PRODUCTIVENESS

The following calculation is gathered from the writings of practical fruit growers.SFCC 20.2

If set in rows six feet apart, and eight feet apart in the rows, about 900 vines can be set on an acre. Each vine will produce on an average, one pound the second year, giving 900 pounds to an acre. The third year each vine should produce ten pounds, or 9,000 pounds to an acre. The fourth year double that amount, or 18,000 pounds. It is very seldom that the Grape sells less than ten cents a pound, but oftener from fifteen to twenty cents. Reckoning at ten cents, the crop from an acre the second year is worth $90, the third $900, and the fourth $1,800.SFCC 20.3

The following is from the Fruit Grower’s Society, of Western New York.SFCC 20.4

“One member, whose vines had come into full bearing, reported his present profits at least $1,500 an acre-this is under a high system of cultivation. Other reports were not quite so favorable as this, but none, even of large vineyards, were less than $500 per acre, net.”SFCC 20.5

A nurseryman of Grand Rapids, Mich., set out an acre of Grapes on shares. Last season his share brought him $700. He was then offered $700 for his share in the vineyard, which he accepted.SFCC 20.6