Virginia Agricultural Statistics Fruit 51

APPLES: 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.

APPLES: 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.