NEVADA— HORTICULTURE IN NEVADA 



1399 



Frost and Precipitatioii for IVeTada 





Frost 



Precipitation 





Average Date of 



Date of 





Station 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



Annual 

 inches 



Winnemucca 



Elko 



Sept. 23 



May 13 



Aug. 22 



June 20 



8.4 



7.7 



Carson City 



Sept. 20 



May 20 



Sept. 8 



June 18 



10.8 



Potts 



7.3 



Ely 











12.4 



Hawthorn 











3.4 



Pioche 



, 









11.2 



Productioii of Fridts in HeTada 



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 





37 



6 



1 



9 



11 



11 



53 



14 

 4 

 7 



16 

 8 

 4 



50,287 

 11,189 



1,078 

 17,841 



8,824 

 11,355 



$5,683 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries 



Raspberries and loganberries 



19 

 11 

 33 

 79 

 99 



1,218 



164 



1,901 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Other berries . . . » . 



1,083 

 1,317 













The total production of all small fruits 

 in Nevada in 1900 was 50,287 quarts and 

 in 1899, 76,860 quarts, and the value was 

 $5,683 in 1909, as compared with $8,786 

 in 1899. The most important of the 

 small fruits in 1909 were raspberries 

 and loganberries. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The next 

 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 gener- 

 al changes or tendencies than the ciuaii- 

 tity 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 favorable or 

 unfavorable climatic conditions. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 86,576 bushels, 

 valued at $82,695. Apples contributed 

 nearly seven-eighths of this quantity. 

 The production of grapes in 1909 amount- 

 ed to 376,205 pounds, valued at $12,045. 

 The production of nuts and of tropical 

 fruits in this state was unimportant. 



The production of all orchard fruits 

 together in 1909 was nearly six times as 

 great as in 1899, while that of grapes al- 

 so increased. The value of orchard 

 fruits increased from $10,433 in 1899 to 

 $82,695 in 1909, and that of grapes from 

 $5,856 in 1899 to $12,045 in 1909. It 

 should be noted that the values for 1890 

 include the value of more advanced prod- 

 ucts derived from orchard fruits or 

 grapes, such as cider, vinegar, dried 

 fruits, and the like, and may thei^efore 

 involve some duplication, while the 

 values shown for 1909 relate only to the 

 products in their original condition. 



