21)0 RURAL NEW YORK 



duced in New York and with grapo-juicc has been 

 estimated to consume a quarter of the gross tonnage 

 of fruit. 



Dried and canned fruits are also an important ex- 

 tension of the fruit industry. Including vegetahles, 

 New York is the ranking state in these products. 

 Seven hundred and ninety plants produced $19,000,- 

 000 worth or 23 per cent of the total. The mate- 

 rials used for this purpose and valued at $11,500,000 

 represented nearly one-third of the value of such 

 fruits in the State. California leads in the produc- 

 tion of dried fruits. Of preserves and pickles the 

 State yields $7,000,000 in value, equivalent to ISi/o 

 per cent of the total for the country. 



Vegetables are canned in plants of medium to large 

 size distributed for the most part in rural districts in 

 the vegetable-producing region of central New York, 

 particularly the territory from south of Utica to near 

 Batavia. Peas, corn and beans in this order of 

 value make up the bulk of the product. In the same 

 region, where cabbage is most largely produced, the 

 manufacture of krout is also centered, particularly 

 from near Syracuse to Batavia. 



An even wider range of fruits is canned, embrac- 

 ing in the order of value, apples, berries, cherries, 

 pears, peaches and plums. Apples make up more 

 than a third of the total. These plants are gen- 

 erally in close proximity to the producing centers for 

 those fruits. 



In dried fruits, apples constitute 90 per cent of 

 the value and represent the chief means outside of 



