184 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TABLE II. — IMPORTS OF VEGETABLES. 



Vegetables, Raw 

 Ouions . 



(bushels) I 8 



Potatoes 



Total 



France 

 Channel ) 

 Islands j 

 Other ) 

 countries j 



Tomatoes . . . (cwts.) 

 Unenumerated . 



Total value of raw vegetables 

 imported 



Quantities 



Values 



1903 \ 1904 



1905 



1903 



1904 



1905 



8,619,919 8,292,136 



7,585,951 



£ 



1,003,016 



£ 



1,076,472 



• £ 



1,094,693 



2.228,695 1,652.290 

 2,796,483 4,157,698 



25,686 

 1,937,314 



422,569 

 839.791 



332,821 

 987,243 



4,988 

 622,005 



1,103,215 1,249,043 



1,122,950 



649,496 



431,447 



562,121 



3,021,809 2,934,934 



578,344 



691,382 



686,460 



214,493 



9,150,202 9,993,965 



3,664.294 



2,603,238 



2,437,971 



1,404,607 



1,071,927 1,134,721 



1,137,193 



953,192 

 396,784 



1,007,274 

 457,491 



970,579 

 419,752 







3,953,214 



3,302,736 



2,794,938 



Neither fruit nor vegetables are noticed among our exports in our 

 Trade and Navigation Returns, and against the imports thereof, to the 

 value of about £1 5,000,000, we can only show exports of preserves, which 

 include the value of bottles, sugar, vinegar, &c. : — 



TABLE III. — EXPORTS OF PRESERVES, &c. 





Quantities 



Values 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1903 



1904 



1905 



Pickles, sauces, and condiments, \ 

 including chutney . . . / 

 Vinegar .... (gallons) 

 Provisions, unenumerated (cwts.) 

 Confectionery, jams, and preserved i 



!; 



319,736 



314,879 



1 _ 

 ( 434,071 



345,376 



£ 



j 577,178 



1,044,599 

 801,067 



£ 



631,276 



934,790 

 812,213 



£ 



{ 764,711 



1 44,431 

 828,148 



895,597 





- 



- 





2,422,844 



2,378,279 



2,532,887 



We shall then do well to inquire how much of our land is now under 

 fruit cultivation. And, as will be seen from the following table, not only 

 the acreage under small fruits, but also that under orchards, again show 

 a most satisfactory expansion, and we trust that the Report of the 

 Departmental Committee of the Board of Agriculture on Fruit will still 

 further stimulate and encourage the planting of fruit trees and bushes in 

 this country (see R.H.S. Journal, vol. xxix. pp. 510-559). 



TABLE IV. 



-SHOWING THE ACREAGE UNDER SMALL FRUIT AND 

 UNDER ORCHARD CULTIVATION, 1903-1905. 





Small Fruits 



Orchards * 



Year 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1903 



1904 



1905 



England 



Acres 

 68,968 



5,954 



Acres 

 70,612 



1,263. 



6,072 



Acres 

 71,119 

 1.213 

 6,493 



Acres 

 233,286 

 3,748 

 2,449 



Acres 

 236,705 

 3,813 

 2,490 



Acres 

 238,021 

 3,820 

 2,482 





76,152 



77,947 



78,825 



239,483 



243,008 



244,323 



Isle of Man and Channel Islands 



525 



521 



585 



1,997 



1,691 



1,492 



* The acreage under orchards is that of arable or grass land used for fruit trees of any kind. 



Yet, of the 77,684,006 acres in the United Kingdom, only 245,815 (or 

 less than 1 in 300) are under fruit cultivation. 



