Table 2 - Apples, commercial crop 1^/, New Mexico production, 

 1954-1963, and preltmtnary 2/ 1964 



V«Air . Production ' ' Year [ Produettoa 



. . - , I t, - I - I , ■ •}, 



1.000 bu. 1,000^ bu, 



1954 760 1959 480 



1955 580 1960 280 

 195€ .540 1961 625 

 195? #40 1962 570 

 1958 740 1963 450 



. . ^ 1964 (Prelm.) 1^200 



1/ EstiiEates of crop refer to the total production of apples 

 in, the eoismiercial areas of the State. 



2^/ Crop Production, release as of 11/10/64. 



Sources Statistical Reporting Service, Crop Reporting Boards USDA« 



In 1963 the New Mexico Crop end Livestock Reporting Service completed the 

 first comprehensive survey of New Mexico apple orchards. The survey showed that 

 apple production in this State was much larger than had been thought . Even 

 though many areas had practically a complete crop failure in 1962 due to early 

 spring frost, notably in San Juan and Sante Fe Counties, commercial production 

 for the State totaled 570,000 bushels. This included 27,000 bushels not har- 

 vested because of low prices. Grower surveys during the fall of 1962 indicated 

 that the State, as a whole, harvested about a third of a full crop. 



Thus potential production, with favorable conditions all season throughout 

 the State, would approximate 1,7 million bushels. On the basis of 2285OOO 

 bearing trees in the fall of 1962, this would mean an average of 7.5 bushels 

 per bearing tree. 



Sixty- five percent of the apple trees in the Espanola Valley are of the Red 

 Delicious variety which is the most popular of U,S, apples. Table 3 shows the 

 number of trees by varieties both in the Espanola Valley and the State. 



