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BULLETIN 483, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Other important fruits exported and their average annual value 

 were sugared fruits S749,000, table grapes S6S9,000, and wine grapes 

 $358,000. 



Apples and pears for table use were shipped principally to Belgium 

 and the United Kingdom, and for cider and perry to Germany, 

 prunes to the United Kin gdom, wines to Belgium, the United King- 

 dom, and Germany, and olive oil to the United States, Belgium, and 

 the United Kingdom. 



GERMANY. 



ORCHARD FRUITS. 



The number of fruit trees in Germany in 1900 with comparative 

 figures for the year 1913 is shown in the following table. Statistics 

 of production are not given. 



Table 8. — Xumber of fruit trees in Germany. 1900 and 1913. 



Kind of tree. 



1900 



1913 



Bearing. Nonbearing. Total 



Xumber. Xumber. Xumber. 



Apple 52,332,853 49,744,082 24,631,847 



Pear | 25.116 266 22,200,657 8,5S8,229 



Plum ' 69', 436,083 ! 52,673,330 : 11,873,887 



Cherry 21,548,024 ; 16,218,848 : 5,171,240 



Apricbt ' I C 1 ) 511,679 258,052 



Peach (0 1,285,447 735,741 



Xumber. 

 74,375,929 

 30,788,886 

 64,547,217 

 21,390,088 

 769, 731 

 2,021,188 



1 No data. 

 VINEYARDS. 



The area of vineyards harvested, and production and value of must, 

 during the five years 1909-1913, are shown in the following table. 

 Data concerning grapes intended for table use are not recorded, an 

 earlier inquiry having shown that the quantities thus consumed are 

 inconsiderable : 



Table 9. — Area and production of vineyards in Germany, 1909-1913. 



Year. 



Area har- 

 vested. 



Must 

 produced. 



Value of 



must. 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



Acres. 

 283, 515 

 278,002 

 271.941 

 268,944 

 261, 620 



Gallons. 

 53,378,719 

 22,352,454 

 77, 213, 879 

 53, 346, 478 

 26, 547, 685 



Dollars. 

 17, 436, 240 

 13,887,060 

 42,471.060 

 22,486^080 

 11,528,880 



IMPORTS. 



The value of imports of fruits into Germany for home consumption 

 during the five years 1909-1913 averaged $41,485,000 annually, 

 mounting steadily from 835,000,000 in the first-named year to 

 $53,000,000 in the last named. Fresh fruits contributed 66.7 per 



