PRESERVATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 3 



Table 1.- — Dried and dehydrated fruits and veaetables, United States production and 



value, 1933, 1935, 1937 » 



Item 



1933 



1935 



1937 



Fruits: 

 Apples: 



Pounds, ' _ _______ ___ 



53, 287, 649 

 $4, 168, 623 



83, 006, 505 

 $6, 820, 530 



42, 365, 969 

 $1, 661, 876 



48, 667,_762 

 $2, 775, 885 



( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 



405, 227, 285 

 $18, 102, 635 



375, 908, 860 

 $13, 802, 708 



5, 604, 480 

 $1, 089, 954 



70, 388, 563 

 $5, 513, 394 



49, 176, 457 

 $6, 762, 197 



44, 716, 293 

 $2, 233, 901 



50, 695, 693 

 $3, 747, 882 



14, 098, 736 

 $1, 006, 088 



473,600,870 

 $19, 957, 682 



414, 129, 227 

 $17, 422, 741 



2, 885, 443 

 $261, 860 



63, 934, 564 



Value _________ 



$4, 578, 099 



Apricots: 



Pounds .__ _ _ _ 



70, 643, 022 





$7,773,286 



Figs: 



Pounds 



53, 517, 429 

 $2, 913, 621 



Peaches: 



57, 929, 527 





$4, 172, 350 



Pears: 



10,771,060 



Value- 



$750. 976 



Prunes: 



441, 777, 393 





$19, 366, 516 



Raisins: 



449, 203, 309 





$21, 668, 127 



All others: 



12, 712, 698 





$580, 554 







Total United States: 



Pounds -. _____ 



1, 014, 068, 510 

 $48,422,211 



1. 119, 691, 282 

 $56, 905, 745 



1, 160, 489, 002 





$61, 803, 529 







Total California: 



( 3 ) 



* 1, 035, 727, 776 

 $52, 441, 397 



5 1, 082, 704, 952 





$57, 873, 638 









Vegetables: 



Value ______ 



$364, 372 



$161, 885 



$149, 704 







1 From Biennial Census of Manufactures (18). 



2 Included under "all others." 



3 Not reported separately. 



4 Includes small production of apricots in Washington and raisins in Oregon. 



5 Does not include "all others." 



Table 2. — Quantity and value of dried vegetables processed in the United States, 



1919 1 



Vegetables 



Beans 



California 



All other States 



Cabbage 



Carrots 



California 



All other States 

 Celery 



Quantity 



Value 



Pounds 





917, 134 



$116, 091 



134, 689 



8,097 



782, 445 



107, 994 



19, 901 



13, 684 



432, 959 



117, 487 



312. 207 



88, 568 



120, 752 



28, 919 



17, 587 



11, 100 



Vegetables 



Potatoes 



California 



Oregon 



All other States. 



Spinach 



Turnips 



Other vegetables 2 __ 

 Soup mixture 



Quantity 



Pounds 



7, 253, 230 



.3,189,328 



774, 087 



3, 289, 81 5 



40, 989 



19, 396 



989, 397 



655, 228 



Value 



$1, 840, 399 

 838, 521 

 176, 806 

 825, 072 

 41,352 

 8,264 

 271, 917 

 222, 361 



1 Fourteenth Census of the United States (1920), vol. 10, p. 79. 



- From 500,000 to 1,000,000 pounds of dehydrated sweet corn is produced annually in Pennssdvania and 

 Ohio. This is not included here. 



DEHYDRATION PLANT 



To be successful, a dehydration plant must be built where fresh 

 materials are plentiful and reasonable in price. A diversity of prod- 

 ucts makes possible an operating season long enough to keep the 

 overhead expenses down to the minimum. The products dried, how^- 

 ever, should be limited to those for which a ready market exists. The 

 only satisfactory method of operating is to contract for a sufficient 



