1156 
This is true in other states as well as 
in Illinois, and accounts in part for the 
fact that the United States census shows 
that in 1900 Illinois had 13,430,006 bear- 
ing trees, while in 1910 they had 9,900,- 
627, making a loss in 10 years of 3,529,379. 
This loss is said to have occurred on 
account of the injuries from scale, which 
became widespread several years ago, and 
which at that time they did not know 
how to control. Since the discovery of 
the lime-sulphur solution as a remedy 
for scale, the best orchardists now spray 
their trees and the orchards show every 
sign of vigor, health and _ profitable 
bearing. 
The soil of this section is especially 
adapted to apples, being a clay subsoil 
and containing a considerable admixture 
of lime and humus. The climate, too, is 
good and all the natural conditions for 
the profitable growing of commercial 
fruit are present. In the southern one- 
third of the state the rainfall will range 
from 40 to 60 inches per annum. 
The region is also adapted to the grow- 
ing of peaches, plums, pears, grapes, 
cherries, strawberries, blackberries, rasp- 
berries, pecans, walnuts and vegetables, 
but the apple is the principal commercial 
crop. In the central and northern parts 
we have not discovered that fruits are 
grown extensively for commercial pur- 
poses, except perhaps in Madison, Cal- 
houn, Pike, Adams and Hancock counties, 
along the Mississippi river, and in Jas- 
per and Fayette counties in the south- 
central part of the state. The total land 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
area of Illinois is 56,000 square miles, 
or 35,840,000 acres. Its extreme length 
is 385 miles, its breadth 285 miles. Its 
greatest elevation is 1,150 feet above the 
sea, its mean elevation 550 feet. The 
greater part of Illinois is level or rather 
undulating prairies. There are a few 
hills in the extreme northwest and bluffs 
along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. 
Almost the whole state is arable and the 
soil unusually productive. On account of 
its level surface it is easy to build rail- 
roads, and, having the second largest city 
on the continent, there is a ready market 
for its products. 
Fruit Statistics of IWinois 
The fruit trees and vines of Illinois, 
according to the census of 1910, are: Bear- 
ing apple trees, 9,900,627; peaches and 
nectarines, 2,860,120: pears, 786,349: 
plums and prunes, 600,087; cherries, 
843,283; grapes, 2,170,340 vines; small 
fruits, 11,723 acres; nuts, 85,428 trees. 
The counties that produce the largest 
number of apples are: Adams, 223,534 
bearing trees; Calhoun, 348,888; Clay, 
448,859; Fayette, 240,640; Hamilton, 226,- 
042; Marion, 622,234: Pike, 227,296; Rich- 
land, 388,125; Union, 203,496; Wayne, 
278,942. 
The county producing the largest 
number of peaches is Marion with 177,- 
474 bearing trees. 
The county producing the largest num- 
ber of pears is Marion with 103,638 bear- 
ing trees. 
GRANVILLE LOWTHER 
Small Fruits—1909 and 1899 
The following table shows data with regard to small fruits on farms: 
S onaaticteanseasliomtLtaanaueilinetin abana aieancadlienaasaiaeiimnnmetcineneiaaeadaniemiemnen denn 
can aeeenabiaienimimmnatanmaanonanae 
Number Acres . 
of farms Quantity 
CROP reporting (quarts) Value 
1909 1909 1899 1909 190 
Small Fruits, total... ... ccc eece eee e eee eceen eee leenenesereen 11,723 16,794 13,602,676 {$1,109,747 
Strawberries. .....0.. cece eee eee e eee tence nee eens 10,311 5,410 7,113 ,031, 824 613 , 917 
Blackberries and dewberries. ........ccs ec cea seca eeeees 14,138 3,503 5,032 2,915,473 237,058 
Raspberries and loganberries..........0c.secaneeeeccees 8,156 1,945 2,909 1,834,337 191,401 
1:5: 3,635 252 640 265 , 858 21,863 
GooseberrieS.... 6. cece tee c eee eteeeneetes ene 8,131 603 491 541,498 44,238 
Cranberries... .. ces ccc cece eect eee eet eset enreeeeeves 166 10 1 13,418 1,248 
i 1 (4) 608 22 
Other berrieg...... cc ccc cece nee c ce etre tee acssereeceees 
Tam isndhemee eastern nnden delineate in ambememmmteenenantasimmn oie sdemmmanasetteadaiemnaddadinneanitmiabdemmmniea deena Y 
1Less than 1 acre. 
