TEXAS 



196: 



acre in 1904. Earlier than 1906, I had 



sold several hundred dollars worth of 



fruit. My 1905 fig crop sold for more 



than $700. 



Figs sold in 1906 $ 606 97 



Oranges sold in 1906 445.91 



No buds or cuttings sold 



„ Total . :..... $1,142.88 



Figs sold in 1907 |3 ,463.62 



Oranges sold in 1907 2,895.74 



Fig cuttings sold in 1907 24.20 

 Orange buds sold in 1907 25.15 



^.Total 4,408.91 



Pigs sold in 1908 $ 963.52 



Oranges sold in 1908 1,653.98 



Orange buds sold in 1908 30.00 



Total 2,647.50 



Figs sold in 1909 1,893.86 



Oranges sold in 1909 6,363.79 



Orange buds sold in 1909 406.95 



Total 8,664.60 



Grand total for four years $16,863.69 



N. El. Stout 

 Persinunons 

 The persimmon, as it was known to 

 the pioneers of the Middle and Atlantic 

 states, was not a good fruit. It was ex- 

 ceedingly sour and only late in autumn, 

 when it was so thoroughly ripe as to be 

 partly decayed, was it considered good 

 for food. Yet there were so many var- 

 ieties, and the fruit has been so im- 

 proved by selection, that it is now found 

 on sale in all the fruit stores of the 

 South, and is relished by the majority of 

 people. This fruit grows in nearly all 

 parts of the state, in all varieties of soil, 

 and with some profit. Professor T. V. 

 Munson developed a new variety, called 

 the "American Honey"; and certain Jap- 

 anese varieties have been introduced 

 which succeed well. J. E. Fitzgerald, 

 now president of the State Horticultural 



Society of Texas, says: "When I set out 

 my first fruit trees, I set out 500 apple 

 trees and two persimmon trees. I now 

 wish I could call back that planting. I 

 would set out 500 persimmon trees and 

 two apple trees.'* 



The persimmon trees cannot stand root 

 rot, but outside of that, they are as hardy 

 as oak, and insects do not bother them. 



Strawberries 



The strawberry succeeds anywhere in 

 Texas that any other fruit can be grown. 



Blackberries 



Blackberries grow wild in Eastern Tex- 

 as in the "Great Peach Belt," and have 

 been transplanted into other parts, but as 

 yet no varieties have been developed that 

 succeed well along the Gulf coast. 



Dewberries and raspberries are adapt- 

 ed to much the same conditions as the 

 blackberry. 



The mulberry succeeds almost any- 

 where in Texas that trees of any variety 

 will grow. Geanvillei Lowthbb 



Prodiictioii of Fruits in Texas 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. Straw- 

 berries are by far the most important 

 of the small fruits raised in Texas, with 

 blackberries and dewberries ranking 

 next. The total acreage of small fruits 

 in 1909 was 5,05S, and in 1899, 3,904, an 

 increase of 29.4 per cent The production 

 in 1909 was 6,183,000 quarts, as compared 

 with 5,209,000 quarts in 1899, and the 

 value was $480,000 in 1909, as compared 

 with $305,000 in 1899. 



The following table shows data with 

 regard to small fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total ...... 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries. 

 Raspberries and loganberries. 



Currants , 



Gooseberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



1,423 



5,459 



224 



49 



11 



Acres 



1909 



5,053 



2,161 



2,773 



104 



6 



9 



1899 



3,904 



1,361 



2,394 



103 



4 



1 



41 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



6,182,742 



4,207,056 



1,868.119 



97,652 



4,873 



5,042 



Value 

 1909 



$480,331 



334,651 



138,557 



6,302 



496 



325 



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- 



