Volkswirtschaftliches Quellenbuch

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Identifikator:: 890771383

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-10133

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Mollat, Georg http://d-nb.info/gnd/139428143

Title:: Volkswirtschaftliches Quellenbuch

Edition:: Vierte, erweiterte und vermehrte Auflage

Place of publication:: Osterwieck/Harz

Publisher:: Verlag von A. W. Zickfeldt

Year of publication:: 1913

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVIII, 654 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Vierter Teil. Weltwirtschaft und Handelspolitik

Collection:: Economics Books

UNITED STATES AND CANADA PRODUCTION OF APPLES X) A’ Fig. 55. The most important apple-growing regions of the eastern part of the continent are near bodies of water. In the West, apples are grown in the irrigated regions and along the coast. In Canada. apples are the only fruit crop of importance. CHAPTER SIX WHERE FRUIT IS PRODUCED Fruit is a product which was once supposed to be a luxury, but is now known to be a necessity. It is needed by everyone as a matter of health. Fruit farming or orcharding is much like vegetable farm- ing, in being a widely dispersed branch of agriculture, for nearly every farmer raises at least a little fruit for his own home supply. The two industries are also alike in that both are becoming highly spe- cialized in favored localities of the United States. Although there is a large variety of fruits in the plant kingdom, only a few are of great commercial importance. These few include, among others, apples and peaches in the temperate zone; grapes in temperate and subtropical regions; and oranges and bananas in semi-tropical regions. APPLES The leading fruit in the United States is the apple. The value of the crop equals that of all the other fruits combined. and is half as much as that of the. potato. . Where apples are grown in the United States. Although the apple is grown in every state, it thrives chiefly in the cooler portions of the country, as appears in Figure 55. In three kinds of regions it prospers so well that a great supply can be shipped to distant cities, and even to Europe. A

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