MINNESOTA 



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Production of Fruits in Minnesota 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The next 

 table shows data with regard to small 

 fruits on farms. 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in Min- 

 nesota, with raspberries and loganberries 



ranking next in importance. The total 

 acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 3,738 

 and in 1899, 3,092, an increase of 20.9 

 per cent. The production in 1909 was 

 4,477,000 quarts, as compared with 4,543,- 

 000 quarts in 1899, and the value $493,- 

 000, as compared with $340,000. 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries. 

 Raspberries and loganberries 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries. . , 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



9,420 



848 



4,890 



3,053 



1,807 



264 



6 



Acres 



1909 



3,738 

 1,873 



1,388 



200 



71 



61 



1899 



3,092 

 1,302 



162 

 1,115 



259 



112 

 22 



120 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



4,476,575 



2,730,099 



139,741 



1,340,469 



182,825 



60,661 



22,112 



Value 

 1909 



$493,406 



268,772 



17,696 



178,689 



19,783 



6,412 



1,981 



73 



1 Reported in small fractions. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The following table presents 

 data with regard to orchard fruits, 

 grapes, and nuts. The acreage devoted 

 to these products was not ascertained. 

 In comparing one year with the other 

 the number of trees or vines of bearing 

 age is on the whole a better index of 



the general changes or tendencies than 

 the quantity of product, but the data for 

 the censuses of 1910 and 1900 are not 

 closely comparable, and the product is 

 therefore compared, although variations 

 may be due largely to temporarily favor- 

 able or unfavorable climatic conditions. 





Trees or Vines of 



bearing age 



1910 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Product 



CROP 



1909 



1899 





Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Quantity^ 



Value 



Quantity 



Orchard Fruits, total 





1,644,590 



1,380,396 



1,571 



2,792 



233,736 



25,139 



66 



167 



723 



*"'55',346'" 



185 



440 



13,265 



6,160 



53 



31 



6 



1,787,107 



1,571,816 



3.837 



4,135 



167,926 



38,399 



175 



681 



138 



1,066,659 



1,044,156 



599 



400 



19,920 



1,526 



10 



2 



46 



$801,112 



769,114 



659 



465 



27,808 



2,973 



13 



5 



75 



143,655 



Apples 



59.780 



101 



264 



14,914 



4,207 



22 



18 



6 



120,143 



Peaches and nectarines 



Pears. 



190 

 226 



Plums and prunes 



21,820 



Cherries 



960 



Apricots 



2 



Quinces 



(2) 



Mulberries 



(^) 



TJnclasaified 



» 314 



Grapes 



2,138 



61,916 



1,639 



35,950 



293,805 



11,021 



573,272 



Niita total 





4 8,110 

 7,036 





4 7,047 

 6.307 



* 81,556 

 65,074 



4 1,838 

 1,490 



33,700 



Black walnuts 



321 



257 



(2) 



Unclassified 



3 33,700 



1 Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 



a Included with "unclassified." , , , , , . i j ^t. j • i- «. n *v » 



« Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation all other. 



* Includes Persian or English walnuts, almonds, pecans, butternuts, hickory nuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts and other nuts. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 1,067,000 bushels, 

 valued at $801,000. Apples contributed 

 97.9 per cent of this quantity, plums and 

 prunes most of the remainder. The pro- 



duction of grapes in 1909 amounted to 

 293,805 pounds, valued at $11,021, and 

 that of nuts to 81,555 pounds, valued at 

 $1,838. 

 The production of all orchard fruits to- 



