PRESERVATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 3 



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



value, 1933, 1935, 1937 l 



Item 



1933 



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 



1935 



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 



1937 



Fruits: 

 Apples: 



Pounds 



63, 934, 564 

 $4, 578, 099 



Apricots: 



70, 643, 022 





$7, 773. 286 



Figs: 



53. 517 429 





$2, 913, 621 



Peaches: 



57, 929, 527 





$4, 172, 350 



Pears: 



10, 771, 060 



Value. .. 



$750, 976 



Prunes: 



Pounds 



Value . - 



441, 777, 393 

 $19, 366. 516 



Raisins: • 



449, 203, 309 





$21, 668, 127 



All others: 



12, 712, 698 





$580, 554 







Total United States: 



1,014,068,510 

 $48,422,211 



1. 119, 691, 282 

 $56, 905, 745 



1, 160, 489, 002 



Value .- . 



$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 



1919 i 



processed in the United States, 



Vegetables 



Quantity 



Value 



Vegetables 



Quantity 



Value 



Beans . 



Pounds 

 917, 134 

 134, 689 

 782, 445 



19, 901 

 432, 959 

 312. 207 

 120, 752 



17, 587 



$116, 091 



8,097 



107, 994 



13, 684 



117, 487 



88, 568 



28, 919 



11, 100 



Potatoes 



Pounds 



7, 253, 230 



..3,189,328 



$1, 840, 399 



California 



838, 521 



All other States 





774, 087 



3,289,815 



40, 989 



19,396 



989, 397 



655. 228 



176, 806 







825, 072 



Carrots, 



Spinach. 



41, 352 



California 



Turnips . . 



8,264 



All other States. . . 



Other vegetables 2 



271.917 





222, 361 









i 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 Pennsylvi 

 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 



