WEST VIRGINIA 



20S1 



Production of Fruits in West Virginia 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table sliows 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 



2,408 



3,829 



3,905 



658 



784 



2 



Acres 



1909 



2,913 



709 



1,292 



847 



30 



30 



5 



1899 



1,994 



799 



367 



704 



50 



69 



15 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



2,336,562 



812,049 



803,498 



648,174 



34,009 



35,632 



3.200 



Yalue 

 1909 



$191,002 



74,778 



48,854 



60,749 



3.153 



3,238 



230 



Strawberries are the most important 

 in quantity and value of the small fruits 

 raised in West Virginia, with blackber- 

 ries and dewberries ranking second in 

 quantity and third in value, while rasp- 

 berries and loganberries are third in 

 quantity but second in value. The total 

 acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 2,913, 

 and in 1899, 1,994, an increase of 46.1 

 per cent. The production in 1909 was 

 2,337,000 quarts, as compared with 

 2,388,000 quarts in 1899, and the value 

 was $191,000 in 1909, as compared with 

 $149,000 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 general 

 changes or tendencies than the quantity 

 of product, but the data for the censuses 

 of 1910 and 1900 are not closely compar- 

 able and the product is therefore com- 

 pared, although variations may be due 

 largely to temporarily favorable or un- 

 favorable climatic conditions. 



The total quantity of orchard fruits 

 produced in 1909 was 4,710,000 bushels, 

 valued at $3,040,000. Apples contributed 

 about nine-tenths of this quantity, 

 peaches and nectarines most of the re- 

 mainder. The production of grapes in 

 1909 amounted to 3,224,751 pounds, val- 

 ued at $92,834, and that of nuts to 974,312 

 pounds, valued at $16,049. 





Trees or Vines of 



bearing age 



1910 



Trees or Vines not of 



bearing age 



1910 



Product 



CROP 



1909 



1890 





Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Farms 

 reporting 



Number 



Quantity! 



Value 



Quantity^ 



Orchard Fruits total ...... 



Apples 



Peaches and nectarines 



Pears 



Plu^ns and prunfts ..,.,.,,,-, 



'*"76,'i22 ■ 

 34,903 

 25,729 

 22,695 

 30,539 

 599 

 10,439 

 2 



6.770,384 



4,570,948 



1,424,582 



154,908 



234,859 



332,429 



1,947 



50,708 



3 



'*'*46,*837 

 20,703 

 20,128 

 12.096 

 12,277 

 380 

 4,027 



4,589,587 



2,772,025 



1,441,188 



102,826 



125,078 



124,567 



1,201 



22,702 



4.709,959 



4,225,163 



328,901 



29,916 



32,948 



79,723 



124 



13,163 



21 



$3,040,192 



2,461,074 



368,584 



32,101 



48,522 



111,043 



185 



18,676 



7 



, . 



7,642,193 



7,495,743 



18,100 



19,475 



19,123 



Cherries 



Apncots. 



Quinces , 



87,828 

 145 



Mulberries 



(*) 



Unclassified . — 







» 1,779 



Grapes 



25,733 



284,074 



6,769 



76,465 



3,224,751 



92,834 



2,192,147 



Huts total 





* 42.167 



3,035 



32,495 



4,830 



69" 



225 

 14 



* 12,903 

 1,481 

 9.682 

 1,536 



* 974,312 



17,337 



878,215 



40,380 



* 16,049 



2,153 



11,430 



1,830 



502,900 



Persian or English walnuts 



Black walnuts 



Chestnuts 



, ,,. , 



121 



1,337 



211 



(2) 



Unclassified 



'502.900 



Tropical Fruits (figs) 



26 



225 



17 



1,428 



950 



47 





1 E'cpressed in bushels for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes, nuts and figs. 



4 Included with "unclassified." . ,,.,,... r. „ .,^ » 



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

 < Includes hickory nuts, butternuts, almonds, pecans, chinquapins and other nuts. 



