A M E R I C A X NURSERY 



was -.292.ij00. a sl.:^!:: gaii 

 shown. The rrees o: bearing aie 

 produced 975. ; : ; :-.:she's. value i a: 

 hut in there v ere ratuerei eul; 

 bushels, "ue :::::ease :u::u£ :l:e 

 being 231. llj :usl:els 



The PaciLc ciivisi::: al^: ir. ::". 

 tively large uuu:;:er :: ueei: :: 

 and shov i :u:: e :ea:^ :::u:-:l u 



to l,22o,: u.es Tlie :: "usliel? 



gathered -:-a^ valued a: 



^2,357,0'j I l ees in this division 



produced _1 lels. 



These our d : :u5 reported 76.0 per 

 cent, of :he ucual r:: du re a in 1909. 



Trees and Production by States 



Among the several states. Xew Yoru. dal- 

 ifornia and Michigan - ge ner u a r e i 

 in 1910 over 30 per :eu: :: all ear ue^. 

 of bearing age in :lie Ynl:e-d States, 



The nuu;:er a: eu:u u'-es in Xev Yorl: 

 at the census o: irll v-as 2.142.'l"la, this 

 being a decrease during tire ten vears r: 

 42,000 trees. The rraruc-ian rears in 

 1909 amounted t: 11-: lusnel?, v-dil-^ 

 in 1900 it was onlu - : : : . ausnels. a gam 

 of 383,000 bushels/ Tne valu^ :: the 1910 

 crop was SUlS.O'liO, 



California reported 1,411,000 trees of bear- 

 ing age in 1910, against 2.511,110 trees in 

 1900. This state alone produced more pears 

 in 1909 than the entire East North Central 

 division. 1.92S."11 bushels, valued at Sl.lll,- 

 000. In 1S99 a crop of 1,913^0 bushels 

 was gathered. 



In 1910. there were 1.136,000 trees of bear- 

 ing age in the s Michigan, while in 

 1900 the nunibc 1,570,000 trees. A 

 total of 666. 00<:' r u^nei- of pears were pro- 

 duced in 1909. against 171,000 bushels in 

 1S99. an increase of over 495,000 bushels. 

 The value of the 1909 crop was $536,000. 



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