YEAR BOOK 



CENSUS OF PEAR TREES 



At the census of 1910, taken as ol 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 report- 

 ing 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 showing 

 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 

 were gathered. The reports of the 1900 

 census give no information as to the value 

 of pears. 



Trees and Production, by Divisions 



Of the nine main geographical divisions 

 into which the census divides the country, 

 the middle Atlantic division in 1910 and 

 1900 reported the largest number of trees 

 of bearing age, 3,670,000 and 3,925,000, re- 

 spectively. A total of 2,185,000 bushels of 

 pears were gathered in both 1909 and 1899. 

 The value of the crop in 1909 was $2,029,000. 



The division ranking next in the number 

 of trees of bearing age is the East North 

 Central. In 1900 this division had 3,560,000 

 trees of bearing age, against 3,799,000 trees 

 in 1900. At the present census 1,623,000 

 bushels of pears were produced by this divi- 

 sion, valued at $1,332,000. Ten years ago 

 the production amounted to 784,000 bushels. 



The South Atlantic division, with 2,826,- 

 000 trees of bearing age, is third in rank. 

 In 1900 the corresponding number of trees 



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