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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Productioii of Fruits in N^ew Jersey 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. Tlie follow- 

 ing table presents data witli regard to 

 orchard 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 

 quantity 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 2,372,000 bushels, 

 valued at $1,975,000. Apples contributed 

 nearly three-fifths of this quantity, 

 peaches and nectarines and pears most 



of the remainder. The production of 

 grapes amounted to 6,501,000 pounds, 

 valued at $133,000, while the production 

 of nuts and of tropical fruits was rela- 

 tively unimportant. 



The production of all orchard fruits 

 together in 1909 was 61.5 per cent less 

 in quantity than that in 1899, while the 

 production of grapes increased. The 

 value of orchard fruits declined from 

 $2,595,000 in 1899 to $1,975,000 in 1909, 

 while that of grapes increased from $81,- 

 758 in 1899 to $132,957 in 1909. 



It should be noted in this connection 

 that the values for 1899 include the value 

 of more advanced products derived from 

 orchard fruits or grapes, such as cider, 

 vinegar, dried fruits and the like, and 

 may therefore involve some duplication, 

 while the values shown for 1909 relate 

 only to the products in their original 

 condition. 



CHOP 



Orchard Fruits, total. 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines . 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



Cherries 



Apricots 



Quinces 



Mulberries 



Unclassified..... ... . 



Grapes 



Nuts, total . 

 Black walnuts.. 



Chestnuts 



Hickorjr nut*? . . , 

 Unclassified 



Figs, 



Tropical Fruits, total ^. 



Trees or Vines of 



bearins age 



1910 



Farms 

 reporting 



21,127 



5,783 



11,078 



4,052 



8,101 



214 



2,731 



1 



6,368 



1,072 

 206 

 353 



11 



Number 



3.165,749 



1,053,626 



1,216,476 



731,616 



46,547 



102,124 



582 



14,777 



1 



1,603,280 



4 22,764 



4,168 



14.752 



3,066 



75 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Farms 

 reporting 



6,851 



5,493 



3,439 



1,714 



1,928 



125 



876 



1 



1,295 



139 

 42 

 13 



Number 



Product 



1909 



Quantityi 



2,190,236 



519,749 



1,363,632 



238,401 



23,071 



36,743 



504 



8,134 



9. 



558,945 



43,557 



804 



1,094 



103 



19 

 19 



Value 



2,372,358 



1,406,778 



441,440 



463,290 



9,594 



44,636 



178 



6,442 



6,501,221 



4 249,626 



151,828 



25,987 



62,243 



939 



$1,975,044 



956,108 



652,771 



254,582 



13,476 



87,225 



• 299 



10,683 



132,957 



47,116 

 2,766 



2^468 



204 

 202 



1899 



Quantity! 



6,168,480 



4,640,896 



620,928 



790,818 



24,685 



82,005 



201 



8 8,947 



4,235,000 



947,950 

 (2) 



(2) 

 (2) 



3 947,950 



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



2 Included with "unclassified." 



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



4 Includes Persian or English walnuts, almonds, pecans, Japanese walnuts, beechnuts, Japanese chestnuts, filberts, butternuts 

 hazelnuts and other nuts. 



5 Includes small amount of Japanese persimmons. 



The following taWe 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. 



