as previously stated, it has over 25 per cent. of the total acreage 
of small fruit, and it possesses no less than 26 per cent. of the 
apple trees, 36 per cent. of the pear trees, 25 per cent. of the 
plums, 61 per cent. of the cherries and 70 per cent. of the other 
fruit trees (mainly nuts) in England and Wales. No other county 
approaches it in importance in regard to any one fruit, except 
Worcester in the case of plums and a few counties in the case of 
strawberries. 
The four groups of counties shown in the table include 75 per 
cent, of the orchards of the country, but some other counties have 
also considerable areas under one fruit or another. Special 
Mention may be made of the pears of Lancashire and Cheshire, the 
Plums of Huntingdon and Salop and the cherries of Buckingham. 
Yield and Total Production.—The average yield of orchard 
fruit is more variable than that of small fruit, as can be seen from 
bhe following comparison of estimated average yields per tree 
Nn 1924 and 1925. 
AVERAGE YIELD PER TREE OF OrcHARD FRUIT IN 1924 
AND 1925. 
Description. 
924 
1925. 
Rees and cooking 
p Cider a 3 3 
rors and cooking 
Perry +. Sa 
Plumg - x 
Cherriog 
lbs. 
lbs. 
23-4 
49-6 
60-3 
47:6 
34-4 
300° 2 
15-3 
31-2 
5-1 
11-1 
17:6 
52-8 
The total estimated production of orchard fruit in those 
years for which information is available is as follows :— 
— 
Production. 
Orchard fruit. 
Dessert, and cooking 
apples. , 
Cider apples - = 
Descora? and cooking 
Pears, : 
Perry, pears - - : 
Sherri " - : 
lumg : # 4 
Others including nuts 
and mixed. 
1908. 
ora Vyomm ron 
(Thousands of ewt.) 
1,275 | 3,060. | 2,380 
2,176 | 1,744 
131 46 
1,140 
485 
49 
176 
708 
707 
28 
v7 
329 
597 
71 
163 | 
430 
430 
214 
640 
1925. 
6,520 
1,160 
82 
18 
349 
801