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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following 

 table presents data with regard to or- 

 chard fruits, grapes, nuts, and tropical 

 fruits. The acreage devoted to these 

 products was not ascertained. In compar- 

 ing 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 com- 

 parable and the product is therefore 

 compared, although variations may be due 

 largely to temporarily favorable or un- 

 favorable climatic conditions. 



CROP 



Trees or Vines of 



beannff age 



1910 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Product 

 1909 1899 





Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Quantity'' 



Value 



Quantity^ 



Orchard Fruits, total. . . 

 Apples 



■*i6S",667'" 

 25,926 

 85,725 

 62,024 

 59,408 

 2,033 

 12,280 

 11 



17,625,093 



11,248,203 



2,457,187 



2,141,596 



919,017 



673,989 



16,050 



109,031 



20 





7,363,614 



2,828,515 



2,216,907 



1,502,661 



328,329 



342,959 



3,537 



140,703 



3 



29,456,291 



25,409,324 



1,730,483 



1,343,089 



553,522 



271,597 



9,805 



132,451 



20 



S17,988.894 



13,343,028 



2,014,088 



1,418,218 



519,192 



544.508 



14,490 



135,345 



25 



26,172,310 



48,007 



14,337 



26,773 



22,083 



20,087 



767 



3,404 



2 



24,111,257 



Peaches and nectarines. . 



Pears 



Plums and prunes . . 



Cherries 



Apricots.. 

 Quinces , ... 

 Mulberries .. 



406,850 

 960,170 

 303,688 

 218,642 

 15,710 



» 95,993 



















Grapes 



34,256 



31,802,097 1 7,250 



3,801,800 



253,006,361 



3,901,677 



247,698,056 



Nuts, total 





4164,333 

 45G 

 19,782 

 36,456 

 72,976 

 34,309 



28 

 428 

 447 

 198 

 220 



4 51,239 



139 



27,591 



5,176 



12,841 



5,381 



4 2,773,858 



9,346 



465,918 



1,519,270 



286,227 



487,768 



4 74,420 

 858 

 11,485 

 21,031 

 23,589 

 16,742 



3,451,550 



Persian or English walnuts . 



Black walnuts 



Butternuts 



Chestnuts 



Hickory nuts . , 

 Unclassified 



81 

 2,815 

 4,623 

 1,797 

 3,142 





'3,451,550 



Tropical Fruits (figs) 



12 



21 ! R 



25 





5 













nuts. 



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



2 Included with "unclassified." 



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



4 Includes small amounts of almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, beechnuts, Japanese chestnuts, Japanese walnuts, filberts and other 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 29,456,000 bushels, 

 valued at $17,989,000. Apples contributed 

 about six-sevenths of this quantity, 

 peaches and nectarines and pears muost 

 of the remainder. The production of 

 grapes in 1909 amounted to 253,006,000 

 pounds, valued at $3,962,000; that of nuts 

 to 2,774,000 pounds, valued at $/4,000. 



The production of all orchard fruits to- 

 gether in 1909 was 12.5 per cent greater 

 than that in 1899, while the production 

 of grapes increased 2.1 per cent. The 

 value of orchard fruits increased from 

 $10,542,000 in 1899 to $17,989,000 in 



1909, and that of grapes from $2,764,000 

 in 1899 to $3,962,000 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 there- 

 fore involve some duplication, while the 

 values shown for 1909 relate only to the 

 products in their original condition. 



The next table shows the quantities of 

 the more advanced products manufac- 

 tured by farmers from orchard fruits 

 and grapes. Values were not called for 

 on the schedule. 



