CITRUS FRUIT INSECTS IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES. 33 



PRODUCTION AND EXPORT. 



The total acreage exclusively in citrus fruits in Italy in 1909, 

 according to Powell/ was 108,400 acres, and 170,000 acres on which 

 other crops were grown. A total of 85,252 acres were grown in 

 Sicily, out of which 4,102 acres were in mixed cultivation; 13,890 

 acres entirely in citrus fruits were in the Province of Calabria and 

 9,385 acres in the Province of Campania. 



The total production of lemons in Italy, including that converted 

 into by-products and that used in home consumption, in 1911 was 

 1,192,701,829 pounds, or 47,785 of our carloads, basing this calculation 

 on the size of the California box of lemons, which is estimated to 

 weigh 80 pounds, and on the number of these boxes, namely, 312, 

 loaded in the California cars. The exports of lemons alone were 

 570,306,431 pounds, or 22,841 of our carloads. The United States 

 during the past 10 years has received about 35 per cent of the total 

 exports. In 1910 the distribution among the principal countries 

 was as follows: 



Per cent. 



United States 31.5 



Austria Hungary 19. 8 



United Kingdom 19. 5 



Germany 11. 3 



Russia 8 



In 1911, 96 per cent of our Italian lemons came from Sicily, of 

 which 86.4 per cent were from Palermo, 9.8 per cent from Messina, 

 and 3.8 per cent from Naples, including the Amain Coast district. 

 The Italian box contains about 73 pounds of fruit, which is chiefly 

 in 300 and 360 per box sizes. About half of the total imports arrive 

 here in May, June, and July; 85 to 90 per cent are received in New 

 York, about 5 per cent in Boston, and smaller quantities in New Or- 

 leans, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and a few other places. 



According to the United States Bureau of Statistics, the total 

 imports of lemons from Italy in 1912 were 145,275,122 pounds, 

 valued at $3,359,115; of oranges, 401,161 pounds, valued at $9,319. 



FRANCE AND ALGERIA. 



No extended observations were made in tne citrus sections of 

 France and Algeria. In France the area appears to be limited to a 

 short and much broken strip along the Mediterranean Coast, the 

 French Riviera, extending from Cannes to Menton on the Italian 

 border. In northern Africa the most extensive production of oranges 

 is in Algeria. But the output there is not large, for Algeria and 

 France together do not produce nearly enough for home consumntion 

 in France, as evidenced by the large imports from Spain. 



1 The figures here given are from Powell, Harold C, and Wallschlaeger, F. O. The Italian lemon indus- 

 try. In Citrus protective league of California, Bui. 10, 58 p., Jan., 1913. 



