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trees of beaiing age, as against 151,323,000 
trees 1n 1910 (census taken as of April 
15), a decrease of 50,471,000 trees, or 33.4 
per cent 
In 1910 there were 2,980,398 farms 1e- 
porting the growing of apple trees, or 46 8 
per cent of the total number of farms 
in the United States. The average num- 
per of trees per farm reporting is given 
as 51. No report was received in 1900 
showing the number of farms reporting 
The returns of the 1900 census likewise 
did not secure the number of trees under 
bearing age In 1910, however, 1,498,746 
farms, or 23.6 per cent of the total, had 
65,792,000 trees not of bearing age, or an 
average of 44 per farm 
The present census shows that in 1909 
there were produced in the United States 
147,522,000 bushels of apples, having a 
total value of $83,231,000. The production 
at that time was somewhat less than it 
was ten years previously, when 175,397,000 
bushels were gathered. The reports of 
the 1900 census give no information as 
to value of apples. 
Number of Apple Trees and Production 
by Divisions 
Of the nine main geographical divisions 
into which the census divides the country, 
the East North Central Division in 1910 
and 1900 reported the largest number of 
trees of bearing age, 34,135,000 and 48,- 
493,000, respectively. In 1909 a total of 
25,081,000 bushels of apples were gathered, 
against 47,650,000 bushels in 1899 The 
value of the crop in 1909 was $14,669,000. 
The division ranking next in the num- 
ber of trees of bearing age is the West 
North Central. In 1910 this division had 
31,745,000 trees of bearing age, against 
43,678,000 trees in 1900. At the present 
census 22,633,000 bushels of apples were 
produced by this division, valued at $11,- 
792,000. Ten years ago the production 
amounted to 14,321,000 bushels. 
The South Atlantic division, with 20,- 
674,000 trees of bearing age, is third in 
rank. In 1900 the corresponding number 
of trees was 25,526,000, a slight falling 
off thus being shown. The trees of bear- 
ing age in 1909 produced 18,375,000 bush- 
els valued at $9,461,000; but in 1899 there 
were gathered 26,774,000 bushels, the de- 
crease duling the ten years being 8,399,- 
000 bushels. 
The Middie Atlantic division reports 
almost aS many trees of bearing age as 
the South Atlantic, and shows more ap- 
ples produced than any of the other 
divisions In 1910 there were 20,302,000 
producing trees, as compared with 28,- 
640,000 1n 1900, the decrease amounting 
to 8,338,000 trees. The number of bushels 
gathered in 1909 was 37,865,000, valued 
at $19,857,000 In 1899 the trees in this 
Civision produced 52,813,000 bushels. 
These four divisions reported over 67 
per cent of the total product for 1909. 
Number of Apple Trees and Production 
by States 
Among the several states, Mussouri, 
New York, and [llinois together contained 
in 1910 almost 25 per cent of all apple 
trees of bearing age in the United States. 
The number of trees of bearing age in 
Missouri at the census of 1910 was 14,- 
360,000, this being a decrease since 1900 
of 5,680,000 trees. The production of 
apples in 1909 amounted to 9,969,000 bush- 
els, while in 1900 it was 6,496,000 bushels, 
a gain of 3,473,000 bushels. The value 
of the 1909 crop was $4,886,000. 
New York reported 11,248,000 trees of 
bearing age in 1910, against 15,055,000 
trees in 1900. This state alone produced 
more apples in 1909 than the entire East 
North Central division, 25,409,000 bushels, 
valued at $13,343,000 In 1899, a crop 
of 24,111,000 bushels was gathered. 
In 1910 there were 9,901,000 trees of 
bearing age in the state of Illinois, while 
in 1900 the number was 13,430,000 trees. 
Over 3,093,000 bushels of apples were 
produced in 1909, against 9,178,000 bush- 
els in 1899, a falling off of over 6,000,000 
bushels. The value of the 1909 crops was 
$2,112,000. 
While the states of Pennsylvania and 
Michigan did not report as large a num- 
ber of trees in 1910 as the above-named 
states, they each produced a considerably 
greater quantity of apples than Missouri 
or Illinois. 
The Tabular Summary 
Further details are shown in the table 
following: 
