New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 95

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS, 1920-21.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT IN THE DOMINION 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.	Not Bearing.					Bearing.
		Number of Trees.					Total Area.	Apples.			Pears.
		First Year from Planting.	Second Year from Planting.	Third Year from Planting.	Fourth Year from Planting.	Fifth Year from Planting.		Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.
	Acres.						Acres.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.
North Auckland	2,209	12,717	23,763	52,832	60,866	94,447	2,799	173,058	144,617	6 5	27,892	35,654	7 4
Auckland	180	1,041	2,046	3,425	6,405	7,022	650	30,498	14,979	7 7	9,462	5,858	6 6
Hawke’s Bay	628	8,709	26,088	16,552	9,008	20,268	1,656	120,475	146,659	6 1	28,533	57,296	6 6
Taranaki	7	85	62	..	304	29	36	2,450	602	6 8	129	34	8 3
Wellington	45	678	1,122	1,290	1,114	1,009	430	41,154	26,284	6 0	4,158	3,134	6 6
Nelson	4,183	8,903	12,888	44,073	118,001	314,580	5,976	632,643	421,357	6 6	31,857	29,668	7 1
Marlborough	83	110	1,264	1,997	4,399	4,136	600	67,073	24,237	6 0	1,017	513	5 2
Westland	..	..	..	..	..	..	19	1,710	460	5 9	464	192	6 0
Canterbury	745	11,023	8,842	28,423	36,850	17,848	1,249	150,020	115,323	7 3	19,327	24,959	5 7
Otago	1,150	11,008	10,959	15,887	26,173	76,394	3,175	224,831	93,578	7 7	19,337	10,305	7 4
Southland	5	166	..	..	..	226	13	961	872	6 4	13	10	..
Totals for Dominion	9,235	54,440	87,034	164,479	263,120	535,959	16,603	1,444,873	988,968	6 8	142,189	167,623	6 8

Bearing—continued.

Land District.	Peaches.			Nectarines.			Apricots.			Plums.			Cherries.
	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.
		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.
North Auckland	46,197	17,323	10 7	5,333	2,738	9 10	173	25	15 7	22,081	15,307	8 10	225	71	30 0
Auckland	8,086	1,857	11 3	1,450	759	11 3	6,612	1,627	18 7	2,051	1,834	8 0	62	251	10 0
Hawke’s Bay	18,302	23,580	15 6	1,653	2,033	11 9	2,671	1,872	11 5	7,705	11,328	7 7	1,286	524	48 0
Taranaki	77	6	14 0	43	4	12 0	3	..	..	1,193	798	5 8	..	..	..
Wellington	2,133	733	7 5	775	449	6 2	75	29	8 3	1,354	1,106	7 8	170	45	34 3
Nelson	18,466	4,232	11 3	3,198	1,262	11 9	13,258	3,511	10 10	7,305	5,670	6 0	3,315	1,004	26 5
Marlborough	374	208	12 0	103	34	10 9	125	238	5 8	175	91	5 2	97	10	80 0
Westland	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	143	95	7 0	..	..	..
Canterbury	4,922	3,028	10 7	458	379	8 11	3,914	2,027	15 6	9,232	17,509	2 10	5,644	2,642	33 2
Otago	52,737	40,082	8 9	6,547	3,970	9 8	54,786	48,132	8 7	18,702	14,371	7 8	10,690	3,278	29 10
Southland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	202	255	10 0	6	2	..
Totals for Dominion	151,296	91,050	10 9	19,560	11,628	10 1	81,617	57,461	9 6	70,143	68,364	6 0	21,495	7,827	31 2