1856 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Frost and Precipitation in South Carolina 



Station 



Clemson Col 

 Greenville . . 



Sautuck 



Society Hill . 

 Columbia... 

 Stateburg. . . 



Trenton 



x^iEien 



Blackville . . . 



Trial 



Charleston.., 

 Benfort 



Frost 



Average Date of 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Oct. 31 



Nov. 6 

 Oct. 29 

 Nov. 15 



Nov. 8 

 Nov. 14 



Nov. 11 

 Nov. 20 

 Nov. 17 

 Nov. 5 

 Nov. 30 

 Nov. 28 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



April 6 

 April 5 

 April 7 

 Mar. 18 

 Mar. 23 

 Mar. 29 

 Mar. 21 

 Mar. 11 

 Mar. 13 

 April 4 

 Mar. 3 

 Mar. 8 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Oct. 15 

 Oct. 23 

 Sept. 30 

 Oct. 27 

 Oct. 19 

 Oct. 27 

 Oct. 25 

 Oct. 28 

 Nov. 8 

 Oct. 10 

 Nov. 9 

 Nov. 7 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



April juU 

 April 25 

 April 30 

 April Tc 

 April 10 

 April 9 

 April 13 

 April 9 

 Mar. 23 

 April 28 

 April 2 

 April 1 



Precipitation 



Annual 

 inches 



51.2 

 53.0 

 48.0 

 49.1 

 46.7 



~fc~t . TC 



52.1 

 48.9 

 48.4 

 50.5 

 53.4 

 48.3 



Production of Fruits in Sontli Carolina 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to 

 small fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries. 



Blackberries and de-wberries. 

 Raspberries and loganberries. 



Gurraats 



Gooseberri^ 



Othier berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



1,383 



675 



79 



30 



5 



Acres 



1909 



856 



815 



38 



2 



1 



1899 



591 



499 



39 



4 



2 



^\ 

 47 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



1,408,099 



1,337,208 



64,764 



4,955 



999 



183 



Value 

 1909 



$113,254 



108,938 



3,710 



477 



102 



27 



1 Reported in small fractions. 



2 Less than 1 acre. 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 South Carolina. The total acreage of 

 small fruits in 1909 was 856, as compared 

 with 591 in 1899, an increase of 44.8 per 

 cent. The production in 1909 was 

 1,408,000 quarts, as compared with 

 959,000 quarts in 1899, and the value was 

 $113,254 in 1909, as compared with 

 $59,486 in 1899. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The next 

 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 quan- 

 tity 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. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 1,133,000 bushels, 

 valued at $956,000. Peaches and nec- 

 tarines contributed considerably more 

 than one-half of this quantity, and apples 

 most of the remainder. The production 

 of grapes in 1909 amounted to 2,016,506 

 pounds, valued at ^SS,620; that of nuts 

 to 376,013 pounds, valued at $26,888; 

 while the tropical fruits produced were 

 valued at $49,778. 



