Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-06-20
PRODUCTION OF
APPLES DECREASES
Government Figures Give Decrease
In Trees from 1900 at Thity Three
Per Cent.

A preliminary statement OF the gen
? eral results of the thirteenth census
, relative to the number OF farms re-
porting apple trees OF bearing age
ana these net yet OF bearing age to-
gether with the number o. trees in
each class as OF April 10, 1910, and
igivirg the number of bushels Of ap-
pies produced in 1909 and the value
of the crcp, hiss been issued by lii
rectcr DuTand of the bureau of the
census, c.aytmcnt cf commerce and
/ ,abcr. Comparable data are given for
1900 wherever possible. TIE report
was prepared un5e: the direction of
LeGrand Powers, chief stats ician
and John Lee Coul.er, expert spec. al
agent, for agriculture.
Decrease in Trees of Bearing Age.
At the census of 1900, taken as o.
June 1, there were reported 1.794.-
900 apple trees of bearing age, as
against Isl, 1923, 900 trees in191O (oen-
sus taken as of April 15), a decrease
of 54,471 coo trees or 80 4-iO Fer
cent
The present ccnsus shows that in
| 1909 there we're produced IN the
United States 147, ,522 900 bushels of
lppl-s, having total value OF $685.
81 ,OOJ The production at that time
vas somewhat less than it was 10
years previously, when 175 3J7 900
bushec!s were gathered. Tee reports
of the 1900 census give TO intocma-
ton as to value OF apples,
Production by Divisions,
OF the nine main geographical d.
/ ,isicas into which the ce2sUs divd- 5
the country, the east north central Ci-
vision in 1910 ard 1900 re9or ed the
largest number OF trees of bearirS
age, 34,135, 900 and 4S.493,e0O in
1910, a loss CT 90 per cont. II 1903
total of 25,OSl 900 bushels CT "a
pies were gathered against T,650,G00
bushels in 1899. The value o. the
crop in 1909 was s14,669, coo.
The division ranking next in the
number OF trees of bearing age is t e
west north central in 1910 this Gi-
ision had 31,7l5,OOO tres o telri g
age, against 43,67S, 900 trees in 1910,
a less C p per cent.
The s1uth Atlantic division, with /.
.O,674.OOG trees Of bearing age, is
third in rank In 1900 the CORE
spending number of trees was 25,525,- /
900, a loss of Is per cent being .
shown. The trees OF bearing age in
1909 produced 1S,375,OOO busae S,
valued at So, 461 900; but in 1889 |
there were gathered 2j,774,0O0 BUSH /
els, the decrease during the 10 years
being S.399 900 bushels.
These four dit isions reported er
81 per cent of the total product for
1909.
Production by States.
Among the several states, Missouri,
New York and Illinois together con-
sained in 1910 almost % pe- cent of
IL apple trees Of bearing age in the
United Statees.
The number o. trees of bearins age
IN Missouri at tie census of 1910 was
14,367 900 this being decre1se
since 1900 of $3.50, 900 trees, a lOss
of 40 per cent.
New York reported 11,24S,009 trees
of bearing age in 1910. against 15.--
055, 900 trees in 1900. a loss OF %
yer cent. This state alone pro5u ed
more apples in 1909 than the entire
asst north central division, q. 5.409,CO
bushels valued at s13,343,OC0 In
1899 a crop Of 24,l11 900 bushels was
gathered.
In 1910 there we're 1901 900 tees
Of bearing age in the state of Illinois
While in 1900 the number was 1880
300 trees. a loss of 26 per cent.
Fewer Pear Trees ef Bearing Ase.
At the census of 1903. taken as Of
June 1. there were reported 17,716.-
600 pear trees cf bearing age in 1919
cersrs taken as CT April 15), de
rcase Ct 2.544.O0O trees or l6 $40
per cent.
The Pacific division also repor's
relatively large number Of trees OF
bearing age end shows more pears
produced than any of the other di-
visions. In 1910 there we're 1.S75.OoO
producing trees. as compared with
1873 900 in 1900, the decrease
amounting to 1.22S,OOo trees. TIE
number O. bushels gathered in 1903
was 2.615,O)O valued at s2,357.oOo.
In 1899 the trees in this division pro
duced 2.1O3, 900 bushels il
These four divisions reported 76 p'r
cent of the total product fer 1902
California reported l,4l1,oOO tres I
of bearing age in 1910, agairst 2.5lS,- /
600 trees in 1909.
II is more ard more apparent that
since the advent of fungus diseases 1