The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-08
1924 FRUIT CROP HAS
VALUE OF 100 MILLION
,,onrRN PROCESSES FOR ITS
M0 OBSERVATION RESPONSE
BLE FOR GROWTH.

,..,,orcement that our 1924 fruit
..on will probably be the biggest
~ SUGGESTS a prospective continual
eEei the large contributions which
toH lated - States is now making to
I Lhe fTr;t supply of other parts OF the
the i, u y; The value of our own fruit ex-
o "U-. in the last five years, says line
Ro.Ii Record" Of the National City
/ p De- nj New York, has aggregated
pan Than S400,000,0O0, and in the
moi moi YEAR 1924, which ended with the
nsoot 81 June, approximated $780,
me- GT ooo Official figures for the nine
UoO, gtbs ending with March, the latest
lll N1;,abIe show fruit exports OF SI0,-
s ave G60 value. and for the closing
s SO0,T OF the period $9,333,O00, sug-
nest;rq that the total for the 1ulI year
n sgqregate about $l0O,OO0,O0O,
o "r.' S3O,0O0,000 in the opening
Wear OF the war. 100000.
~ The adoption of modern processes
y. .Se reservation of fruits in their
nasssoe from the farm to the con-
pa1,e saws "The Trade Record
he refrigerated car, the cold storage
E,@srohouse and the refrigerated ship
bss enormously increased the quailty
POI r,arketing value of the truit crop
+his the biggest fruit producing
ro,1.rv Of the world. Fruit growing
~ heen transformed from an incl
E@.-sI feature of farm production to
soec;altv. and fruit farming and dis
.;b,,+;on are now conducted with the
anne careful and scientific methods
,b;ch characterize that OF other staple
Irons As a result our exports OF fruits
ave T crown from S11, 100000 value in
o06 70 S22 100000 in 1910, $82, 5O000O
1o2n and seem likely to aggregate
ki00 100000 in the fiscal year l9Z4.
nnrovement in the art OF canning has
kravoh+ the export value OF canned
rr;+s from S5,O00,000 in 1918 to ST.
100000 in 1922. -
4on,es in the natural state alone
eprecated $21,000,000 in the export
eSorjs OF the nine months ending
;th March, 1924, against only ~
l0G 000 in the same months OF the pre-
s sd;rg wear; oranges showed an IN
rfase OF 50 per cent in the quantity
] yncrred in the current fiscal year as
onpared with the same period. OF last
ear while the exports OF berries, the
host difficult of all fruits Tor long
istance Shipment, are 50 per cent
resre- in the current year than those
the Immediately preceding year
bese new conditions under when
,,;+s are crown and distributed to
he consumers in all parts OF the
Eorld explain in large part at least the
RI that our exports since the begin
Inc Of 1900 aggregated So42,OoV,UVo'
shile those of the like period preceo-
% 1900 we're less than 500 OOO,OOO..
The classes of fruits enumerated IN
If EXPORT record are a dozen IN num-
pr the largest single crop being ap-
les which form about 80 per cent
-be value of the fruits exported;
knned fruits 20 per cent, oranges ana
ther crrous fruits about III per cent
ld raisins and prunes about III per
mi each of the total for the latest
ailable year.
Where do they go, this enormous:
ID constantly increasing quantity OF
bits Of ali sorts? To all parts OF the
sorld. the 1922 record, the latest
hich shows details of distribution OF
articles exported, shows exports OF
bples in the natural state to no less
ban sixtv-fve countries in every part
the globe: berries, difficult OF trans
brtatjon. to twenty countries in Eu-
spe. Canada and Latin America
Inned and dried fruits to elghty-hves
Puntries and colonies, while the total
Of countries to which fruits OF
lnle class were sent in 1922 was over
The sums which our own people,
final consumers, pay Tor fruit pro-
ICED in the United States is much
pre- difficult to estimate. The census
1920 put the value of the fruit crop
1919 at $702, 100000, and estimates
the department of agriculture are
at S692000000 for 1922 and $69l,-
1900 in 1923, these figures being
ose OF the value of the product at
place OF production and exclusive
movement to markets or profits OF
pSe through whose hands they pass
reaching the final consumer.
In addition to this big production
are large importers of fruit, espe-
lily the products of tropical climates.
Pr imports of fruit in 1923, including
IRON our own colonies, cost ap-
Ultimately $75,000,000 in the coun-
: OF production, including $4,000
worth Of bananas chiefly from
ntTal America and the West Indies,
S5oOOOO00 worth of pineapples
eHy from the Hawaiian Islands.