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



for 150 miles along the Mediterranean coast line of the Provinces of 

 Valencia and Castellon. The average yearly production of oranges 

 in this district is estimated at from 400,000 to 450,000 tons. Nearly 

 all of these oranges are exported by sea to northern Europe. The 

 Valencia is the only variety grown extensively in this district, though 

 small quantities of other varieties are also cultivated. 



Seville is noted for its bitter oranges. Both sweet and bitter 

 oranges are grown in Seville, but the bitter is the more important 

 commercially. The 1914 crop of this district was estimated at 

 25,000,000 sweet oranges and 66,000,000 bitter, as compared with 

 30,000,000 sweet and 70,000,000 bitter in 1913. Most of the bitter 

 oranges are shipped to the United Kingdom, where they are prized 

 for then- superior qualities in marmalade manufacture. 



Lemons. — The area devoted to the cultivation of lemons in 1910 

 amounted to 6,363 acres, which gave a yield of 69,775 tons, or the 

 equivalent of 1,861,000 boxes averaging 75 pounds of fruit. Four 

 Provinces reported 85 per cent of the total area under lemon trees 

 and 94 per cent of the lemon production. They were Murcia, Valencia, 

 Tarragona, and Malaga. 



Apples. — The greater part of the apple crop of 1910 was produced 

 in the northern Provinces of Spain. Taking as a basis 48 pounds of 

 apples to the bushel, the crop of 1910 was equivalent to 7,043,000 

 bushels. 



Figs. — Of a total production of 122,000 tons of figs, 38.5 per cent 

 was produced in the Balearic Islands and 11.6 per cent in the Province 

 of Murcia. 



Exports. 



Exports of fruits from Spam during the five years 1909-1913 aver- 

 aged 1,401,816,000 pounds annually, valued at $21,353,000. Fresh 

 fruits contributed 80.4 per cent of this value, dried fruits 13.5 per 

 cent, and prepared or preserved fruits 6.1 per cent. In 1914 there 

 were exportect 1,261 million pounds of fruits, valued at $18,879,000. 

 In addition to fruits there was exported during the five years 1909- 

 1913 an annual average of 82,056,000 gallons of wine, valued at 

 $19,932,000, and 86,454,000 pounds of olive oil, valued at $7,569,000. 

 Wines were shipped principally to France and olive oil to Italy and 

 Argentina. 



The chief fruits exported from Spain during the five years named 

 were oranges, table grapes, raisins, and olives. 



Oranges. — Spain ranks first in the exportation of oranges. More 

 than one-half of the total value of all fruits exported from Spain is 

 derived from this product alone. During the five years 1909-1913 

 exports of oranges averaged 1,120 million pounds annually, valued 

 at $11,762,000, the quantities exported ranging between 974 million 

 pounds in 1911 and 1,255 million pounds in 1913. On the basis of 

 64 pounds of fruit to a box the average yearly exportation of oranges 

 was equivalent to 17,494,000 boxes. Shipments of oranges to the 

 Unitecf Kingdom averaged 46.5 per cent of the total quantity ex- 

 ported during the five years named, as compared with 21.2 per cent 

 to France and 18.7 per cent to Germany. In 1914 there was ex- 

 ported a total of 1,054 million pounds of oranges, valued at $11,068,000. 



Grapes for table use. — Exports of table grapes averaged 97,819,000 

 pounds annually, valued at $2,997,000, the quantity exported fluc- 

 tuating between 82 million pounds in 1912 and 122 million pounds 



