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was 2,292,000, a slight gain ttius being 

 shown. The trees of bearing age in 1909 

 produced 975,000 bushels, valued at S6S0,000, 

 but in 1899 there were gathered only 741,000 

 bushels, the increase during the ten years 

 being 231,000 bushels. 



The Pacific division also rei3orts 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 

 5,000 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, 8 57, 000. In 1899 the trees in this division 

 produced 2,103,000 bushels. 



These four divisions reported 76.0 per 

 cent, of the total produced in 1909. 

 Trees and Production by States 



Among the several states, New York, Cal- 

 ifornia and Michigan, together contained 

 in 191u over 30 per cent cf 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 

 being a decrease during the ten years of 

 42,000 trees. The production oi pears in 

 1909 amounted to I.S^o.^'jO bushels, while 

 in 1900 it was only ^^^'j.^yj^j bushels, a gain 

 01 3 S3, 000 bushels. The value of the 1910 

 ciop was 31,418,000. 



California reported 1,411,000 trees of bear- 

 ing age in 1910, against 2,513,000 trees in 

 1900. This state alone produced more pears 

 in 1909 than the entire East North Central 

 division. 1,928,000 bushels, valued at 51,661,- 

 000. In 1899 a crop of 1,913,000 bushels 

 was gathered. 



In 1910, there were 1,136,000 trees of bear- 

 ing age in the state of Michigan, while in 

 1900 the number was 1,870,000 trees. A 

 total of 666,000 bushels of pears were pro- 

 duced in 1909, against 171,000 bushels in 

 1899, an increase of over 495,000 bushels. 

 The value of the 1909 crop was 8536,000. 



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