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TABLE XIV 



TABLE SHOWING AVERAGE ANNUAL YIELD ON THE BEARING COM- 

 MERCIAL ORCHARDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK 



The average yield of apples of commercial grade in 

 western New York is 84 barrels to the acre, while in the 

 Wenatchee Valley of Washington it !s between 500 and 

 600 boxes of packed fruit (165 to 200 barrels). The 

 average yield for the Yakima Valley is between 400 and 

 500 boxes while that for the Hood River Valley is between 

 250 and 400 boxes to the acre. The average yield in Idaho 

 is between 300 and 400 boxes to the acre. In good crop 

 years, the southern Idaho orchards yield nearly as well 

 as those in the high producing valleys in Washington. 

 However, Idaho's average is reduced on account of occa- 

 sional crop failures in years of frost-injury. Killing 

 frosts are not uncommon in New Mexico and Utah. 



In comparing these yields with those of eastern orchards, 

 it should be remembered that the figures refer only to 

 marketable fruit and do not include culls, the percentage 

 of which is much lower in the Northwest than in most 

 eastern regions where orchards are not given such intensive 

 care. The average yield of 84 barrels to the acre for 

 western New York is more than that throughout the East. 



