in tiie Connecticut 

 v"illev and along the Sound shore when like species 

 an.l varieties are but just beginning to npen on the 

 cooler, moist soils of the hills of Tolland and Litchfield 



""strawberries and green peas from East Hartford and 

 Glastonbury supply the Hartford market, while on 

 the Bolton hills, only 12 miles away, the bloom ng 

 vines give promise of the crop that is to come after the 

 valley season is entirely over; so that "hon.e-grow^^ 

 strawberries are usually to be had in the Hartford 

 market for a period of six or seven weeks. 1 he Sound 

 shore llousatoni.; N'allcy and Litchfield hills supply 



