THE NATIONAL 
be made in order that America shall stand second to none in this De¬ 
partment. In fact, without the loyal assistance of the individual mem¬ 
bers of this Association, practically nothing along this line can be done. 
The Department places itself at the disposal of all horticulturists to 
render every possible assistance in attaining this desirable end. All the 
necessary resources and facilities which could reasonably be expected, 
have been or will be provided of which due notice will be given by 
means of circulars or otherwise, to all interested persons. 
May we hope that in the spirit of reciprocity in which we all have 
such confidence, the nurserymen will rise to this splendid opportunity 
and provide this material which shall, under the fostering care of the 
Exposition, show to the world the magnificent advances which have 
been made in horticulture within the century which has elapsed since 
occurred the event that is to be celebrated by the holding of the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Loius in 1904 . 
Frederic W. Taylor, 
Acting Chief, Department of Horticulture, 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 
NEW YORK FRUIT INDUSTRY. 
NURSERYMAN 
Cherry, 
Peach, 
Pear, . 
Plum, 
• 
IOI 
391,446 
539,742 
44,298 
2 18,642 
1,014,110 
2,522,729 
169,976 
466,850 
1,173,206 
2,183,909 
588,767 
960,1 70 
504,365 
988,147 
73,411 
303,688 
The total area used in the cultivation of small fruits in 1899 
was 25,051 acres, distributed among 39,948 farmers. The 
value of the fruits grown was $2,538,363, an average of $63 
per farm. Of the total area, 12,376 acres, or 49.4 per cent, 
were devoted to raspberries and loganberries. The total pro¬ 
duction of these berries for the state was 17,575,530 quarts, of 
which nearly one-half were grown in the adjoining counties of 
Wayne, Ontario, Yates, and Monroe. The acreages and pro¬ 
ductions of the other small fruits were as follows : Straw¬ 
berries, 7,311 acres and 13,849,680 quarts; currants, 2,594 
acres and 4>5^4>o8o quarts; blackberries and dewberries, 
2,060 acres and 3,167,090 quarts ; and other berries, 710 acres 
and 862,107 quarts 
Seventy-four per cent, of the land in New York State is 
included in farms and seventy per cent, of 
the farmers reported orchard fruits for 1899. 
The value of orchard products was not 
reported by the census of 1890, but in 1879 
the total value of such products was 
$8,409,794 For 1899 the corresponding 
value is $10,542,272, a gain in twenty years 
of 25.4 per cent. The total number of 
trees increased from 17,5x8,048 to 21,470,841 
in the ten years. For this period the per¬ 
centages of increase in the numbers of the 
various trees are as follows : Apricot, 
291.5 I peach, 148 8 ; plum and prune, 95.9 ; 
pear, 86.1; cherry, 37.9 ; and apple, 4.3. 
In 1900, 70.1 per cent, of all fruit trees 
in the state were apple trees ; 11.7 per eent. 
peach trees ; 10.2 per cent, pear trees ; 4.6 
per cent, plum and prune trees; and 3.4 
per cent, all other fruit trees. 
Apple trees were reported by 174,579 
farmers. A large percentage of the apple 
trees reported are in the western counties, more than one- 
fourth of the total nu Tiber being in Niagara, Wayne, Monroe, 
Erie, and Orleans counties. 
Niagara, Ulster, and Monroe counties contain over one- 
half of the peach trees, which are reported by 21,798 farmers. 
Nearly one-fifth of the pear and plum and prune trees are 
grown in Niagara county, and Columbia is the leading cherry¬ 
growing county. The majority of the apricot trees are report¬ 
ed from Seneca and Ontario counties. In addition to the 
trees given in the accompanying table unclassified fruit trees 
to the number of 155,876 are reported, with a yield of 95,993 
bushels of fruit. 
The quantity of fruit produced in any year is determined so 
largely by the nature of the season, that comparisons between 
the crop of 1889 and that of 1899 have little significance. In 
the latter season there was a very large production of all 
fruits. 
GEORGIA FRUIT STATISTICS. 
F N DOWNER, 
Bowling Green, Ky. 
State Vice-President American Association 
of Nurserymen. 
The census of 1900 shows an increase 
since 1890 of 6,853,910, or 155.8 per cent, 
in the number of fruit trees in the state of 
Georgia, the gains being general throughout 
the state. The number of cherry and plum 
and prune trees in 1900 is more than five 
times as great, and that of pear trees more 
than three times as great as the number 
reported in 1890; peach trees increased 
175.1 per cent.; apricot trees, 113.4 per 
cent.; and apple trees, 75.4 per cent. 
Of the total number of trees in 1900 
68.2 per cent, were peach trees; 21.0 per 
cent apple trees; 6.1 per cent, plum and 
prune trees ; 3.4 per cent, pear trees ; and 
1.3 per cent, cherry, apricot, and unclassified 
fruit trees. The latter class, which is not 
included in the table, numbered 33,748 and 
yielded 5,751 bushels of fruit. 
The total value of the nursery stock sold 
in 1899 was $172,143, reported by the operators of sixty-six 
farms and nurseries. Of this number, twenty-nine derived 
their principal income from the nursery business. They had 
4,929 acres of land, valued at $1x6,650; buildings worth 
$55,800 ; implements and machinery valued at $3,970 ; and 
live stock valued at $6,380. Their total gross income was 
$158,290, of which $153,329 was derived from the sale of 
trees, shrubs, and vines, and $4,961 from the sale of other 
farm products. The average gross income per acre was 
$32.11, and for each farm reporting, $5,458. 
MONOCACY APPLE. 
ORCHARD TREES AND FRUITS, 1890 AND I 9 OO 
Fruits. Number of Trees. 
1890. 1900. 
Apple, . . 11,428,3*1 15.054,832 
Apricot, . . 6,54° 25,606 
Bushels of Fruit. 
1889. 1899. 
8,493,846 24,111,257 
281 15,710 
H. E. Van Deman in Rural New Yorker describes the 
Monocacy apple which he found growing in Frederick county, 
Western Maryland. He says: 
The fruit is of medium size, roundish in shape; pale yellow ground 
color, well covered with abundant and quite distinct red stripes and 
some mixed or diffused red ; the. cavity is of medium size and depth, 
but highly russeted ; stem, medium length and slender; basin, rather 
deep and wavy; calyx, large and open. Inside the apple is greenish 
yellow, fine grained, tender fleshed and juicy. The flavor is very 
pleasant subacid and agreeable. It would at once be considered a good 
apple when eaten. The immense crops which the tree bears, and their 
regularity together with the attractiveness of the fruit and late keeping 
make the variety well worthy of trial. 
