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According to the census of 19 10 the following facts concerning 

 apple growing are brought forth : 



Decrease in number of trees of bearing age. At the census of 

 1900, taken as of June I, there were reported 201,794,000 apple 

 trees of bearing age, against 15 1,323,000 trees in 19 10 (census taken 

 as of April 15), a decrease of 50,471,000 trees, or 33.4 per cent. 



In 1 9 10 there were 2, 980,398 farms reporting the growing of apple 

 trees, or 46.8 per cent of the total number of farms in the United 

 States. The average number of trees per farm as reported is 5 1 . 



No figures were given in 1900 to show the number of farms 

 reporting, neither did the returns of the 1900 census specify the 

 number of trees under bearing age. In 19 10, however, 1,498,746 

 farms, or 23.6 per cent of the total, had 65,792,000 trees not of 

 bearing age, or an average of 44 per farm. 



The present census shows that in 1909 there were produced in 

 the United States 147,522,000 bushels of apples, having a total 

 value of $83,231,000. The production at that time was a little 

 less than it was ten years previously, when 175,397,000 bushels 

 were gathered. The reports of the 1900 census give no information 

 as to the value of apples. 



Number of apple trees and production by states. In 19 10 almost 

 25 per cent of all apple trees of bearing age in the United States 

 were in Missouri, New York, and Illinois. The number of trees 

 of bearing age in Missouri at the census of 19 10 was 14,360,000, 

 this being a decrease since 1900 of 5,680,000 trees. The produc- 

 tion of apples in 1909 amounted to 9,969,000 bushels, while in 

 1900 it was 6,496,000 bushels, a gain of 3,473,000 bushels. The 

 value of the 1909 crop was $4,886,000. 



New York reported 11,248,000 trees of bearing age in 1910, 

 against 15,055,000 trees in 1900. This state alone produced more 

 apples in 1909 than the entire East North Central division, the 

 yield being 25,409,000 bushels valued at $13,343,000. In 1899 

 a crop of 24,1 1 1,000 bushels was gathered. 



In 1 9 10 there were 9,901,000 trees of bearing age in the 

 state of Illinois, while in 1900 the number was 13,430,000 trees. 

 Over 3,093,000 bushels of apples were produced in 1909, against 

 9,178,000 in 1899, a falling off of over 6,000,000 bushels. The 

 value of the 1909 crop was $2,1 12,000. 



