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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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

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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!

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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

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