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f each class of orchard trees of bearing age, June 1, 1900, with products by bushels: ----------------------------+-----------+---------------- | Number of | Number of Trees. | trees. | bushels grown. ----------------------------+-----------+---------------- Apple | 83,027 | 195,406 Peach and Nectarine | 22,446 | 3,900 Pear | 4,983 | 2,828 Cherry | 4,179 | 3,930 Plum | 1,589 | 534 Apricot | 117 | 30 Unclassified orchard fruits | 42 | 20 ----------------------------+-----------+---------------- The farms of Loudoun produced in 1899 2,304 barrels of cider, 388 barrels of vinegar, and 13,530 pounds of dried and evaporated fruits. _Small Fruits, Etc._ The total value of small fruits was $3,574, the number of acres under cultivation 40, and the product 62,280 quarts. There were in Loudoun June 1, 1900, 9,742 grapevines of bearing age. They produced in 1899, 171,921 pounds of grapes, from part of which yield were made 766 gallons of wine. The number of pecan, Persian or English walnut and other nut trees of bearing age reported was 35. _Flowers, Ornamental Plants, Etc._ The total area devoted to flowers and ornamental plants for commercial purposes in 1899 was eight acres, the amount of sales therefrom $15,400, and the square feet of glass surface reported by florists' establishments 53,300. Of Virginia counties Loudoun ranked fourth in amount of sales and third in area of glass surface. The total area devoted to nursery products in 1899 was 10-1/4 acres and the amount of sales therefrom $2,225. FARM LABOR AND FERTILIZERS. LABOR. The scarcity of efficient labor is one of the most serious troubles with which the farmers of this County have to cope. In the northern portion the labor is principally white, while in the southern part there is a greater proportion of the negro race. Some farmers employ men by the month, paying from $15 to $18 and board, but at a distance from centers of population this transient labor is hard to secure, and even fancy wages sometimes fail to attract a sufficient supply. In other cases a laborer and his family are allowed to live on the farm, and he is paid by the day for such work as is required of him, the usual wage bein
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