NORTH DAKOTA— NUTMEG 



1427 





Trees or Vines of 

 bearing age 



Trees or Vines not of 

 bearing age 



Product 



CROP 



1910 



1910 



1909 



1899 





Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 







Quantity* 



Value 



Quantity* 



Orchard Fruits, total 





40.296 



15,941 



90 



24 



19,147 



5,076 



11 



7 



"**3;906**" 



54 



61 



2,320 



1,837 



17 



4 



2 



128,037 



70,023 



604 



327 



35,459 



21,484 



87 



22 



31 



5,685 



4,374 



35 



8 



1,048 



209 



10 



1 



$9,688 



7,270 



71 



15 



1,866 



445 



20 



1 



1,647 

 1,273 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines 



1,248 



14 



5 



737 



410 



2 



2 



Pears 



Phims and prunes 



Cherries 



. 1 

 365 



4 



Apricots 





Quinces 



(2) 



Mulberries 



Unclassified 











34 



















Grapes 



20 



379 



98 



1,464 



360 



14 



1,500 





Nuts* 





62 





660 







200 













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



8 Included with "unclassified." 



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



* Includes pecans, chestnuts, butternuts, black walnuts, and hazelnuts for 1909 and miscellaneous nuts for 1899. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 5,685 bushels, val- 

 ued at $9,688, while that of grapes and 

 of nuts was entirely insignificant. 



The following table 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. 



PRODUCT 



Cider 



Vinegar 



Wine and grape juice. 

 Dried fruits 



Farms reporting, 1909 



Number 



Per cent of 

 all farms 



2 



11 



2 



(1) 

 (1) 



Quantity produced 



Unit 



Gals. 



Gals. 

 Lbs., 



1909 



44 

 128 

 106 



1899 



168 



126 



99 



1 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



Northern Spy Apple for Massachu- 

 setts. See Massachusetts, 



Northwestern Fruit Exchange Grad- 

 ing RuxES. See under Apple Packing, 



NORTHVraSTERN SoiLS, NEEDS OF. See 



Apple Orchard Cover Crops. 



Nursery Stock, Inspection, Certifi- 

 cation and Transportation of. See 

 under Law. 



Nursery Stock Selecting. See Apple 

 Nursery, 



Nutmeg 



Myristica fragrans 

 Nutmegs are grown in the East In- 

 dies, West Indies, Brazil and Spice 

 islands. They grow best in a rich soil 

 in the valleys protected from the cold 



winds. The tree grows to a height of 

 about 25 feet and bears a yellow pear- 

 shaped fruit, which splits in half, ex- 

 posing a single kernel surrounded by a 

 false aril which forms the mace of com- 

 merce. The fleshy halves of the fruit 

 are used as preserves in the countries 

 where the trees are cultivated, and the 

 mace is one of the most important spices 

 of commerce. 



The Tsernel with the aril is dried for 

 several weeks. Then the aril is pounded 

 off, leaving the kernel or nutmeg, which 

 is then dusted with lime and sent to 

 market. The poorer nutmegs are sorted 

 out and a heavy oil, called oil of mace, 

 is expressed from them. 



Granville Lowther 



