MAINE 
year with the other the number of trees 
or vines of bearing age is on the whole 
a better index of the general changes of 
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 tem- 
porarily favorable or unfavorable climatic 
conditions. 
The total quantity of orchard fruits 
produced in 1909 was 3,694,000 bushels, 
valued at $2,208,000. Apples contributed 
over 98 per cent of this quantity, pears 
and plums and prunes most of the re- 
mainder. The production of grapes and 
nuts was relatively unimportant. 
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The production of all orchard fruits 
together in 1909 was 156.7 per cent great- 
er in quantity than in 1899, but that of 
grapes decreased. The value of orchard 
fruits increased from $834,000 in 1899 to 
$2,208,000 in 1909, while that of grapes 
declined from $7,584 in 1899 to $6,954 in 
1909. It should be noted in this connec- 
tion that the values for 1899 include the 
value of more advanced products derived 
from orchard fruits or grapes, such as 
cider, vinegar, dried fruits, and the like, 
and may therefore involve some duplica- 
tion, while the values shown for 1909 
relate only to the products in, their orig: 
inal condition. 
Trees or Vines of Trees or Vines not of Product 
bearing age bearing age 
CROP 1909 1899 
Farms Farms . 
reporting Number reporting Number Value Quantity? 
Orchard Fruits, total......)........0005 3,586,452 |............ 1,090,768 | 3,694,251 | $2,207,748 1,438,919 
pples....... eee eee ceeenees 42,976 3,476,616 17,362 1,045,128 2,121,816 1,421,773 
Peaches and nectarines........ 683 5,102 320 3,320 3,2 1,895 
COIS. ccc ccc cece ewe er sane 10,857 46,683 3,170 43 , 524 11,200 
Plums and prunes............ 7,065 43,576 3,614 31,954 2,282 
1) vy (- 3,165 14,288 1,271 7,164 1,550 
Apricots.........cceeacencees 48 93 25 5 
Quinces. 0... ccc cece eee ee 48 93 46 43 (2) 
Mulberries..........0eeseeees 1 | een Pras 4 (2) 
Unclassified........ peuueeneeels a eS | DS SO | a 3219 
GAPS... .. cc cece eee nee 2,880 9,731 510 6, 954 275,800 
Nuts, total... 0... 0. cece elec eae eeeceee 4815 fe... . le. 412,922 44.14 29,050 
Black walnuts...........00008 32 231 6 , 50 (2) 
UNUtS..... cece cece en eenees 5 30 2 2,975 60 (2) 
Chestnuts..............000es 24 192 5 1,280 100 (2) 
Butternuts. 2. .... cc. cs ee eee 38 211 5 152 (?) 
Unclassified ...... 0. ccc cence ce [eee eeteeueelevences S| Pa | a 329,050 
1Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits and pounds for grapes and nuts. 
2Included with “unclassified.’ 
8 Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation “‘all other.” 
4 Includes almonds, pecans, filberts and hickory nuts. 
The following table shows the quantities of the more advanced products manu- 
factured by farmers from orchard fruits 
the schedule. 
and grapes. Values were not called for on 
Farms reporting, 1909 Quantity produced 
PRODUCT 
Per cent of ; 
Number all farms Unit 1909 1899 
Cider... cescccsecsssasscescsusececeeevecueeeances 9,549 15.9 Gals.......| 939,085 | 376,110 
Vinegar. 0. cece cece eee etree ee ee neem eeneeeee 2,884 4.8 Gals....... 197,996 68,072 
Wine and grape juice. ........ eee c eee teen eee neen 54 0.1 Gals....... 328 628 
Dried fruits......... 0c cece cece cece eee eee e eee aneee 267 0.4 Lbs........ 15,034 26,210 
MANURES, GREEN. See Apple Orchards, 
Fertilization of. 
MANURES, StTaBLeE, See Apple Orchard, 
Fertilization of. 
