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els, the increase during the ten years being 

 231,000 bushels. 



The Pacific division also reports a rela- 

 tively large number of trees of bearing age 

 and shows more pears produced than any 

 of the other divisions. In 1910 there were 

 1,975,000 producing trees, as compared with 

 3,198,000 in 1900, the decrease amounting to 

 1,223,000 trees. The number of bushels 

 gathered in 1909 was 2,614,000, valued at 

 $2,357,000. In 1899 the trees in this division 

 produced 2,103,000 bushels. 



These four divisions reported 76.0 per 

 cent of the total product for 1909. 



Trees and Production by States 



Among the several states. New York, Cal- 

 ifornia and Michigan, together contained in 

 1910 over 30 per cent of all pear trees of 

 bearing age in the United States. 



The number of such trees in New York 

 at the census of 1910 was 2,142,000, this be- 



PHOTOGRAPHS OF NURSERIES 

 "American Fruits" lias long made a spe- 

 cialty of photo-engravings of Nurseries. Its 

 files show hundreds of these. There is room 

 for more. Send photographs or cuts to the 

 Editor, Ellwanger & Barry building, Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. 



Write me for prices on strictly first-class 



TENNESSEE NATURAL 



PEACH PITS 



B. J. MILLER, Winchester, Tenn. 



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