The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 894756680

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-9497

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Author:: Gehrke, Franz http://d-nb.info/gnd/138934983

Title:: Bremens Warenhandel und seine Stellung in der Weltwirtschaft

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Verlag von Gustav Fischer

Year of publication:: 1910

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (126 Seiten)

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Title:: Erster Teil. Besprechung des Warenhandels Bremens

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6 appears that the area devoted to the growth of flowers in the Open is about 5,250 acres. Daffodils and narcissi account for about 1,400 acres, tulips 300 acres, violets 150 acres, and other flowers 3,400 acres. Daffodils and narcissi are grown most extensively in Lincoln Holland) and Cornwall and appreciable areas are to be found mn Norfolk, Essex, Middlesex and West Sussex. Lincoln (Holland) and Norfolk account for most of the tulips grown for sale in the Country, and Devon and Cornwall grow the great bulk of the Violets, Other flowers are distributed more evenly over the “Ountry, but on the whole the largest areas are in counties fairly ear to London and other populous districts. The value of lowers grown in the open is estimated at about £400,000. _ Information as to the value of flowers grown under glass is 8lven in the next section, but it may be mentioned here that bhe estimated value of flowers (including bedding plants, deco- ative plants, &ec.) grown under glass is £1,350,000, so that the timated value of the total output of flowers is £1,750,000. 1) Glasshouse Produce. Inquiry forms were sent to 5,667 owners of glasshouses in England and Wales, but only 1,969 replies were received, and of these only 1,205 were able to give the full particulars asked for telating to area and production. The total area of glasshouses Or which particulars of production were given was 725 acres. An estimate based upon these returns, supplemented by addi- ional inquiries, suggests that the total area of commercial glass- Wouses in England and Wales is about 2,725 acres. Figures of Production were, therefore, received in respect of over 25 per ‘ent. of the area. Of the 1,205 glasshouse owners who supplied particulars of Production, 180 were in Lancashire, and between 70 and 85 in “ach of the counties of Hertford, Middlesex, Essex and Kent. But these proportions are no indication of the relative importance of the various counties. In Hertford the glasshouse owners Waking returns averaged about 17,000 square yards each, in Middlesex over 7,750 and in Essex about 4,200, whereas in Lancashire the average was only 750 square yards. Other Ounties which averaged about 4,000 square yards or more per "turn were Bedford, West Sussex, Derby and Dorset. The value of the production from the 725 acres for which Particulars of production were given was £1,280,000. Of these “tals, the three counties of Hertford, Middlesex and Essex “Ogether accounted for 60 per cent. of the area and 62 per cent. of the output value, while the south-eastern group of Kent, Urey, Sussex and Hampshire accounted for 15% per cent. of he area and 18 per cent. of the production value. Outside hese two groups the largest areas in respect of which returns ere obtained were in Lancashire, Norfolk and Derby.

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