New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 101

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS, 1919-20.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT THE TOTAL AREA IN ORCHARD FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, AND PARTICULARS AS TO NUMBER OF TREES OF EACH VARIETY, QUANTITY OF FRUIT GATHERED, AND AVERAGE PRICE REALIZED PER BUSHEL.

(Exclusive of Boroughs.)

Land District.	Total Area.	Number of Trees.	Not Bearing.	Total Area.	Apples.	Pears.

		First Year from	Second Year from	Third Year	Fourth Year	Fifth Year
		Planting.	Planting.	Planting.	Planting.	Planting.
	Acres.
North Auckland	2,434	20,989	47,686	52,308	73,371	82,417
Auckland	291	2,672	2,424	6,914	7,267	9,091
Hawke's Bay	725	19,039	12,283	10,994	19,154	28,937
Taranaki	9	40	62	596	106	12
Wellington	75	615	1,054	991	3,691	1,877
Nelson	4,903	21,555	33,426	64,913	205,500	291,281
Marlborough		234	134	1,134	6,178	4,995
Westland		2	2	2	2	2
Canterbury	782	11,800	10,068	44,981	19,229	7,120
Otago	1,500	8,849	14,456	23,905	57,135	92,831
Southland		4	36
Totals for Dominion	10,959	85,729	122,595	211,782	390,561	529,552

	Acres.	Bushels.	s. d.	Number	Quantity of	Average
				of Trees.	Fruit	Price
					gathered.	per Bushel
North Auckland	2,802	162,932	5 5	142,379	27,180	5 3
Auckland	666	27,896	5 10	16,870	8,959	6 3
Hawke's Bay	1,493	101,295	5 0	189,235	24,755	4 8
Taranaki	43	2,106	5 2	1,985	165	7 10
Wellington	462	42,583	5 7	30,903	4,388	5 11
Nelson	5,624	605,929	4 9	527,149	28,002	5 9
Marlborough	506	56,327	5 1	22,418	507	6 2
Westland	21	1,690	5 4	356	615	6 4
Canterbury	1,116	131,197	5 6	103,663	15,754	5 6
Otago	2,800	171,695	6 10	88,377	15,778	5 10
Southland	12	1,021	5 5	523	27	6 10
Totals for Dominion	15,545	1,304,671	5 5	1,123,858	126,130	5 6

Bearing—continued.

Land District.	Peaches.	Nectarines.	Apricots.	Plums.	Cherries.
	Number	Quantity of	Average Price	Number	Quantity of
	of Trees.	Fruit	per Bushel.	of Trees.	Fruit
		gathered.			gathered.
North Auckland	57,019	32,130	7 4	7,492	6 11
Auckland	10,936	4,718	6 10	2,309	6 3
Hawke's Bay	19,665	30,478	8 3	1,882	7 9
Taranaki	99	32	10 0	52	14 1
Wellington	3,098	1,099	9 4	696	9 5
Nelson	25,140	21,270	4 5	4,435	5 5
Marlborough	494	574	9 4	154	8 6
Westland	2
Canterbury	3,596	3,343	9 10	357	10 11
Otago	49,754	38,084	7 9	5,688	9 7
Southland
Totals Dominion	169,803	131,728	7 6	23,065	7 6