Excerpt from New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, And, Commercial Apple Industry of New Hampshire, Vol. 223: July, 1926<br><br>Each farm on which there was known to be an orchard of at least 100 bearing trees or 200 non-bearing trees was visited by a member of the Experiment Station staff. Information as to the number of trees of each variety and their age, the production for the crop of 1924, the methods of grading. Selling, and the prices obtained was asked. In all, 804 farms were Visited, on which there were approximately trees. In 65 cases either because of the absence of the owner, lack of records, or unwillingness of the proprietor to give the information, there was no record as to the crop harvested. Or prices received. These 65 orchards contain approximately trees and appear to be an av erage group including some of the large orchards and some of the smaller ones.<br><br>Information as to the farms which ought to be Visited was obtained by inquiry in each community. It is believed that practically all orchards of the appropriate size were included and that the record is practically complete as regards commercial orcharding in this state.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.