4 BULLETIN 1455, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 1. — Growth of the apple industry in Virginia and Frederick County, Va., 



1889-1924 l 





Virginia 



Frederick County 



Year 



Bearing 

 trees 



Production 



Bearing 

 trees 



Production 



1889 - 



Number 

 4, 253, 364 

 8, 190, 025 

 7, 004, 548 

 7, 385, 277 

 8, 060, 674 



Bushels 

 8, 391, 425 

 9, 835, 982 

 6, 103, 941 

 8, 942, 520 

 13, 242, 049 



Nu ruber 

 87,323 

 192,888 

 273, 245 

 566, 602 

 645,584 



Bushels 



158,426 

 305, 161 



1899 



1909 



351,490 

 1, 069, 546 



1919... 



1924 -' 



1, 279, 790 







Bureau of the Census. 



Subject to revision. 



Fig. 



2. — View across the Shenandoah Valley near the Kernstown battle field. Beyond the wheat 

 in the foreground is a 100-acre apple orchard, one of the best of 48 orchards studied 



Table 2. — Acreage and production of the principal crops grown in Frederick County, 



Va., 1879-1924 l 





Wheat 



Corn 



Hay 



Apples 



Year 



Acreage 



*3£* Acreage 



Produc- 

 tion 



Acreage 



Produc- 

 tion 



Bearing 

 trees 



Produc- 

 tion 



1879 



Acres 

 22, 058 



24, 002 

 31, 907 

 23,276 



25, 125 

 15, 982 



Bushels 

 260, 412 



Acres 

 17, 711 



Bushels 

 444,295 

 461, 435 

 485, 630 

 532, 370 

 672, 028 

 207, 796 



Acres 

 9,406 

 15,400 

 15, 519 

 17, 103 

 15, 393 

 18,483 



Bushels 

 9,499 

 18, 805 

 15, 988 

 17, 169 

 15, 748 

 18, 757 



Number 

 ( 2 ) 

 87. 323 

 192. 888 

 273, 245 

 566, 602 

 645, £84 



Bushels 

 (-') 



1889 



1899..- 



320, 761 

 315, 140 

 316,017 

 309, 711 

 148, 883 



18, 370 

 24, 345 

 24, 147 

 21, 124 

 14, 743 



158, 426 

 305, 160 



1909 



351. 490 



1919 



1924 3 



1, 069, 546 

 1, 279, 790 







1 Bureau of the Census. 



Not available for 1879. 



3 Subject to revision. 





