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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Frost and Precipitation in North Dakota 



Station 



Williston 



Willow City. . . 

 Churches Ferry 



Milton 



Oakdale 



University 



Dickinson 



Bismarck 



Jamestown. ... 



Ashley 



Berlin 



Wahpeton 



Frost 



Average Date of 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Sept. 14 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 16 

 Sept. 12 

 Sept. 15 

 Sept. 14 

 Sept. 20 

 Sept. 15 

 Sept. 14 

 Sept. 8 

 Sept. 12 

 Sept. 15 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



May 18 



June 1 



June 1 



May 29 



May 2 



May 14 



May 22 



May 15 



May 26 



May 30 



June 2 



May 8 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Aug. 18 

 July 30 

 Aug. 27 

 Sept. ^3 

 Oct. 10 

 Sept. 8 

 Sept. 10 

 Aug. 17 

 Sept. 4 

 Aug. 29 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 7 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



June 10 



June 14 



June 14 



June 14 



June 6 



June 7 



May 26 



June 23 



June 7 



June 7 



June 21 



June 9 



Precipitation 



Annual 

 inches 



15,6 



15.4 



18. 



20. 



17. 



20. 



18.8 

 19.8 

 17.6 

 20.8 

 21.3 



Production of Emits in IVorth Dakota 



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 





399 



88 

 2 



85 



138 



86 



67 

 3 

 1 



12 

 36 

 10 



5 



285,696 

 66,028 



3,404 

 60,742 

 97,598 

 56,804 



1,120 



$39,641 



Strawberries _ 



Blackberries and dewberries 



883 



75 



923 



2,378 



1.857 



29 



10,445 

 470 



Raspberries and loganberries 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



9,141 



12,128 



7,332 



Cranberries 



Other berries 



125 













1 It is probable that some of the potatoes and sweet potatoes and yams raised in farm gardens were not reported separately 

 by fanners, but were included in their returns for vegetables. 



2 Reported in small fractions. 

 ^ Less than 1 acre. 



The production of small fruits in 

 North Dakota in 1909 was 285,696 quarts, 

 as compared with 70,152 quarts in 1899, 

 and the value $39,641, as compared with 

 $7,785. Currants were the most impor- 

 tant of the small fruits raised in the 

 state. 



Orchard fruits, grapes and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The following table presents 

 data with regard to orchard fruits, 

 grapes and nuts. 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 data 

 for 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 con- 

 ditions. 



