4 BULLETIN 1435, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 2.—Number of orange, grapefruit, and lemon trees of bearing age, by States 
for various periods ! 
[Thousand trees—i. e., 000 omitted] 
ORANGES 
States 1889 2 | 18992 | 19092 | 19192 | 19203 | 19213 | 19223 | 19233 | 1994 3 
Florida_- i Sack as Seige Saar o weisees 2,725 | 2,553 | 2,790 | 3,684} 4,025 | 4,525 | 5,125 | 6,025 7, 306 
California 22tce ee Je to 1,154 | 5,649 | 6,619 |310,800 | 13,224 | 16,152 | 16,456 | 16,785 | 17,114 
JESUS GAON 03 ets ee sa ee eer a ie Nea eae 49 47 5 53 6 68 77 
Alabama ssl ses s2 es | es 3 260 605 660 | 1,500 | 1,700 275 
Louisiana: G92c- pes = 245 6 141 267 104 111 119 128 138 151 
IMMSSISSID Dees se eae ee aes | ees 4 10 3 30 32 34 50 60 25 
(2). igs Dee oneal s Os Ba Mat Sa SS: ee ee if 42 11Gb Bl ie ee ieee 2S lng OF wel |S My ote Le 145 165 
GRAPEFRUIT 
lord as!" = 2 2e sree ee 3 117 656 | 1,681 | 2,044 |] 2,344 | 2,544! 2,644 2, 972 
Califormia= S222 3222 Bose | ee ak asties 81 43 231 280 328 385 383 381 
PATA OWA D2 oe eee ee ae eee ee 3 1 19 22 25 26 2632 
MME OUT TS TET 2g oa es | Bee = 1 | ee ye er Fe meg Vee erage | ea eo Mee i a 
IVEISSISSIP) Jol se Ee eS Ne ee ef a ee 1 1 1 1 Dai 222 
CXAS Hee ae Tetra Poss se hietoa| ful Ce De ae eee 5 Eg | ere ee | eae ees | to tp 1, 262 1, 436 
LEMONS 
On G ss hep 85 23 UD ns NN we a RE ee ee | Re ile ee | ren 
@aliforniata tte se see 83 | 1,493 | 941 | 2,885 | 3,275 | 3,665 | 3,748 | 3,819 3, 890 
PANT, TNs es oe | eee PAE PPS nie sear ROE ast Ph See aOR VEN ee Sees Pieler On oN SN alr a 
Mouisianas— =o eo 2 eee ae enh |e eee 1 ye ee Fo a FN ap ey 8 i ee | 
PROX ASS tek ee be AS Re. ies oases ete a eA I ag | Sty NG SY 1 De es me eee i 
1 nes included were those of bearing age in fall of year shown. Where leaders occur data were not 
available. 
2 Data from census reports. 
3 Computed from records of the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates. 
TaBLE 3.—Total number of orange and grapefruit trees planted each year in Florida, 
California, and Texas, 1920-1924 ! 
{Thousand trees—i. e., 000 omitted] 
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Variety of tree and State 1920 1921 | 1922 1923 1924 Total 
planting 
Orange: 
Mloridaesi se eae ee ee ee 1, 643 1, 281 1, 430 2,471 2, 239 9, 064 
Californias to 22250 20c ode set es et ee | See a 64 41 50 105 260 
: TRexas) tier eae ee ae at pe ee 60 60 40 49 88 297 
Grapefruit: 
Ml orida?.t See 223 Seon ae eens 461 353 259 504 459 2, 036 
CEN BUCO ey Ee i Se Shae a es ce 4 58 101 96 259 
SD OXAS 42 Se Se a ae ee ee 225 225 150 184 555 1, 339 
1 Data from other States not available. 
2 Compiled from reports of the State Plant Board of Florida. Movement of budded orange and grape- 
fruit stock to Florida points during the past five years. Figures include plantings of tangerines and Sat- 
sumas and are for fiscal year ending Apr. 30 of year shown. 
3 Compiled from records of the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates. No data available for 1920. 
4 Data for Texas adapted from statement on total plantings of citrus fruit trees furnished by E. W. Hal- 
stead, agent of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Mr. Haistead’s figures show only total plantings of citrus 
fruit trees in each year. Of the present bearing trees in Texas approximately 20 per cent are oranges and 
75 per cent are grapefruit. Figures shown were obtained by assuming that in each year 20 per cent of the 
total new plantings were orange trees and 75 per cent were grapefruit trees. 
Many marginal producers operating inefficiently in favored sections 
or in locations not adapted to economical production may abandon or 
neglect their groves. In case of a severe freeze, a few of which have 
occurred during the past 50 years, production would be reduced. 
Under normal conditions, however, there will be tremendous increase 
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