PENNSYLVANIA— PEPPERS 



1679 



CROP 



Orchard Fruits, total. 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines. . . 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



Cherries 



Apricots 



Quinces 



Mulberries 



Unclassified 



Grapes. 



Nuts, total 



Persian or English walnuts, 



Pecans 



Black walnuts 



Butternuts 



Hickory nuts 



Chestnuts 



Unclassified 



Tropical Fruits, total. 



Figs 



Japanese persimmons .... 



Trees or Vines of 



bearmg age 



1910 



Farms 

 reporting 



188,713 



80,256 



118,593 



82,758 



112,165 



4,815 



44,364 



10 



84,929 



53 



130 



13,754 



2,199 



4,654 



2,343 



26 



4 



Number 



13,186,773 



8,000,456 



2,383,027 



796,882 



744.148 



1,075,031 



10,363 



176,849 



17 



5,271,264 



* 175,467 

 198 

 554 

 65,075 

 21,387 

 34,427 

 53,611 



123 

 S4 

 39 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Farms 

 reporting 



76,841 

 48,599 

 60,977 

 38,840 

 31,096 

 2,692 

 15,292 

 6 



16,055 



6S 



44 



2,969 



235 



428 



408 



13 

 2 



Number 



5,921,247 



2,501,185 



2,179,386 



382,180 



493,601 



280,251 



7,676 



77.071 



7 



Product 



1909 



Quantity! 



8,252,811 



* 41,153 



463 



22,193 



4,230 



5,616 



8,272 



60 

 38 

 22 



13,285,953 



11,048,430 



1,023,570 



378,825 



295,158 



475,093 



2,502 



62,350 



25 



Value 



$8,677,986 



5,557,616 



1,351,175 



356,240 



396,006 



909,975 



4.497 



102.431 



47 



34,020,198 



* 3,795.804 



4,523 



14,885 



2,162,471 



782,415 



593,200 



233,834 



170 

 3 



850.708 



* 90,447 



532 



39,306 



9,408 



25,348 



15,185 



15 



7 

 8 



1899 



Quantity! 



25,236,854 

 24,060,651 

 143,464 

 434,177 

 100,210 

 474,940 

 1,634 

 (2) 



8 21,778 



47.125,437 



5.065,500 



(2) 



» 6,065,500 



1 Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits and persimmons, 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.*' 



* Total includes almonds, Japanese walnuts, hazelnuts, Japanese chestnuts, beechnuts, Italian chestnute, Spanish chestnuts, 

 filberts, white walnuts and other nuts. 



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 



Farms reporting, 1909 



Quantity produced 





Number 



Per cent of 

 all farms 



Unit 



1909 



1899 



Cider 



65,320 



23,012 



6.363 



9,701 



29,8 



10 5 



2 9 



4.4 



Gals 



8,060.914 



1,242,246 



106,756 



285.297 



15,890,868 



Vinegar .,,..... 



Gals 



3,475,206 



Wine and grape juice 



Gals 



194,610 



Dried fruits 



Lbs 



938,810 







Peppers 



Capsicum annuum 

 Native of South America. Perennial, 

 hut in cultivation grown as an annual. 

 There are many varieties* differing 

 chiefly in the shape of their fruit. All of 

 them have erect, branching stems, which 

 become almost woody. The leaves are 

 spear-shaped; flowers, white, star-shaped, 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves; fruit 

 generally hollow with a somewhat fleshy 

 skin, at first dark green, but when ripe 

 turning yellow, red or dark violet. The 

 seeds are flat, and, like the flesh of the 



pods, have a very acrid, burning taste, 

 for which the plant is cultivated and used 

 in giving flavor to pickles, etc. Their 

 germinating power lasts about four years 

 after being separated, but if left in the 

 pods they will keep much longer without 

 injury. 



Culture 



Peppers need practically the same 

 cultivation as the tomato or egg plant, 

 except that they may be planted two 

 feet apart, in rows three feet apart 



Varieties vary much in the shape of the 

 pods and the acridity of their juice. The 



