FRUIT GROWN IN SOUTHEASTERN PA

PRINCIPLE ORCHARD and VINEYARD PRODUCTS IN PENNSYLVANIA
 
Apples Peaches   Pears  Tart Cherries 
 
 Sweet Cherries  Plums & Prunes   Nectarines  Grapes

SOUTHEASTERN ENNSYLVANIA

Of the major types of fruit produced in Pennsylvania, Southeastern Pennsylvania produces a large quantity of these products. Quantities of these materials grown in Southeastern Pennsylvania during 1997 are listed below. State agricultural statistics organize counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania into an area called Region 2. A blank space in the chart below does not indicate that there is no production of a crop, but an area too small to be recorded by state statistics for the county. Note that all fruit listed here grow on trees (in an orchard) or in a vineyard. For more information on future years refer go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/pa/

 COUNTY  Apples  Peaches Pears Tart Cherries Sweet Cherries Plums & Prunes  Nectarines Grapes 
 Unit of Measure  Bushels  Bushels  Bushels  Pounds  Pounds  Bushels  Bushels Tons 
 BERKS  364,819 113,952  3,025    23,498  527  527  14,119  
 BUCKS 33,498   12,046   1,716          623  
CHESTER 64,718   7,813   2,083            1,326 129 
 DELAWARE                  
 LANCASTER 73,680  35,692  1,536  12,929  27,598  654    
LEBANON   10,155     1,520      
 MONTGOMERY                
 PHILADELPHIA                
OTHER Region II 41,384  24,578  4,826           879

Other fruit may be sold by local farmers at their farm stands and local supermarkets. Some fruit is processed into wine at local vineyards.

 Cantelope  Grape trellis at Peace Valley Winery in Bucks County, PA  Apricots

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