NUT GROWING— OHIO 



1447 



Imports of IVuts for the United States— Years Ending June 30, 1909-1910 



ABTICLES 



Nuts- 



Almonds: 



Not shelled (pounds) 



Clear, shelled (pounds) 



Apricot and peach kernels (pounds) 



Cocoanuts: 



In the shell 



Meat, broken, or copra, not shredded, desiccated or prepared (pounds) . . 



Meat or copra, desiccated, shredded, cut, or similarly prepared (pounds) , 



Cream and Brazil (bushels) 



Filberts: 



Not shelled 



Shelled 



Marrons, crude (pounds) 



Olive nuts, ground 



Palm and pahn-nut kernels 



Peanut, or ground beans: 



Unshelled (pounds) 



Shelled (pounds) , 



Pecans (pounds) 



Walnuts: 



Not shelled (pounds) 



Shelled (pounds) 



All other, shelled or unshelled, not specially provided for (pounds) 



Do (from Philippine Islands) 



Total nuts (free) 



Total nuts (dutiable) . 



Total fruits and nuts (free) 



Total fruits and nuts (dutiable) , 



Pounds 



,810,055.60 



,495,750.00 



27,853.50 



20 

 5 



10 



1 



10 



,830,539.00 



,985,308.00 



461,496.00 



,026,961.00 

 ,413,391.00 

 ,270,398.00 



U 



16 



3 



23 



10 



3 



,297,172.00 

 ,089,919.00 

 ,349,460.00 



,269,974.22 



,960,988.00 



,580,855.00 



3,689.00 



Value 



$ 504,662.59 



4,402,124.99 



5,230.00 



1,298,969.97 

 762,560.00 

 384,972.00 



1,251,738.00 



620,508.69 



170,450.00 



244,106.00 



478.00 



6,907.00 



419,184.59 

 729,382.00 

 232,590.00 



1,545,197.34 



1,851,408.75 



346,650.73 



75.00 



$3,564,365.97 

 9,210,839.68 



$15,627,166.79 

 21,229,071.68 



Ohio 



The state of Ohio has heea divided, 

 physically, into five parts, the central 

 and western central portions, consisting 

 of an elevated plateau which was formed 

 hy glaciers; the northern and north- 

 western portions, whose soil was formed 

 of deposits of sand, gravel and clay 

 washed from the glacial uplands into 

 what was once a lake basin; the extreme 

 southwest, which is thinly glaciated up- 

 land covered with a limited amount of 

 fine, silty loess material; the northwest- 

 ern portion, consisting of a border of 

 the Appalachian plateau, gently rolling, 

 undulating, sometimes breaking into 

 hills, and slightly glaciated; all South- 

 eastern Ohio, which is more or less hilly, 

 and the soils of which are formed of the 

 eroded rocks that underlie the surface. In 

 the north, bordering on the lake, are 

 numerous sandy ridges vrhich mark the 

 ancient beaches of glacial lakes. 



For the most part the soils of Ohio 

 are rich and productive, consisting in 

 places of vegetable loam, in others muck, 

 limestone, clay and sand. 



The temperature is very similar to 

 that of other portions of the United 



States in the same latitudes, ranging 

 from the extremes of 98 degrees above 

 zero in summer to 30 degrees below zero 

 in winter. 



The average rainfall is about 38 inches 

 per annum, varying somewhat in differ- 

 ent parts of the state. 



All the fruits of the north temperate 

 zone, such as apples, peaches, pears, 

 cherries, grapes, strawberries, blackber- 

 ries, etc., can be successfully grown. 

 However, some of these are not grown 

 for commercial purposes, but for home 

 use or to supply a limited local demand. 

 Apples, peaches and grapes are the prin- 

 cipal commercial fruits. 



In general the soils best adapted to 

 apples are the alluvial deposits contain- 

 ing a mixture of limestone. Ohio, like 

 many of the other old fruit-growing 

 states, several years ago permitted her 

 fruit industry to decline when the scale 

 and other fruit pests became uncontrol- 

 able under the old methods and before 

 new methods were adopted. The fruit 

 was of poor quality, and many of the 

 trees died. Now, under the guidance of 

 the state colleges and experiment work, 

 much is being done to rejuvenate the 



