8 BULLETIN 483, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CANADA. 



AREA AND PRODUCTION OF FRUITS. 



Orchards in Canada had an area in 1911 of 403,596 acres as com- 

 pared with 356,106 acres in 1901, vineyards 9,836 acres in 1911 as 

 against 5,600 acres in 1901, and small fruits 17,495 acres in 1911 as 

 compared with 13,411 acres in 1891. Acreage of small fruits in 1901 

 was included with vegetables. 



The principal orchard fruits grown in Canada are apples, peaches, 

 plums, pears, and cherries, while grapes, strawberries, currants, and 

 gooseberries are the leading small fruits. 



Table 3. — Fruit crops of Canada, 1900 and 1910. 

 [Census of the Dominion of Canada.] 



Kind. 



Bearing trees. 



Production. 



1911 1901 



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1910 1900 



Orchard fruits: 



Apple 



Number. 



10,617,372 



839,288 



581, 704 



1,075,130 

 741,992 

 146,659 



Number. 



11,025,789 



819,985 



617, 293 



1,452,269 

 903,140 

 141,870 



Bushels. 

 10,618,666 

 646,826 

 504,171 

 508,994 

 238,974 

 47,789 



Bushels. 



18, 626, 186 

 545, 415 

 531,837 



557 875 



Peach 



Pear 



Plum 





336, 751 



Other 



70,396 





Total 



14,002,145 



14,960,346 



12,565,420 1 20,668,460 





Small fruits: 







32,898,438 

 18,686,662 

 3,830,609 

 9,000,208 



24,302,634 















21, 707, 791 

















Ontario was the leading Province in the production of fruits, 

 reporting in 1910, 6,459,000 bushels of apples, 600,000 bushels of 

 peaches, 424,000 bushels of pears, 347,000 bushels of plums, and 

 146,000 bushels of cherries. 



IMPORTS. 



Bananas, oranges, grapefruit, raisins, and wine are the chief items 

 imported. During the five fiscal years ended March 31, 1909-1913, 

 there was imported for consumption an annual average of 1,850,000 

 bunches of bananas, valued at $1,826,000; 21,363,000 pounds of 

 raisins, valued at $1,133,000; oranges and grapefruit to the value of 

 $2,656,000; and wine to the value of $1,229,000. Nearly all of the 

 bananas, over one-half of the raisins, and nine-tenths of the oranges 

 and grapefruit were obtained from the United States, while France, 

 Spain, Portugal, and Japan supplied most of the wines. 



Other fruits and fruit products of importance imported during the 

 five years named, together with their average annual value, were 

 dried apples, $14,000; green apples, $499,000; apricots, nectarines, 

 pears, and quinces, $245,000; berries, $328,000; canned fruits, $372,- 



