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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Strawberries are the most important of 

 the small fruits raised in Nebraska, with 

 blackberries and dewberries ranking 

 next. The total acreage of small fruits 

 in 1909 was 1,411 and in 1899, 1,171, an 

 increase of 20.5 per cent. The production 

 in 1909 was 1,594,000 quarts, as compared 

 with 1,212,000 quarts in 1899, and the 

 value $159,000, as compared with $98,000. 



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 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 censuses of 1910 and 1900 are 

 not closely comparable, and the product 

 is therefore compared, although varia- 

 tions may be due largely to temporarily 

 favorable or unfavorable climatic condi- 

 tions. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 3,572,000 bushels, 

 valued at $1,932,000. Apples contributed 

 more than nine-tenths of this quantity, 

 peaches and nectarines and cherries most 

 of the remainder. The production of 

 grapes in 1909 amounted to 4,752,000 

 pounds, valued at $137,000, and that of 

 nuts 384,000 pounds, valued at $9,000. 

 Most of the nuts were black walnuts. 



The production of all orchard fruits to- 

 gether in 1909 was 145.3 per cent greater 

 in quantity than in 1899, and the pro- 

 duction of grapes also increased. The 

 total value of orchard fruits increased 

 from $685,000 in 1899 to $1,932,000 in 

 1909, and that of grapes from $75,000 in 

 1899 to $137,000 in 1909. It should be 

 noted in this connection that the values 

 for 1899 include the value of more ad- 

 vanced products derived from orchard 

 fruits or grapes, such as cider, vinegar, 

 dried fruits, and the like, and may there- 

 fore involve some duplication, while the 

 values shown for 1909 relate only to the 

 products in their original condition. 





Trees or Vines of 



bearing age 



1910 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Product 



CEOP 



1909 



1899 





Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Quantity! 



Value 



Quantity! 



1 Orchard Fruits, total 



Anples 



Peaches and nectarines. 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



Cherries 



Apricots 



Quinces 



Mulberries 



Unclassified 



'*'57;468"* 



25,199 



10,325 



18,662 



41,309 



3,658 



310 



89 



5,061,984 



2,937,178 



1,188,373 



69,285 



351,321 



494,408 



20,451 



7,761 



3,147 



'"29;920'*' 



10,570 



7,821 



13,495 



22,627 



1,513 



244 



24 



1,750,684 



967,133 



263,882 



51,443 



184,066 



267,629 



8,169 



7,165 



1,197 



3,572,253 



3,321,073 



110,180 



6,700 



41,910 



89.876 



864 



995 



656 



$1,932,124 



1,612,765 



91,129 



9,802 



60,934 



164,872 



1,229 



998 



400 



1,456,053 



1,343.497 



8,763 



979 



42,314 



64,047 



333 



(') 

 » 6,130 



















Grapes 



29,403 



1,221,736 



7,078 



380,788 



4,752,217 



137,296 



3,171,034 



Nuts, total 





* 79,090 

 78,296 



574**' 



* 37,019 

 36,626 



* 384 '325 

 381,968 



4 8,906 

 8,740 



93.000 



Black walnuts 



Unclassified... 



1,553 



(=) 



» 93,000 



Tropical Fruiti (Japanese 

 persimmons) 



2 



24 







6 



15 











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



2 Included with "unclassified." 



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

 * Includes almonds, pecans, butternuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, Japanese walnuts, hickory nuts, beechnuts and other nuts. 



The following table shows the quanti- 

 ties of the more advanced products man- 

 ufactured by farmers from orchard fruits 



and grapes. Values were not called for 

 on the schedule. 



