ILLINOIS 
Strawberries are by far the most im- 
portant of the small fruits grown in I[I- 
inois, with blackberries and dewberries 
and raspberries and loganberries ranking 
second and third, respectively. The total 
acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 11,723 
and in 1899, 16,794, a decrease of 30.2 per 
cent. The production in 1909 was 13,603,- 
000 quarts as compared with 26,129,000 
quarts in 1899, and the value $1,110,000, 
as compared with $1,293,000. 
Orchard Fruits, Grapes, Nuts, and Tropi- 
cal Fruits—1909 and 1899 
The following table presents data with 
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regard to orchard fruits, grapes, nuts, and 
tropical fruits. The acreage devoted to 
these products was not ascertained. In 
comparing one year with the other the 
number 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 
comparable and the product is therefore 
compared, although variations may be due 
largely to temporarily favorable or un- 
favorable climatic conditions. 
Trees or Vines of Trees or Vines not of Product 
bearing age bearing age . ae 
1910 1910 
CROP 1909 1899 
Farms Farms 
reporting Number reporting Number Quantity! Value Quantity? 
Orchard Fruits, total......]...... .....| 18,088,748 |l..........0- 3,919,267 || 4,989,211 | $3,857,743 | 9,767,211 
Apples.... ...... seneeee -| 160,215 60,631 2,548,301 || 3,093,321 | 2,111,866 9,178,150 
Peaches and nectarines.. .. 114,165 34,411 739,35 1,222,570 999,516 6, 805 
Pears... cece cee eees 68 , 556 25,593 234,037 249,365 202,965 133,745 
Plums and prunes. . 69,352 18,468 141,480 78,566 0,384 157,941 
Cherries...... .. 104,808 30,137 239,605 287,376 453,474 204,279 
Apricots 4,996 1,514 24 1,250 457 1,437 
uinces.... Lo. 7,560 2,547 12,180 6,728 8,037 (2) 
Mulberries..... .. 17 1 40 (?) 
Unclassified...... aac cee et alee eee eeeeenete cc cea tener slecc ce seseeeellewecnctcacsalereerr ences 824 , 854. 
Grapes... cece eee eee . 75,818 11,469 287,734 || 16,582,785 426,468 | 20,009,400 
Nuts, total. ......... cee lee eee eee eee} © 485,428 Poo... 435 ,666 4714 478 420,550 360, 680 
Persian or English walnuts. ... 87 12 1,045 3,497 B31 |... .. eee es 
POCAnS ..... ccc cers e ee veeee 755 218 8,223 107,069 10,301 41,380 
Black walnuts.......... 05 0. 1,792 280 24,698 530,730 7,411 (7) 
Butternuts...........008 5 . 49 ; 76 (2) 
Chestnuts........000 seeenee 59 22 1,315 4,833 321 (2) 
Hickory nuts... ........0000- 363 16 223 60,124 1,954 (2) 
Unclassified... 0.0... cece eee leer emer e rele w een eee ea relies cece renee slew cere es ecaiensseccsceae| seaeceeaues 3319, 300 
Tropical Fruits, total.....}.......0.000/ SFT Ieee eee oY | 586 23 
WEB. eee e ccc cee eter ecees 21 11 201 1,008 26 23 
1 Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits 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.” 
4Tneludes almonds, hazelnuts, Japanese walnuts, filberts, beechnuts, 
§ Includes Japanese persimmons. 
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The total quantity of orchard fruits 
produced in 1909 was 4,939,000 bushels, 
valued at $3,858,000. Apples contributed 
about three-fifths of this quantity; 
peaches and nectarines ranking next in 
importance. The production of grapes in 
1909 amounted to 16,583,000 pounds, val- 
ued at $426,000, and that of nuts to 714,- 
478 pounds, valued at $20,550. 
The production of all orchard fruits to- 
gether in 1909 was 49.4 per cent less in 
quantity than in 1899, and the produc- 
iberian nuts and other nuts. 
tion of grapes also declined. The value 
of orchard fruits, however, increased 
from $3,779,000 in 1899 to $3,858,000 in 
1909, and that of grapes from $383,000 in 
1899 to $426,000 in 1909. It should be 
noted in this connection that the values 
for 1899 include the value of more ad- 
vanced products derived from orchard 
fruits or grapes, such as cider, vinegar, 
dried fruits, and the like, and may there- 
fore involve some duplication, while the 
values shown for 1909 relate only to the 
products in their original condition. 
