MISSISSIPPI 



1355 



Frost and Precipitation in Mississippi 



Station 



Batesville 



Pontotoc 



Pal Lato 



Greenville 



Louisville 



Yazoo City 



Canton 



Vicksburg 



Meridian 



Crystal Springs, 



Natchez 



Hattiesburg 



Magnolia 



Biloxi 



Frost 



Average Date of 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Oct. 24 

 Oct- 28 

 Nov. 4 

 Oct. 31 

 Nov. 3 

 Nov. 2 

 Nov. 4 

 Nov. 12 

 Oct. 31 

 Nov. 1 

 Nov. 14 

 Nov. 12 

 Nov. 8 

 Nov. 26 



Last 

 Spring 



Mar. 24 



Mar. 25 



Mar. 27 



Mar. 15 



Mar. 21 



Mar. 27 



Mar. 20 



Mar. 17 



Mar. 26 



Mar. 28 



Mar. 14 



Mar. 10 



Mar. 16 



Feb. 27 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Oct. 9 



Oct. 9 



Oct. 15 



Oct. 9 



Oct- 16 



Oct. 21 



Oct. 15 



Oct. 19 



Oct. 8 



Oct, 15 



Oct. 27 



Oct. 25 



Oct. 25 



Oct. 22 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



Apr. 7 



Apr. 9 



jTXpr* mJi 



Mar. 30 



Apr. 10 



Apr. 21 



Apr. 7 



Apr. 6 



Apr. 10 



Apr. 21 



Mar. 30 



Mar. 30 



Apr. 7 



Mar. 26 



Precipitation 



Annual 

 inches 



48.0 

 49.8 

 51.8 

 45.9 

 51.0 

 48.0 

 49.6 

 63.8 

 53.4 

 53.3 

 60.0 

 48.1 

 61.0 

 61.3 



Southern Mississippi 



For Bloom Period of Apples, see Louisiana, 



Prodnetion of Fruits in Mississippi 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to 

 small fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



Acres 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



Value 





1909 



1899 



1909 



Small Fruits, total 





836 



772 



58 



5 



1 



1,649 



1,383 



84 



49 



3 



1 



29 



1,407,301 



1,345,013 



63,735 



7,806 



362 



285 



100 



$107,171 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries 



Raspberries and loganberries 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Other berries 



785 



672 



100 



11 



3 



1 



101,882 



4,531 



673 



52 



28 



5 







1 Reported in small fractions. 



2 Less than 1 acre. 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in Mis- 

 sissippi. The total acreage of small fruits 

 in 1909 was 836, and in 1899, 1,549, a 

 decrease of 46 per cent. The production 

 in 1909 was 1,407,000 quarts, as compared 

 with 1,735,000 quarts in 1899, and the 

 value was $107,000 in 1909, as compared 

 with $141,000 in 1899. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The next table 

 presents data with regard to orchard 

 fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropical fruits. 

 The acreage devoted to these products 

 was not ascertained. In comparing one 

 year with the other the number of tress 

 or vines of bearing age is on the whole 

 a better index of the general changes or 



