COMMONPLACE NOTES. 



97 



COMMONPLACE NOTES. 



By the Secretary, Superintendent, and Editor. 



Statistics of Interest to British Horticulturists. 



The following statistics upon Imports of Fruits and Vegetables will be of 

 interest to British Horticulturists, and are a continuation of those to be 

 found on page 700 of volume xxix. part iv. of the Journal R.H.S. 

 The figures are compiled from the Board of Trade returns for 1907 : 



TABLE I. — SHOWING THE IMPOETS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 



DURING 1905-7. 







Quantities 





Values 









1905 



1906 



1907 



1905 



1906 



1907 



Fruit : 



Apples, raw . . . (cwts.) 

 Apricots and Peaches, raw „ 

 Eananas, raw . . (bunches) 

 Cherries, raw . . . (cwts.) 

 Currants, raw „ 

 Gooseberries, raw . . „ 

 Grapes, raw . . 

 Lemons . . . . „ 

 Nuts : Almonds „ 

 „ other nuts, used as fruit „ 

 Oranges „ 

 Pears, raw . . . . „ 

 Plums, raw . . . . „ 

 Strawberries, raw . . ,, 

 Unenumerated, raw . . „ 



3,494,660 

 23,321 

 5,737,914 

 186,682 

 82,286 

 17,159 

 700,050 

 837.028 

 159,258 

 803,697 

 5,068,526 

 417,919 

 480,211 

 29,399 

 502,097 



2,808,732 

 7,646 



6,425,704 

 191,106 

 106,718 

 39,374 

 690.371 

 849,935 

 126,296 

 727,260 



5,230,911 

 576,573 

 891,113 

 52,164 

 504,345 



3,526,213 

 38,814 



6,232,188 

 165,412 

 109,130 

 45,603 

 798,377 

 882,233 

 161,918 

 702,598 



6,120,185 

 500,142 

 325,761 

 44,178 

 538,465 



£ 



2,065,193 

 51,962 

 1,770,256 

 253,042 

 94,408 

 11,941 

 761,632 

 419,049 

 543,679 

 735,691 

 1,949,496 

 407,817 

 524,673 

 40,120 

 354,143 



£ 



1,753,577 

 17,967 



1,903,639 

 245,906 

 139,773 

 22,921 

 667,969 

 440,406 

 529,164 

 683,418 



2,183,411 

 572,274 

 758,720 

 64,777 

 388,598 



£ 



2,231,327 

 78,583 



1,771,095 

 199,489 

 142,245 

 25,994 

 769,301 

 421,599 

 660,604 

 749,538 



2,454,569 

 478,611 

 345,720 

 54,186 

 339,462 



Fruit, Dried : 

 Currants 

 Raisins 











924,802 

 973,836 



1,648,410 

 1,106,889 



1,375,160 

 1,208,402 



Vegetables, Raw : 

 Onions .... 



(bushels) 



7,587,025 



8,310,534 



8,645,048 



1,094,802 



953,615 



1,036,231 



/ From Germany 

 „ France 



. (cwts.) 



25,686- 

 1,937,262 



137,396 

 1,659,868 



785,647 

 2,997,389 



4,988 

 621,949 



23,508 

 536,449 



145,796 

 853,075 



t>~4. h Channel ) 

 PotatosJ Islands ; 





1,122,950 



1,170,372 



1,947,510 



56.3,121 



501,695 



742,694 



„ Other 

 I countries 



}' » 



578,392 



852,151 



2,518,917 



214,549 



270,375 



630,052 



Total . . . ; . 





3,664,290 



3,819,787 



8,249,463 



1,404,607 



1,332,027 



2,371,617 



Tomatos 

 Unenumerated 



(cwts.) 



1,137,193 



1,124,700 



1,135,594 



970,579 

 419,752 



953,475 

 404,928 



1,020,795 

 365,230 



Flowers, Fresh 



value £ 









202,217 



233,884 



233,641 



Table No. 2 gives comparisons of the Imports for 1907, with the 

 averages of those for the six years 1902 to 1907. 



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