Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1907 — Fruit Trees Grow Less in Number. [ARTICLE]

Fruit Trees Grow Less in Number.

Reports at the office of the Indiana bureau of statisics show that there are not as many fruit-bearing apple trees in the state this year as Jthere were in 1905. The number this year is 4,097,880; the number in 1905 was 4,222,078. There is also a decrease in the number of plum trees in the state. This year thereare627,32l fruit bearing plum trees. In 1905 there were 671,449. The number of fruit-bearing peach trees in the state this year is 687,213, and in 1905 it was 935,801. Reports on fruit trees were not com piled lor 1906. Indiana was once noted for its apples. Now a good apple orchard is a novelty. Ohio has also lost its reputation as an apple producing state.