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shown. The trees of bearing age in 1909 

 produced 18,375,000 bushels valued at $9,- 

 461,000; but in 1899 there were gathered 

 26,774,000 bushels, the decrease during the 

 ten years being 8,399,000 bushels. 



The middle Atlantic division reports at- 

 most as many trees of bearing age as the 

 South Atlantic, and shows more apples pro- 

 duced than any of the other divisions. In 

 1910 there were 20,302,000 producing trees, 

 as compared with 28,640,000 in 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 division produced 52,813,000 

 bushels. 



Production by States 



Among the several states, Missouri, New 

 York and Illinois, 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 bushels, 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, 25,409,00 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 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. 



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