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Florida Department of AgricultureNathan Mayo, Commissioner
State Marketing; BureauL .M • Rhode s , C onimi 3 s ioner
1935-36ANNUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REPORT
FL0R1D.V STATE HAftKETING BUREAU
By Frank Scruggs, Market Hews Specialist
OUTLINE HAP OF FLORIDA
(Numbers corresponding to Rail Shipping Rani: of Counties)
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1935-1936 Sea20 Counties Leading in Ra_
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Rank County1 Polk
Orange
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Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Outline Map of Florida showing location of principalshipping Areas, etc , 1
Table of Contents and Foreword 2
General Summary of the Florida 1935-36 Fruitand Vegetable Season 3
Statistics and Estimates on Florida Citrus Crop forthe 1935-36 Season ". 4-5
Statistics and Estimates on Florida Vegetables, Melons,and Non-Citrus Fruits for 1935-36 Season 5
Rail Carlot Shipments from Florida by Commodities andMonths, for 1935-36 Season 6
Boat Shipments by Months of Florida Fruits and Vegetablesfrom Florida Ports in Domestic Trade for 1935-36 Seasontogether with Exports and Pick- Up-Express Shipments 7
Florida Citrus Shipment and Production Data withGross and Net Valuations for 10 Years 8
Florida Citrus Plantings according to 1934 Survey 9
Statistics and Estimates of Florida Fruits and Vegetablesby Volume and Value for 5 Years, including 1935-36 Season.... 10-14
Seasonal Acreage of Florida Truck Crops. 15
Rail Shipments (Straight Cars) of Fruits and Vegetables byCounties for 3 Seasons 16-22
Carlot Shipments (Rail and Boat) of All Florida Fruits andVegetables" by Months for Season 1935-36 23
Carlot Equivalent Shipments of Florida Fruits and Vegetablesby Rail and Boat for 10 Years 24
FOREWORD
This Annual Fruit and Vegetable Report is the outgrowth of theconstant demand by growers, shippers, the press, carriers, fertilizercompanies, banks, official agencies, and other interested parties,for a complete statistical summary covering shipments and miscellan-eous data of the Florida fruit and vegetable industry.
Rail and boat shipment figures based on carriers' daily andmonthly wire and mail reports, received from the Fruit and VegetableDivision, U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, were used in thepreparation of the special shipment tabulations.
Estimates of volume and value for the various fruits andvegetables wore made and prepared in the State Marketing Bureau.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURESTATE MARKETING BUREAU
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ANNUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REPORT '. •
STATE 'MARKETING BUREAUBy Frank Scruggs, Market News Specialist
The Florida 1935-36 fruit and truck crop season was marked by aharvest volume equivalent to 127.181 carloads with a Florida grossvalue of &87, 333,898, (approximately 14 per cent above last season,see page 14), these totals being based principally on official recordsThe gross value total shown here, and elsewhere in this summary, in-cludes cost of production, preparing for market, selling charges, etc.,and Is not net to farmer.
Rail and boat movement accounted for 48,916 cars or 19,232,052boxes of citrus, having a gross value of 041, 206, 791 and a net valueof 014,717,619, equivalent to around 76ft.' per standard box.
Truck movement of citrus to out of Florida points accounted for avolume equivalent to 9,425 carloads or 3,770,000 boxes.
Cannery operations- in Florida required around 9,750 carloads or3,900,000 boxes of citrus, grapefruit accounting for 3,760,000 boxes.
Consumption of citrus in Florida was roughly estimated at 6,400carloads or 2,560,000 boxes.
The total harvest of citrus for all purposes was equivalent toapproximately 74,491 carloads or 29,462,052 boxes, with an estimatedgross valuation of ^55,189,191, and a net on tree valuation ofg20,2ll,899, or around 69^ per box.
Watermelons, strawberries, and other non-citrus fruit shipments byrail and boat accounted for 4,977 carloads with a gross Florida f.o.b.valuation of 2 , 615, 488.
Vegetable shipments by rail and boat supplied a volume .equivalentto 32,797 carloads with a trross Florida f.o.b. valuation of$24,101,339.
Truck shipments of vegetables, watermelons, strawberries, and mis-cellaneous non-citrus fruits supplied an additional 3,850 carloadswith an estimated Florida f.o.b. gross valuation of 02,715,200. Thevolume of such commodities Consumed or canned in Florida was estimatedat 10,936 carloads with the Florida sales point gross valuation amount-ing to $4,712,680.
The total harvest of vegetables, watermelons, strawberries, and mis-cellaneous non-citrus fruits was equivalent to 52,690 carloads withan estimated gross valuation of 034,144,707.
The 20 Counties leading in rail shipments were in order of volumeas follows: Polk, Orange, Seminole, Palm Beach, Lake, Broward, Manatee,Dade, Hillsborough, Sarasota, Alachua, St. Johns, Marion, Pinellas,Highlands, Lee, St. Lucie, Suwannee, Sumter, Putnam.
Polk and Orange lead in Citrus, Palm Beach and Seminole lead inVegetables, Lake and Hillsborough lead in Non-citrus Fruits, shippedIn rail carlots.
Fruit and vegetable rail and boat shipments during the 1935-36season were 10.6 per cent bclow> the average volume for the last 10seasons. The gross value of 1935-36 crop was approximately010,600,000 more than for the previous year.
For more detailed information please see the Table of Contentsand following pages.
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TOTAL' FLORIDA CITRUS HAWIINGS.Compiled by - The Associated Citrus Grov/ers & Shippers of Florida, from Report of
Forrest C. Graves, State Coordinator, issued Oct. 5, 1934, covering survey madeduring the late summer months and early fall of 1954.
COUNTYORANGES
Early LMidscason Lateaiaaaaaon .Late ,, -xasax. iiyaageason Lats. ... -latai,(Trees; (Trees; (Trees; [Trees; (Trees; (Trees;
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Early £iikJdseasQnLatfi
TAN-GER- TOTAL
(Trees)
72873405167555394
AlachuaBrevardBrov/ardCharlotte
593964326532534828730
223521954120720310193
6163165219423255138923
410213782466319325
1508340255741798
42522212261220511123
(Trees)
7317090747125151155440
CitrusCollierDadeTteSPtQ
44122'434914031
2,74518
46635158
996661091U
487859507
113697335629
560511307
17214976120
48100
21566905
565311407
174305-82025
49273
151704112Q
5936520917
303172507774
FlaglerGladesHardee.Hendry
3116804
15376717777
139411847
50101836133
>98273
442961046s
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£
19210
6871£4_
890283
5116711232
724674
49301597
220772204
6014-86L7762
HernandoHighlandsHillsboroughTndian River
4762916621850705599748
855163765771171
114492
25921373536400521120843
73550539754907576220597
210&.19016612665414 3 82
463911769693248
25 27 1 7
25695307862219902576542
64052548227718128519
1632S7902438
120465962565S
LakeLeeLevyManatee
48661198305
1341774174882
11712575 Jg-
262126120434
45260539
23542145475
6288Q
497547165909
45325563.
1598165445
426Q58
1999137346236
1253566740
liarionMartinOrangeOsceola
57767250643
1140527133175
477941065
69234957071
325451713
1832876191045761306520388546
5290960
4220322638
1517633 5,786
13167589
7763511148
5537023227
229398,46934
473911574
20816130172
72872776514
2270435268152
Palm BeachPascoPinellasPolk
17631134236175613
1232679
28130172284212933
2058281
6003492733120491151QQQ
152914163920641361 87?
2129490912
5184-62
1769754
)1253327737963
,371279
73180430709944971
5451995PutnamSarasotaSeminole
Lucfit iS_
21914055741
352763150216
401958633877846
252232
259355142079410609562493
22815274275986191810
44575877715571
149669
272506620455432
241479
45558688
4798257035
529945208971524025661Q1Q
St. JohnsSumterVolusia
15497106187525096
205612861212256
17535119048757552
10465342
70622
1752846
17745
12218188
86567
5325345
19286132581989855
Total Trees 7975496 6396319 14371815 3633230 2113902 5747152 1633155 21752100
Total Acres 125292 100485 225775 57076 55206 90282 25665 541720
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Boxes per Tree 1.5 1.2 1.4 5.1 2.3 2.8 1.6 1.8
Total Grove Properties 33,201. Average Ho. Trees por Property 655. Ave. No,Acres 10.3
FLORIDA CITRUS PLANTINGS.
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SEASONAL ACREAGE OF FLORIDA TRUCK CROPS.
Verified by J.C .Townsend, Jr . , Florida Federal Truck Crop Estimator.!
Beans abbageAcreage
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Celery : Cucumbers EggplantSeason Acreage
4,9204,6503,6603,0102,9006,5003,7006,5005,5006,20010,7005,600#9 , 000
Acreage ; Acreage4,§O04,3203,5204,2405,3806,6206,6506,1506,8506,6506,0006,000
#6 , 500
Acreage1,6201,4001,020
6301,5501,3201,6801,8001,9502,4502,0501,500
:- 850
Season1923-241924-251925-261926-271927-281928-291929-301930-311931-321932-331933-341934-351935-36
19,78020,53016,00019,49029,75027,00035,80040,00041,50050,80062,80067,000
•"•61,000
12,37010,8307,5907,4409,42011,34012,1009,6507,3005,6005,0005,100
1923-241924-251925-261926-271927-281928-291929-301930-311931-321932-331933-341934-351935-36
Page 16RAIL SHIPMENTS (Straight Cars) OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES BY COUNTIES.
5-Years . August 1 - July 31,FloridaCounties ORANGES GRAPEFRUIT TANGERINES
SeasonAlachuaBradfordBrevardBrowardCharlotteCitrusClayCollierColumbiaDadeDe SotoEscambiaFlaglerGadsdenGilchristGladesHamiltonHardeeHendryHernandoHighlandsHillsboroughHolmesIndian RiverJacksonJeffersonLakeLeeLevyMadisonManateeMarionMartinOkaloosaOkeechobeeOrangeOsceolaPalm BeachPascoPinellasPolkPutnamSarasotaSeminoleSt. JohnsSt. LucieSumterSuwanneeUnionVolusiaWashingtonOthers -
33-34:34-35:35-36TT222
1
1232142
214
27373457
17109
1167139
93202
272648
119298
362453
9457
931
181
~3T
141
33-34:34-35:35-362"
33-34:34-35:35-3634
1122
10644
24
535
90635913
728
910258
241234
210284
103393440711515
152218674
337
143
143
16404236
51
159237
98295
37129
2223704965152
653
84
314
79
281104
51
17322401
61
585471
99852
82258
13611762813
204
4011
4311
39
130
19422
3332280
87
737276
58014
59117
15510503541
36
222
1612
121
994
1040295
147
527138
31871
86714
106442
293920
138
1348
14
72
1
72
572238
956
46632
546
39719
16911
43
17
14
56019
79
35430
1415
38019
64
21
48
TCBT1477
Straight CarsBy BoatPick-Up-Exp.GRAND TOTAL
1384513503
1154313368
1372212338
"5936
617484188800
66196355
15441341
262827318" 233TT 2TT0T6" TBT3U 17218" 12974 "23SB"
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RAIL SHIPMENTS ( Straight Cars)OF FRUITS AMD VEGETABLES ( Cont 'd from Pg.l$
3 -Years
Page 18.R.-iIL ST TIPMENTS( Straight Cars ) OP FRUITS AND VEGETABLES! Cont'd from pgi7
3-Years
RAIL SHIPMENTS3-Years
Page 19Straight Cars) OP FRuITS.AFD VEGETABLES(Cont'd from Pg.18!
I
August 1 - July 31. ^^^Florida .
Page 20.RAIL SHIPMENTS
3 -Years(Straight Gars) OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ( Cont 'd from Pg.19)
August 1 - July 51,Florida
RAIL SHIPMENTS5-Years
Straight Cars) OP FRUITS AND VEC-ETABIAugust 1 - July 51,
Page 21.,ES( Cont'd from Pg«20)
Florida
Page 22rail shipments
Page 23
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