OHIO 



1449 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits grown in 

 Ohio, with raspberries and loganberries 

 and blackberries and dewberries ranking 

 second and third respectively. The total 

 acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 11,- 

 591 and in 1899, 21,121, a decrease of 

 45.1 per cent. The production in 1909 

 was 15,721,000 quarts, as compared with 

 33,736,000 quarts in 1899, and the value 

 $1,296,000, as compared with $1,767,000. 



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 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. 





Trees or Vines of 



bearing age 



1910 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Product 



CHOP 



1909 



1899 





Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Quantity! 



Value 



Quantity! 



Orchard Fruits, total 





14,933,813 



8,504,886 



3,133,368 



899,019 



1,001,734 



1,144,271 



5,462 



245,040 



33 





5,603,742 



2,438,246 



2,092,300 



333,739 



332,811 



342,328 



1.873 



62,413 



32 



6,711,208 



4,663,752 



1,036,340 



374,871 



215,657 



338,644 



835 



81,101 



8 



$5,691,530 



2,970,851 



1,349,311 



332,727 



278.505 



657,406 



1,343 



101,369 



18 



21,399,273 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



Cherries 



Apricots 



Quinces 



Mulberries 



Unclassified 



261,644 



102,863 



113,897 



96,203 



117,806 



2,456 



55,668 



11 



77,900 

 50,736 

 38,248 

 33,053 

 38,696 

 660 

 12,891 

 5 



20,617,480 



240,686 



244,565 



81,435 



192,954 



449 



(^) 



8 21,704 



















Grapes 



82.576 



8,326,800 



12,295 



455,750 



43,933,207 



858,594 



79,173,873 



Nuts, total 





4 21,702 



699 



81 



8.693 



3,347 



875 



8,053 





M,868 

 220 

 308 

 3.399 

 107 

 123 

 674 



4 559,093 



2,461 



1,010 



354,135 



36,091 



29,100 



135,626 



4 11.691 



154 



70 



4,645 



2,584 



360 



3,856 



295,250 



Persian or English walnuts . . . 



7i 



21 



'945 



289 

 79 



674 



30 

 19 

 166 

 10 

 8 

 35 





Pecans 





Black walnuts 



Chestnuts 



Butternuts 



Hickory nuts 



Unclassified 



(2) 

 (2) 



(2) 



3 295,250 



















Tropical Fruits, total ..... 





6 126 

 117 





33 

 33 



7i6" 



5 46 

 39 





Figs 



29 



8 









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



2 Included with "unclassified." 



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



4 Includes Japanese walnuts, hazelnuts, American nuts and other nuts. 



5 Includes Japanese persimmons. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 6,711,000 bushels, 

 valued at $5,692,000. Apples contributed 

 about two-thirds of this quantity, peaches 

 and nectarines most of the remainder. 

 The production of grapes in 1909 

 amounted to 43,933,000 pounds, valued 

 at $859,000, and that of nuts to 559,000 

 pounds, valued at $12,000. 



The production of all orchard fruits 

 together in 1909 was 68.6 per cent less 

 than that in 1899, and the production of 



grapes also decreased decidedly. The 

 total value of orchard fruits decreased 

 from $6,141,000 in 1899 to $5,692,000 in 

 1909, and that of grapes from $993,000 

 in 1899 to $859,000 in 1909. It should be 

 noted in this connection that the values 

 for 1899 include the value of more ad- 

 vanced 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. 



