TABLE 3.--Specialized acreage,/, tree numbers,*, and production: Deciduous fruit, fresh, Spain, 
average 1931-35, 1941-45, and 1951-55, annual 1955-60 
APRICOTS PEACHES 
Acreage ince Production Acreage Besse Production 
numbers numbers 
1,000 
Average: Thousands Thousands Short tons 
OSM 3 eetcraiclelelelaisteletshels Os: Br l2> T2203 
LOAN — A) latatelelelaleleleciaia| ale 1,638 3,481 WSS) 
USI SS sgn cco odooeDsAY 1,804 4,269 Wiles AL 
Annual: 
D3 aietale steiaialelelelaielelcleloie 1,944 84.8 
TODD etelalerataletetetaleiclalateiale’s 25109 86.1 
LO i/mistalcleleteloleleleleleiele isle 2,150 92.6 
D> Gisretarsinlsietelelielerstere al elele Dilreult 
HO SOE csiatele Siaieionisinie alesis 4 84.9 
MOGI E sere Seihdsa wis oes = 10255 
Average: 
IRENE BS Ko hocan Oooo : 
LOZ Myelin atsteie tol opeleraic che ele 36.2 
SHE yee hele! w\teliaite! eifs isis ale ele Been 
Annual: 
NOD ieee eieieleleiolersieielaie volo (ec 41.9 
UE Gitetelatote tate evonetoictetersiere CAT 
HOD akolelclielekole le ve\eieteiele eters 49.2 
OE Srreteieieterstaictoteteveters ABD Baw! 
TLSES ea TS a rie WLS 5 
HOG Oewiowielolevsieletersisisiesele Ce 
+ Does not include mixed plantings. 
2 Bearing and nonbearing trees. 
3 Not available. 
4 Preliminary. 
Apricots 
The acreage of specialized’ apricot plantings increased from 9,000 acres in 1939 to 
17,000 in 1958, and the tree numbers--including trees in mixed plantings--from 1.5 million to 
2.6 million. Beginning in 1956, apricot production showed a large increase over previous years, 
with a record harvest of 137,500 short tons in 1958. 
The Levante region produces about 65 percent of Spain's apricot crop. Murcia is the 
largest producing Province in the region, accounting for about 45 percent of Spain's apricot 
pack. The other Province, Valencia, produces about 15 percent. Outside the Levante region, 
the Balearic Island produces the next largest amount of apricots. However, production in this 
Province is utilized mostly in drying. 
In Murcia, specialized apricot plantings almost tripled from 1950 to 1958--3,205 to 8,896 
acres, The increase in tree numbers has taken place almost entirely on specialized acreage. 
This increase amounted to 461,000 trees; the number of trees in mixed plantings increased only 
1,400. 
2 Specialized plantings contain no other crops, 
