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Virginia Agricultural Statistics

APPLES: COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION, 1995 AND 1996 1/
Area and County 1995 Production 1996 Production
Pounds
Bushels 2/
Pounds
Bushels 2/
-Thousands-
Shenandoah Valley:
Clarke 2,052 1,216 27,136 646
Frederick 7,648 4,037 121,873 2,902
Rockingham 1,989 798 19,596 467
Shenandoah 2,409 757 39,355 937
Other Counties 638 163 3,130 75
TOTAL 292,773 6,971 211,090 5,026
Piedmont:
Albemarle 15,084 359 7,843 187
Amherst 4,912 117 2,795 67
Madison 3,982 95 2,970 71
Nelson 26,760 637 14,840 353
Rappahannock 14,715 350 11,323 270
Other Counties 1,804 43 1,459 35
TOTAL 67,257 1,601 41,230 982
Roanoke:
Bedford 5,138 122 2,940 70
Botetourt 7,155 170 4,740 113
Other Counties 10,776 256 3,987 95
TOTAL 23,069 549 11,667 278
Southwest:
Carroll 6,624 158 3,590 85
Patrick 5,100 121 3,056 73
Other Counties 3,651 87 2,387 57
TOTAL 15,375 366 9,033 215
Other Counties: 3/ 1,526 36 1,980 47
STATE TOTAL 400,000 9,524 275,000 6,548
1/ Preliminary. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Includes all other counties not included in the four major apple districts.