100 JOURNAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TABLE OF THE ACREAGE UNDER FRUIT CULTIVATION 

 IN ENGLAND, WALES, AND SCOTLAND. 



The following table and map are inserted with a view of showing the 

 area of land in England and Wales under cultivation either as orchards 

 or for growing small fruit. 



The table is from the Returns of the Board of Agriculture for 1905. 

 Both it and the map were kindly supplied by Mr. E. H. Hooper. 



Counties 



Land 



Or- 



ctijstrcls ' 



Small 

 Fruit 



England 











acres 



acres 



acres 



Bedfordshire 



301,835 



1,099 



424 



Berkshire . 



459,403 



2,841 



373 



Buckinghamshire 



477,307 



3,718 



690 



Cambridgeshire . 



551,466 



4,078 



4,909 



Cheshire 



647,816 



2,219 



1,579 



Cornwall 



866,250 : 



5,412 



1,850 



Cumberland 



961,544 



453 



291 



Derbyshire . 



646,412 



1,088 



636 



Devonshire . 



. 1,666,839 



27,472 



1,363 



Dorsetshire . 



624,031 



4,421 



123 



Durham 



645,926 



272 



301 



Essex . 



976,125 



2,659 



2,018 



Gloucestershire . 



803,260 



20,338 



1,650 



Hampshire . 



. 1,048,808 



2,284 



2,620 



Herefordshire 



536,071 



27,981 



910 



Hertfordshire 



402,856' 



1,917 



544 



Huntingdonshire 



233,221 



782 



464 



Kent . 



973,846 



29,304 



22,050 



Lancashire . 



. 1,183,048 



3,312 



1,820 



Leicestershire 



530,642 



1,219 



453 



Lincolnshire 



. 1,691,793 



2,780 



1,966 



London 



73,962 



169 



190 



Middlesex . 



147,007 



4,943 



4,456 



Monmouthshire . 



347,600 



4,007* 



148 



Norfolk 



. 1,307,188 



3,962 



4,358 



Northamptonshire 



636,123 



1,234 



373 



Northumberland 



. 1,284,189 



184 



568 



Nottinghamshire 



536,697 



2,481 



973 



Oxfordshire . 



478,112 



2,149 



249 



Rutlandshire 



97,087 



97 



45 



Shropshire . 



856,623 



4,730 



234 



Somersetshire 



. 1,035,145 



25,405 



633 



Staffordshire 



738,555 



1,137 



265 



Suffolk 



946,011 



2,093 



693 



Surrey . 



458,908 



2,616 



1,317 



Sussex . 



929,319 



3,534 



1.264 



Warwickshire 



576,200 



2,824 



. 546 



Counties 



Westmorland . 



Wiltshire . 



Worcestershire . 



Yorkshire, E. Hiding 

 „ N. Biding 

 „ W. Riding 



Land 



Or- 

 chards 



Small 

 Fruit 



acres 

 497,100 



acres 

 407 



acres 

 52 



861,366 



3,787 



159 



476,710 



22,536 



4,582 



751,890 



1,028 



765 



1,357,525 



1,256 



703 



1,760,623 



1,793 



1,512 



England— Total 



32,382,439 



238,021 



71,119 



Wales 



- 







Anglesey . 



175,695 



31 



23 



Brecknockshire . 



466,456 



1,203 



18 



' Cardiganshire . 



441,086 



61 



23 



Carmarthenshire 



585,113 



198 



70 



Carnarvonshire . 



362,277 



104 



69 



Denbighshire 



424,378 



260 



719 



Flintshire . 



162,448 



147 



42 



Glamorganshire 



514,995 



340 



138 



Merionethshire . 



418,475 



36 



23 



Montgomeryshire 



505,738 



645 



54 



Pembrokeshire . 



392,170 



76 



20 



Radnorshire 



299,793 



719 



14 



Total for Wales 



4,748,624 



3,820 



1,213 



Total for Scotland 



19,069,421 



— 

 2,482 



6,493 



Total for Great Britain 



56,200,558 



244,323 



78,825 



Isle of Man 



140,986 



156 



130 



Jersey 



* . 



1,162 



147 



Guernsey, &c. . 



15,750 



174 



308 



Not separately distinguished. 



