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BULLETIN" 483, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



olives 24,972,000 pounds, valued at $1,074,000; and dried apricots 

 1,049,000 pounds, valued at $86,000. There were also exported olive 

 oil and wine to the value of $2,356,000 and $449,000, respectively. 



The United Kingdom was the best customer for citrus fruits, figs, 

 and raisins; Egypt for dried apricots ; India and the United Kingdom 

 for dates; Roumania for olives and olive oil; and Germany and 

 France for wines. 



Imports. — Imports of fruits into Turkey during the fiscal year begin- 

 ning March 14, 1910, amounted to 37,248,000 pounds, valued at 

 $868,000, as compared with 33,079,000 pounds in 1911, valued at 

 $910,000. Of the total value of all fruits imported in these two years 

 51.8 per cent was contributed by dried fruits, 41.2 per cent by fresh 

 fruits, and 7 per cent by prepared or preserved fruits. The principal 

 fruits imported in 1911 and their value were citrus fruits $273,000; 

 olives, $74,000; raisins, $62,000; dates, $37,000; and figs, $16,000. 

 There were also imported in this year wines to the value of $355,000 

 and olive oil to the value of $186,000. 



SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. 



SPAIN. 



Production. 



Statistics of the production of grapes and olives are published 

 annually by the Spanish Government. With regard to other fruits, 

 however, the latest official figures relate to the year 1910. 



Table 11. — Production of fruit in Spain in 1910. 



Frait. 



Apples 



Apricots 



Cherries, sour . 

 Cherries, sweet 



Figs 



Grapes 



Lemons 



Olives 





Tons of 



Acres. 



2,000 





pounds. 



52, 066 



169, 029 



8,466 



16, 795 



3,598 



7,025 ! 



5,770 



11,450 1 



141, 198 



121,919 



3, 194, 855 



2,283,357 j 



6,363 



69,775 ! 



3, 499, 237 



688,517 



Fruit. 



Oranges 



Peaches 



Pears 



Plums 



Pomegranates 



Quinces 



All others 



117,457 

 13,017 

 26, 272 

 12,387 

 8,201 

 3,833 

 8,508 



Tons of 



2,000 

 pounds. 



876, 047 

 21, 183 

 70, 553 

 29, 867 

 23,036 

 8,657 

 26, 530 



The principal fruits grown in Spain are the following: 

 Grapes. — The area of the vineyards of Spain for the five years 

 1909-1913 averaged 3,158,000 acres annually, the production of grapes 

 2,920,000 tons, and the production of must 393,000,000 gallons. It 

 is estimated that 90.8 per cent of the crops of these years was sent to 

 wineries, 2.6 per cent dried for raisins, and 1.9 per cent exported for 

 table use. 



The growing of table grapes for export is virtually confined to the 

 Province of Almeria, where an area of 12,000 acres, producing an 

 average of 57,000 tons annually, is devoted to this industry. The 



