FAEMS AND CROPS 

 POTATOES BY COUNTIES — 1922 — (Continued) 



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APPLES AND OTHER FRUITS 



Apples form one of the major crops of the state, although production is mainly 

 confined to only 18 counties. According to the 1920 Census figures, there are more than 

 a million bearing apple trees in Montana. More than half of these are in Ravalli 

 county, in the Bitter Root Valley. Flathead, Missoula, and Carbon counties also pro- 

 duce apples in commercial quantities, ranking in the order named. Shipments of apples 

 are by far the heaviest from Ravalli county. Commercial apples are chiefly of the 

 Mcintosh Red variety, which develops to perfection under conditions here. 



Among the other orchard fruits, cherries lead in quantity. Pears, plums and 

 prunes are also grovTn on limited acreages, chiefly west of the Divide. 



Small fruits are also successfully grown in various sections of the state, but 

 commercial production is more general in the counties west of the Divide. 



Production of small fruits and of orchard fruits other than apples on a commer- 

 cial scale is limited at present to comparatively few localities. 



The tables throw light upon the quantity of apples produced in Montana, the 

 general distribution of the orchards by counties, and the size of the commercial crop. 



NUMBER OF APPLE TREES OF BEARING AGE IN MONTANA BY COUNTIES 



(As Reported by the U. S. Bureau of the Census for 1919) 



County 



Ravalli 



Flathead 

 Missoula 



Carbon 



Yellowstone 

 Sanders — . 

 Madison — . 

 Stillwater 

 Lincoln 



No. Trees of 

 Bearing Age 



725,720 



104,702 



63,222 



58,364 



20,486 



17,940 



11,450 



11,271 



10,940 



County 

 Broadwater 

 Park 



Gallatin 



Jefferson .— 



Mineral 



Sweet Grass 



Powell 



Granite 



Fergns 



No. Trees of 

 Bearing Age 



7,841 



5,790 



4,879 



3,655 



2,632 



2,519 



2,249 



1,389 



1,305 



All Other Counties 2,844 



Total for State 1,059,198 



ORCHARD FRUITS — TREES OF BEARING AGE — MONTANA 

 (1920 Census) 

 Kind No. of Trees 



Apples 1,059,198 



Pears 10,278 



Plums and Prunes 24,501 



Cherries 65,633 



