AREAS IN COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS.
The total area of commercial orchards in the Dominion, as taken from the orchard registration cards for the year 1930-31 is 26,163 acres, comprising the following kinds of fruit : Apples, 17,855 acres ; pears, 1,744 ; quinces, 198 ; peaches, 2,214 ; plums, 1,203 ; apricots, 885 ; nectarines, 359 ; cherries, 347 ; lemons, 956 ; oranges, 402 acres. Under the registration system “ commercial orchard ” is any orchard from which fruit is sold or intended to be sold, irrespective of the value of such sales. Horticulture Division. ,
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 41, Issue 5, 20 November 1930, Page 314
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83AREAS IN COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 41, Issue 5, 20 November 1930, Page 314
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