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Commercial Production, 1996 and 1997 1/
Area and County 1996 Production 1997 Production
Pounds
Bushels 2/
Pounds
Bushels 2/
-Thousands-
Shenandoah Valley:
Clarke 27,136 646 16,287 388
Frederick 121,873 2,902 112,354 2,675
Rockingham 19,596 467 20,637 491
Shenandoah 39,355 937 37,463 892
Other Counties 3,130 75 2,178 52
TOTAL 211,090 5,026 188,919 4,498
Piedmont:
Albemarle 7,843 187 9,011 215
Amherst 2,795 67 4,564 109
Madison 2,970 71 4,054 97
Nelson 14,840 353 20,901 498
Rappahannock 11,323 270 13,912 331
Other Counties 1,459 35 1,192 28
TOTAL 41,230 982 53,634 1,278
Central:
Bedford 2,940 70 2,971 71
Botetourt 4,740 113 7,191 171
Other Counties 3,987 95 4,436 106
TOTAL 11,667 278 14,598 348
Southwest:
Carroll 3,590 85 6,169 147
Patrick 3,056 73 3,864 92
Other Counties 2,387 57 1,649 39
TOTAL 9,033 215 11,682 278
Other Counties: 3/ 1,980 47 1,167 28
STATE TOTAL 275,000 6,548 270,000 6,429
1/ Preliminary. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Includes all other counties not included in the four major apple districts.





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Acres and Number of Trees by Counties 1/
Area and County 1987 1992 1997
Total
Acres 		Total Trees Trees Per Acre Total Acres Total Trees Trees Per Acre Total Acres Total Trees Trees Per Acre
Shenandoah Valley:
Clarke 2,052 120,453 59 1,939 110,738 57 1,696 133,389 79
Frederick 7,648 476,160 62 7,371 559,510 76 7,169 644,624 90
Rockingham 1,989 202,493 102 1,639 199,958 122 1,633 214,713 131
Shenandoah 2,409 102,845 43 2,362 183,515 78 2,315 224,149 97
Others 638 28,771 45 492 24,398 50 263 15,496 59
Total 14,736 930,722 63 13,803 1,078,119 78 13,076 1,232,371 94
Piedmont:
Albemarle 1,137 77,868 68 1,257 150,148 119 713 105,688 148
Amherst 141 9,125 65 307 35,794 117 215 40,211 187
Madison 339 27,021 80 362 30,121 83 297 23,072 78
Nelson 1,305 134,872 103 1,338 176,104 132 1,060 200,853 189
Rappahannock 1,716 74,510 43 981 179,789 183 871 174,312 200
Others 375 27,791 74 295 20,598 70 204 20,250 99
Total 5,013 351,187 70 4,540 592,554 131 3,360 564,386 168
Roanoke:
Bedford 427 30,308 71 367 26,237 71 245 22,377 91
Botetourt 520 47,540 91 477 50,730 106 395 44,390 112
Others 830 77,423 93 768 65,367 85 335 28,666 86
Total 1,777 155,271 87 1,612 142,334 88 975 95,433 98
Southwest:
Carroll 704 42,975 61 552 35,159 64 359 31,737 88
Patrick 484 32,589 67 510 35,887 70 382 31,075 81
Others 497 31,344 39 337 20,676 61 250 21,501 86
Total 1,685 106,908 63 1,399 91,722 66 991 84,313 85
All Other Counties 2/
141
10,819 77 163 17,599 108 187 24,248 130
State Total 23,352 1,554,907 67 21,517 1,922,328 89 18,589 2,000,751 108
1/ Acres may not add to totals due to rounding. 2/ Counties not included in above geographical areas.

Number of Growers and Trees by Surveys, 1937 - 1997
Year of Survey Number of Growers Total Acres Number of Trees Non-Bearing Trees as Percent of Total Trees Per Acre
Total Non-Bearing 1/ Bearing
1937 3,665 * 4,152,948 599,600 3,553,348 14.4 *
1949 2,059 73,044 2,765,787 381,763 2,384,024 13.8 38
1956 1,405 55,853 2,093,817 417,632 1,676,185 19.9 38
1963 885 41,023 1,675,818 462,409 1,213,409 27.6 41
1967 808 37,206 1,668,510 525,487 1,143,023 31.5 45
1972 694 31,380 1,668,859 522,763 1,146,086 31.3 53
1977 599 28,538 1,592,706 200,577 1,392,129 12.6 56
1982 492 25,597 1,540,113 175,751 1,364,362 11.4 60
1987 343 23,352 1,554,907 293,520 1,261,387 18.9 67
1992 2/ 315 21,517 1,922,328 255,151 1,667,177 13.3 89
1997 264 18,589 2,000,751 178,165 1,822,586 8.9 108
1/ For surveys prior to 1982 1-7 years of age; for 1982, 1987, and 1992 surveys 1-3 years of age for size control (spur-type, semi-dwarf and dwarf trees) and 1-6 years for standard trees. For 1997, 1-3 years is considered non-bearing. 2/ Revised. * Not available.

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Number of Trees By Variety, 1972 - 1997 1/
Season Variety 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997
SUMMER: Ginger Gold --- --- ---
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8,856 17,740
Paulareds --- --- --- 7,166 7,792 3,876
Other Summer 5,158 3,422 1,708 3,524 7,408 3,520
Total Summer 22,807 24,480 14,725 18,590 24,056 25,136
FALL: Gala --- ---- ---- ---- 23,064 52,283
Greening 15,745 9,896 13,899 26,275 35,487 38,018
Jonathan 41,012 37,041 37,816 24,661 23,155 19,681
Firm Gold --- ---- ---- ---- --- 11,630
Grimes Golden 13,898 10,381 9,471 8,946 4,306 5,489
Winter Banana --- ---- ---- ---- --- 3,487
Other Fall 1,259 3,440 4,111 5,859 14,482 21,800
Total Fall 76,157 66,209 69,329 68,225 100,494 152,388
WINTER: Red Delicious 609,498 575,432 569,787 606,351 705,840 668,218
Golden Delicious 291,521 299,427 279,089 289,265 360,946 343,010
York Imperial 295,476 275,356 271,924 237,454 309,282 340,235
Rome Beauty 84,837 91,289 109,211 90,650 168,653 190,512
Stayman 138,445 121,142 122,599 128,492 129,193 104,767
Fuji ---- ---- ---- ---- 4,392 65,359
Granny Smith ---- ---- 4,516 12,904 29,530 26,378
Winesap 125,619 103,551 71,367 47,861 41,016 24,311
Ida Red ---- ---- ---- ---- 12,972 18,710
Empire ---- ---- ---- ---- 7,706 6,850
Braeburn ---- ---- ---- ---- 4,210 6,043
Mutsu ---- ---- ---- ---- 2,135 2,760
Jonagold ---- ---- ---- ---- 1,567 2,144
Other Winter 24,499 35,820 27,566 55,115 20,336 23,930
Total Winter 1,569,895 1,502,017 1,456,059 1,468,092 1,797,778 1,823,227
STATE TOTAL 1,668,859 1,592,706 1,540,113 1,554,907 1,922,328 2,000,751
1/ Dashes (---) indicate variety not reported or data not published to avoid disclosure and included in "other."

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