KANSAS 
Blackberries and dewberries are the 
most important of the small fruits raised 
in Kansas, with strawberries ranking 
next. The total acreage of small fruits in 
1909 was 5,400 and in 1899, 5,824, a de- 
crease of 7.3 per cent. The production in 
1909 was 5,477,000 quarts, as compared 
with 6,572,000 quarts in 1899, and the 
value $454,000, as compared with $406,000. 
Orchard Fruits, Grapes, Nuts and Trop- 
ical Fruits-—-1909 and 1899 
The next table presents data with re- 
gard to orchard fruits, grapes, nuts and 
tropical fruits. The acreage devoted to 
these products was not ascertained. In 
1195 
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 cen- 
Suses 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. 
The total quantity of orchard fruits pro- 
duced in 1909 was 1,448,000 bushels, val- 
ued at $945,000. Apples contributed con- 
siderably more than nine-tenths of this 
quantity, cherries ranking next in import- 
ance. The production of grapes in 1909 
amounted to 6,318,000 pounds, valued at 
$185,000, and that of nuts to 403,000 
comparing one year with the other, the pounds, valued at about $8,000. Most of 
number of trees or vines of bearing age the nuts were black walnuts. 
Trees or Vines of Trees or Vines not of Product 
bearing age bearing age ne ane eee 
1910 1910 
CROP 1909 1899 
Farms Farms 
reporting Number reporting Number Quantity! Value Quantity? 
Orchard Fruits, total......).... . 13,122,464 f.... 0... 2,273,397 1,447,849 $944,631 3,513, 686 
CR. ue weve ce eaaees 104,920 6,929,673 36,271 1,116,316 |} 1,356,438 807,865 3,214,407 
Peaches and nectarines........ 93,378 4,394,894 25,397 620, 709 4,567 23 ,418 137,489 
COIS. ccc cee renee eeeves 46,966 292,383 16,622 132,673 19,412 21,543 21,978 
Plums and prunes............ 42,405 624, 648 12,715 126,116 12,250 14,001 57,520 
CherrieS........ccceeeee eens 65, 708 661 , 267 21,959 237,051 34,409 76,734 60,511 
Apricots........cccceccneees 29,219 187,381 5,186 28 , 134 374 512 4,236 
UINCAS. . ccc eee e cece ce eees 4,728 28 ,632 1,364 9,583 361 513 
Mulberries..........cccceeeee 3 3,586 18 2,815 38 45 (?) 
Unclassified... 0... cc cece cece lee ence cece ee| wecvcccen fecccnacse © [ecceceee © llececacece « leccaeaucees 817,545 
Grapes.........c cece ees 44,311 2,889,845 8,164 343,002 | 6,317,684 184,673 | 15,786,019 
Nuts, total... ccc. cee ele nace ee eeees 4148 044 Too. ... ek. 411,715 44.02 ,714 47,625 310,830 
PecanS....... cece cee ecee recs 466 27,716 76 2,797 20,583 1,462 47,530 
Black walnuts...........0005 1,874 113 , 537 267 8,619 377,649 6,033 2) 
Chestnuts... .... ec cece cece 14 14 6 ] 215 19 (2) 
Hickory nuts. .........e0000s 29 793 2 6 3,950 107 (2) 
Unelassified........ cece cece ccleccccccevacctsceeteeecseslevesccccuucslscneececece || caeevccaua lavcuseusecs 3263 ,300 
Tropical Fruits (Japanese 
persimmons).......... 19 481 1 10 120 os 
1 Expressed in bushels for orchard and tropical fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 
, 
2 Included with “unclassified. 
3 Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation ‘‘all other.” 
4 Includes almonds, butternuts, filberts, hazelnuts and other nuts. 
The production of all orchard fruits to- 
gether in 1909 was 58.8 per cent less than 
in 1899, and the production of grapes also 
declined materially. The total value of 
orchard fruits declined from $1,729,000 in 
1899 to $945,000 in 1909, and that of 
grapes from $297,000 in 1899 to $185,000 
in 1909. It should be noted in this con- 
nection that the values for 1899 include 
the value of more advanced products de- 
rived from orchard fruits or grapes, such 
as cider, vinegar, dried fruits, and the 
like, and may therefore involve some du- 
plication, while the values shown for 1909 
relate only to the products in their 
original condition. 
The following table shows the quan- 
tities of the more advanced products man- 
ufactured by farmers from orchard fruits 
and grapes. Values were not called for 
on the schedule. 
