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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



CROP 



Orchard Fruits, total 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines. . . 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



Cherries 



Apricots 



Quinces 



Unclassified 



Grapes . 



Nuts, total 



Persian or English wahuts. 

 Almonds 



Tropical Fruits, total. 



Pomegranates 



Figs 



Unclassified 



Trees or Vines of 



bearing age 



1910 



Farms 

 reporting 



025 

 237 

 380 

 420 

 199 

 128 

 22 



108 



8 

 40 



57 

 63 



Number 



94,222 

 74,454 

 6,329 

 3,946 

 6,716 

 1,588 

 1,035 

 154 



26,607 



4 972 



39 



859 



3,412 



2,887 



525 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Farms 

 reporting 



346 

 163 

 201 

 176 

 118 

 73 

 19 



45 



11 

 15 



21 

 34 



Number 



29,002 



16,868 



5,049 



^, aIO 



3,155 



787 



879 



49 



7,941 



4 725 



148 

 495 



971 



541 

 430 



Product 



1909 



Quantity! 



86,576 



74,449 



3,171 



4,083 



3,857 



481 



524 



11 



376,205 



4 10,250 



200 



7,550 



45,550 

 29,270 



Value 



$82,695 



66,097 



4,500 



5,119 



4,654 



894 



1,418 



13 



12,045 



4 655 



20 



606 



1,733 

 915 



818 



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



2 Included with "unclassified." , , , , . . „ „ , „ 

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

 * Includes pecans, black walnuts, filberts, pistachio and chestnuts. 



1899 



Quantity! 



15,287 



10,760 



2,563 



903 



642 



114 



280 



(2) 



8 125 



287,600 



2,970 



80 



2,890 



(2) 



4,290 

 10,970 



The following table shows the quanti- 

 ties of the more advanced products manu- 

 factured by farmers from orchard fruits 



and grapes. Values were not called for 

 on the schedule. 



PRODUCT 



Farms reporting, 1909 



Quantity produced 





Number 



Per cent of 

 all farms 



Unit 



1909 



1899 



Cider 



19 

 24 

 11 

 32 



0.7 

 0.9 

 0.4 

 1.2 



Gals 



10,610 

 3,210 

 2,693 



64,536 





Vinegar 



Wine and grape juice 



Dried fruits 



Gals 





Gals 



Lbs 



2,074 

 6,680 



New England 



l^HE AFPLE lOTUSTRY— HISTOEY 



The development of the apple industry 

 is one of the most interesting pages in 

 the history of New England. Space will 

 not permit of more than a mere mention 

 of the salient points, or those having a 

 direct bearing upon the present condi- 

 tion of the industry. Commercial apple 

 growing is not a new industry, nor yet is 

 it an old one. During the first half of 

 fhd last century many commercial or- 

 chards of modest size were in existence, 

 but they were composed mostly of seed- 

 ling trees or *'native fruit," the product 

 of which was used largely in the manu- 

 facture of cider. The planting of real 



commeixial orchards, however, did not 

 occur till about 1850, when many named 

 varieties of apples were disseminated. 

 About this time many of the old seedling 

 trees were top-grafted and many young 

 orchards started. The methods of man- 

 agement adopted by the commercial or- 

 chardist of this time were similar to 

 those practiced in the old cider orchards, 

 but owing to favorable soil and climatic 

 conditions, rather than to superior meth- 

 ods, the trees thrived remarkably well. 



The first set-back to the industry 

 came with the large yields of fruit, for 

 which, owing largely to inadequate trans- 

 portation facilities, there was insuffi- 

 cient demand. Many manufacturing 

 towns at that time were still far from 



