AMERICAN FRUITS 



at $13,343,000. In 1899, a crop of 24,lll,00a 

 bushels was gathered. 



In 1910, there were 9,901,000 trees of bear- 

 ing 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 3,178,000 bushels in 1899, a 

 falling off of over 6,000,000 bushels. The 

 value of the 1909 crop was $2,112,000. 



While the states of Pennsylvania and 

 Michigan did not report as large a number 

 of trees in 1910 as the above-named states, 

 they each produced a considerably greater 

 quantity of apples than Missouri or Illinois. 



CENSUS OF PEAR TREES 



AT THE census of 1900, taken as of 

 June 1, there were reported 17,716,000 

 pear trees of bearing age, as against 

 15,172,000 trees in 1910 (census taken as of 

 April 15,) a decrease of 2,544,000 trees, or 

 16.8 per cent. In 1910 there were 1,276,366 

 farms reporting the growing of pear trees, 

 or 20.1 per cent, of the total number of 

 farms in the United States. The average 

 number of trees per farm reporting is given 

 as 12. No report was received in 1900 show- 

 ing 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, 611,788 

 farms (or 9.6 per cent, of the total), had 

 8,804,000 trees not of bearing age, or an. 

 average of 14 per farm. 



The present census shows that in 1909 

 there were produced in the United States 8,- 

 841,000 bushels of pears, having a total 

 value of $7,911,000. The production at that 

 time was somewhat greater than it was ten 

 years previously, when 6,625,000 bushels. 



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