STATISTICS OF FRUITS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. 



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Almeria grape is packed in ground cork and shipped in small barrels 

 containing about 47 pounds of fruit. It is noted for its shipping 

 qualities. 



Statistics of grapes for a series of years are shown in the following 

 table : 



Table 12. — Production of grapes and must in Spain. 



Year. 



Area. 



Production 

 of grapes. 



Grapes 

 pressed 

 for wine. 



Production 

 of must. 



1909 



Acres. 

 3,204,506 

 3,194,855 

 3, 187, 533 

 3, 112, 573 

 3, 089, 145 

 3, 066, 820 

 3, 080, 163 



Tonsof 2,000 

 pounds. 

 2,963,413 

 2.283,357 

 2, 972, 172 

 3, 125, 592 

 3, 254, 274 

 3,086,451 

 1, 840, 905 



Tonsof2,000 

 pounds. 

 2, 666, 588 

 2,049,481 

 2, 683, 254 

 2,878,660 

 2,984,680 

 ?,, 854, 105 

 1, 671, 775 



Gallons. 

 388,758,040 

 298,074,450 

 389, 572, 846 

 434,957,226 

 451,868,148 

 427,108,471 

 232, 204, 902 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 





Olives.— During the five years 1909-1913 the area of the olive groves 

 of Spain averaged 3,526,000 acres annually, the production of olives 

 1,341,000 tons, and the production of olive oil 242,000 tons. Of the 

 total production of olives in the five years named, 95.7 per cent was 

 pressed for oil. Light and heavy crops alternate as a rule. Although 

 the cultivation of olives is general throughout Spain, more than one- 

 half the crop is produced in the Provinces of Lerida, Jaen, Seville, 

 and Cordoba. Seville is the center of the pickled-olive industry. 

 Statistics of olives for the years 1909-1914 are shown in the following 

 table : 



Table 13. — Production of olives and olive oil in Spain. 



Year. 



Area. 



Production 

 of olives. 



Olives used 



for making 



oil. 



Production 



of 

 olive oil. 



1909 



Acres. 

 3,446,694 

 3, 499, 237 

 3,567,197 

 3, 577, 123 

 3, 590, 086 

 3, 618, 841 



Tons of 2,000 

 pounds. 

 1,541,339 

 688, 517 

 2,446,573 

 391, 681 

 1, 638, 982 

 1,302,291 



Tons of 2, 000 

 pounds. 

 1,468,534 

 667, 002 

 2,341,112 

 . 383,170 

 1, 559, 523 

 1, 259, 280 



Tons of 2, 000 

 pounds. 

 264,301 

 119, 609 

 464, 931 

 69, 446 

 292, 575 

 229,019 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 





Oranges. — The orange groves of Spain covered an area of 117,457 

 acres in 1910, when the production of oranges amounted to 876,000 

 tons, equivalent to 27,376,000 boxes, averaging 64 pounds of fruit to 

 the box. Six Provinces reported 92.8 per cent of the area, namely, 

 Valencia, 42.1 per cent; Castellon, 32.2 per cent; Tarragona, 6.9 per 

 cent; Murcia, 5 per cent; Seville, 3.5 per cent; and Alicante, 3.1 per 

 cent. Three-fourths of the area under orange trees is situated in the 

 Valencia district, which comprises a narrow strip of land extending 



