16 BULLETIN 483, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



EUROPE. 

 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



AREA AND PRODUCTION. 



Austria. — During the five years 1909-1913 the average annual 

 production of fruit in Austria was as follows: 



Apples, pears, etc., 1,315,000,000 pounds; cherries, plums, etc., 

 1,075,000,000 pounds; citrus fruits (reported only in 1913), 75,000 

 pounds; figs, 15,306,000 pounds; and grapes for table use, 10,210,000 

 pounds. 



There was also produced during this period an annual average of 

 10,083,000 pounds of olive oil and 110,734,000 gallons of wine. 

 Statistics of the production of the various fruits of Austria and of 

 wine for each of the five years 1909-1913 are given in the following 

 table : 



Table 6. — Production of fruit and wine in Austria. 



Kind. 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



Grapes for table use. . .pounds. . 



Apples, pears, etc do 



Cnerries, plums, etc do 



Figs do 



Citrus fruit do 



Wine gallons. . 



10,696,499 



1,043,832,900 



1, 735, 670, 337 



16,172,284 



165,174,168 



8,929,512 



1,415,080,363 



911,423,908 



18,734,250 



67,281,378 



10,482,212 

 951,926,659 

 570,496,026 



15,392,517 



12,027,416 

 2,065,581,231 

 1,586,722,049 



14,612,530 



101,352,889 



104,872,135 



8,914,741 



,099,817,841 



569,140,418 



11,619,565 



75. 177 



114,989,186 



Hungary. — Statistics of fruit in Hungary for recent years are con- 

 fined to the area under vines, production of wine, and grapes sold. 

 During the three years 1909-1911 the average area of the vineyards 

 of Hungary was 864,000 acres ; quantity of wine produced, 106 million 

 gallons; grapes sold, 24 million pounds; and the average annual value 

 of all products of the vine $30,993,000. 



IMPORTS. 



Imports of fruits into Austria-Hungary during the five years 1909- 

 1913 averaged 399,806,000 pounds annually, valued at $9,496,000. 

 Fresh fruits contributed 60.9 per cent of this value, dried fruits 34.6 

 per cent, and prepared or preserved fruits 4.5 per cent. In addition, 

 imports of wines averaged 8,841,000 pounds annually, valued at 

 $1,682,000, and of edible olive oil 7,211,000 pounds, valued at 

 $708,000. 



The principal fruits imported into Austria-Hungary are oranges, 

 figs, lemons and ced rates, and raisins. During the five years 1909- 

 1913 the average annual imports of these fruits were as follows: 

 Oranges 156,719,000 pounds, valued at $2,598,000; figs 67,331,000 

 pounds, valued at $1,813,000; lemons and cedrates 73,686,000 

 pounds, valued at $1,393,000; and raisins 20,416,000 pounds, valued 

 at $1,159,000. 



