AREAS IN ORCHARDS, MARKET GARDENS, AND NURSERIES.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3, 20 March 1929, Page 219

AREAS IN ORCHARDS, MARKET GARDENS, AND NURSERIES.

“ Commercial ” orchards are defined for statistical purposes as “ those producing fruit for sale to the value of £5O and upwards annually, or, if not in full bearing, or if for any reason the crop has been a failure, that are calculated to produce fruit for sale to that value when in full bearing or in normal seasons, as the case may be.” This' definition is one used for statistical purposes only, and has no reference to commercial-orchard districts under the Fireblight Act, 1922, or to orchards under the Orchard-tax Act, 1927. Private orchards, for statistical purposes, consist chiefly of small areas the produce of which is consumed principally on the holding, or, if sold, does not aggregate an annual value of /50. For the 1927-28 collection of statistics special cards were , sent out to orchardists, and this revealed a number of errors, particularly in classifying as commercial certain orchards which were incapable of producing sufficient revenue to be classed as commercial orchards. > • — Census and Statistics Office.

—: 1926-27. 1926-27. ’ 1927-28. 1927-28. Acres. Acres. Market gardens (excluding potatoes of £ acre and 5>io2 5,655 over) Nurseries and seed-gardens 5 > i° 2 5.655 Forest-tree seedlings .. .. 198 193 Other young trees and nursery stock, &c. . . 266 296 Vineyards . . .. . . . . - 309 285 Commercial orchards —• 309 285 Bearing .. ;. 19,036 18,283 Not bearing 1,245 1,581 Private orchards . . ' . . . . 5,096 "5,123