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imports of wines averaged $1,254,000 annually, and of olive oil 

 $36,500. 



The principal fruits imported during the five years named and their 

 average annual value were oranges 8443,000, prunes $423,000, fresh 

 apples $294,000, dried apples $187,000, raisins $216,000, grapes 

 $88,000, pears $87,000, bananas $81,000, preserved fruit $69,000, 

 lemons $61,000, and figs $56,000. 



Oranges were imported chiefly from Italy and Germany, prunes 

 and dried apples from the United States, raisins from Spain, fresh 

 apples from Great Britain, and wine from France. 



Exports. — Exports of fruit from Sweden during the five years 

 1909-1913 averaged 10,406,000 pounds annually, valued at $330,000. 

 Red whortleberries, shipped chiefly to Germany, comprised practically 

 all of these exports. 



FRANCE. 



AREA AND PRODUCTION. 



The cultivation of the vine is the most important fruit industry of 

 France. During the 10 years 1904-1913, the area devoted to the 

 growing of wine grapes showed a gradual reduction from 4,262,000 

 acres in 1904 to 3.830,000 acres in 1913, averaging 4,036,000 acres 

 for the whole period. From the grapes grown on this area there was 

 obtained a yearly average of 1,408,000,000 gallons of wine, valued 

 at $224,534,000. In 1914 the area under wine grapes amounted to 

 3,803,000 acres and the production of wine to 1,585,000,000 gallons, 

 valued at $211,402,000. 



Statistics with reference to the production of table grapes are not 

 available for years prior to 1911. During the three years 1911-1913, 

 however, table grapes to the extent of 71,000 short tons a year, valued 

 at $4,576,000, were grown on an area averaging 47,000 acres, as 

 compared with 89,000 short tons, valued at $9,223,000, produced 

 from 80,000 acres in 1914. 



Statistics of the principal orchard fruits are shown in the following 

 table : 



Table 7. — Production of orchard fruits in France for the 10-year period 1904-1913, 

 together with comparative figures for 1914 and 1915. 



Name of fruit. 



Quantity (in tons of 2,000 

 pounds). 



Average, 

 1904-1913 



Olives 



Peaches 



Apricots 



Apples and pears for table use 



Apples and pears for cider 



Cherries 



Plums 



Plums for prunes 



87, 782 



31 , 967 



7,336 



171,650 



2, 782, 593 



33, 797 



43,609 



32,853 



22,042 



9,402 



204,250 i 



2,673,534 j 



43,575 



27, 659 



14,138 



42, 719 



15, 027 



7,800 



297, 601 



4,940,913 



42, 869 



28,654 



17,921 



