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Annals of Horticulture. 



The nursery business is the subject of Bulletin 109 (Sept. 2, 

 1891) of the census-bureau, by J. H. Hale. The enumeration 

 shows that there are 4,510 nurseries in the United States, all 

 but two of which have been established since 1800. These 

 nurseries occupy 172,806 acres of land, and represent an in- 

 lerysta- veste d capital of $52,425,669.51. They give employment to 

 tistics. 45,657 men, 2,279 women, and 14,200 animals. The grand 

 total of plants growing in these nurseries in the census year, 

 1890, was 3,386,856,778 ! Of this vast number, 518,016,612 

 are fruit-trees, 685,603,396 .grape-vines and small fruits, and 

 the remainder are mostly ornamentals. The following table 

 shows the acreage devoted to the leading species and the total 

 number grown : 



Plants. 



Fig 



Lemon . . . 

 Lime .... 

 Nectarine , 



Olive 



Orange . . 

 Peach .... 



Pomelo 

 Prune . 



Deciduous trees*. . 

 Evergreen trees. . . 



Blackberry 



Number qf 



Average 



Total number 



ao es. 



number grown 



grown. 





per acre* 





.20,232^ 



11,890 



240, 570,666 



269 



11,689 



3,144.466 



• 3.690 



10, 362 



38,236,254 





11.734 



742,200 



79 



6,998 



552,841 



6 



10,688 



64,125 



50 



13.054 



652,679 



26 



12,616 



328,016 



607^ 



7. 191 



4,368,322 



• 3,357 



14,861 



49,887,894 



• 6,8 54 X 



11,266 



77,223,402 



. 7,826^ 



11,307 



88,494,367 



14 - 



5.764 



80,700 



. 588 



12,964 



7,623,000 



. 518 



n,675 



6,047,680 



• i,37o>^ 



10,072 



13,803,006 



.12,342 



105, 121 



1,297,408,257 



• 8,644^ 



95,o94 



822,038,324 



2,881^ 



15,989 



46,072,530 



■ 346^ 



11,295 



3,913,653 



5.673 



. 28,052 



159,139,248 



• 4.433 



6i,i57 



271,108,253 



• 5.756^ 



15,025 



86,487,491 



• 4.889^ 



2i,539 



105,310,810 



. 2,021 



24,432 



49,376,805 



• 1,009^ 



14,047 



14, 180,789 



Miscellaneous fruit- 1,477 



trees and plants. 



The nurserymen of the United States issued in 1890 3,299,- 



* Includes forest trees and ornamental trees. 



