MISSOURI 



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Production of Fruits in Missouri 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The next 

 table shows data with regard to small 

 fruits on farms. 



Strawberries were by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in Mis- 

 souri, with blackberries and dewberries 



ranking next. The total acreage of small 

 fruits in 1909 was 17,009 and in 1899, 

 14,860, an increase of 14.5 per cent. The 

 production in 1909 was 23,696,000 quarts, 

 as compared with 21,485,000 quarts in 

 1899, and the value $1,761,000, as com- 

 pared with $1,051,000. 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries . 

 Raspberries and loganberries . 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



13,429 



22,971 



6,631 



1,672 



9,091 



103 



39 



Acres 



1909 



17,009 



9,048 



5.975 



1,331 



92 



555 



8 



(1) 



1899 



14,860 



7,498 



4,441 



1,660 



194 



731 



336 



Quantity 





(quarts) 



Value 



1909 



1909 



23,696,221 



$1,761,409 



15,171,034 



1,122,784 



6,391,209 



456,283 



1,563,527 



133,196 



91,207 



8,312 



470,029 



39,941 



6,944 



618 



2,271 



275 



1 Reported in small fractions. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following 

 table presents data with regard to or- 

 chard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropical 

 fruits. The acreage devoted to these 

 products was not ascertained. In com- 

 paring one year with the other the num- 

 ber of trees or vines of bearing age is 



on the whole a better index of the gen- 

 eral changes or tendencies than the quan- 

 tity of product, but the data for the cen- 

 suses of 1910 and 1900 are not closely 

 comparable, and the product is therefore 

 compared, although variations may be 

 due largely to temporarily favorable 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 





23,128,107 



14,359,673 



6,688.034 



606.973 



917,851 



622,332 



16,503 



16,686 



55 





6.748,169 



3,624,833 



1,404,429 



272,213 



183,828 



247,425 



5,612 



9,815 



4 



11,967,399 



9,968,977 



1,484,548 



142,547 



234.872 



123.314 



1,280 



1.813 



48 



$6,582,578 



4,885,544 



1,110,550 



148,789 



211,472 



222,610 



1,604 



2,063 



46 



6,805,601 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines 



Pears 



181,396 



162,632 



72,255 



92,163 



81,863 



5,730 



3,201 



23 



75,035 



42,896 



29,257 



23,053 



29,371 



1,913 



1,550 



2 



6,496,436 

 61,006 

 58,449 



Plums and prunes 



111,603 



Cherries 



62,708 



Apricots 



583 



Quinces 



(«) 



Mulberries 



Unclassified 



s 14,716 



Grapes 



75,888 



3,026,526 



14,582 



486,044 



17,871,816 



488,755 



13,783,656 



Nuts, total 





* 153.244 



1,214 



48,822 



85,330 



16,799 





4 26,526 



999 



7,214 



15,199 



2,581 



4 2,823,368 



5,791 



147,420 



2,446,402 



210,228 



4 39,746 



618 



10,467 



24,526 



3,633 



1,747,520 



Persian or English walnuts 



Pecans 



Black walnuts 



Hickory nuts 



Unclassified 



86 



1,060 



2,886 



419 



48 

 298 

 407 



38 





75,170 

 8 1,672,350 



Tropical Fruits (Japanese 

 tiflrainnnons) 



17 



318 



3 



213 



140 



200 









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



* Included with "unclassified." 



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



* Includes almonds. Japanese walnuts, butternuts, filberts, chestnuts, chinquapins, hazelnuts, beechnuts and other nuts. 



