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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries . 

 Raspberries and loganberries. 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



619 

 129 

 361 

 654 

 350 

 1 



Acres 



1909 



562 

 265 



34 

 113 

 115 



35 



1899 



554 



281 

 IS 

 80 



320 

 51 



Quantity 

 (quarts) 



1909 



766,791 

 406,038 



36,321 

 165,473 

 123,031 



35,896 

 32 



Value 

 1909 



$86,586 



46,870 



4,020 



19,732 



12,195 



3.765 



4 



1 Less than 1 acre. 



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 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 general 



changes or tendencies than the quantity 

 of product, but the data for the censuses 

 of 1910 and 1900 are not closely compar- 

 able and the product is therefore com- 

 pared, although variations may be due 

 largely to temporarily favorable or un- 

 favorable climatic conditions. 





Trees or 



Vines of 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Product 



CROP 



1910 



1909 



1899 





Farms 

 reportmg 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Quantity^ 



Value 



Quantity^ 



Orchard Fruits, total 



'""3ii67"" 



49 



586 



948 



1,013 



36 



5 



749,104 



696,753 



538 



10,297 



21,140 



19,938 



410 



28 





1,363,798 



1,308,066 



3,386 



12,806 



15,001 



24,237 



245 



54 



3 



591,088 



667,054 



128 



7,643 



8,777 



7,497 



88 



1 



$609,078 



566,938 



235 



12,008 



11,642 



17,985 



269 



1 



45,192 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



* 3,633 



117 



663 



1,072 



1,197 



60 



12 



1 



43,939 



17 



24 



373 



Cherries. 



807 



Apricots 



1 



Quinces 



(2) 



Mulberries 



(2) 



Unclassified 











»31 



















Grapes... 



13 



986 



49 



1,121 



370 



17 



1,330 







Nuts 





4 23 





4 272 





















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



« Included with "unclassified." 



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



4 Includes hazelnuts, black walnuts, almonds, hickory nuts, butternuts, chestnuts and filberts. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 591,000 bushels, val- 

 ued at $609,000, apples contributing more 

 than 95 per cent of this quantity. The 

 production of grapes and of nuts in this 

 state is unimportant. 



Mountajint Ash. See Apple, Botany of. 



Mulberry 



The mulberry belongs to the genus 

 Morus, the order Moraceae. About 100 

 species have been catalogued, but only 

 five are now generally grown. The mul- 

 berry belongs to the same family as figs, 

 bread-fruits, elms, etc. 



The Moraceae include three sub-fam- 

 ilies, of which the typical genera are: 

 Dorstenia, which is almost a fig; Brous- 

 sonetia, the paper mulberry of Japan, the 

 East Indies, and the South Sea Islands, 

 and Morus, the mulberry proper, of which 

 the few species now catalogued are all 

 native to the temperate regions in Asia 

 and America, or to the mountain regions 

 in the tropics, but are readily cultivated 

 in similar climates in Europe, Africa and 

 Australia. 



In the Old World various species are of 

 economic importance, principally because 

 their leaves supply the food of the silk- 



