| Apples: Pesticide, Total Acreage - Percent of Area Receiving Applications and Total Applied | |||||||||
| State | Bearing Acreage | Herbicide | Insecticide 2/ | Fungicide | Other Chemcials | ||||
| Area Receiving and Total Applied 1/ | |||||||||
| Acres | Percent | 1000 Lbs | Percent | 1000 Lbs | Percent | 1000 Lbs | 1000 Lbs | ||
| California | 39,900 | 48 | 35.1 | 86 | 208.6 | 88 | 235.5 | 641.9 | |
| Georgia 3/ | 2,400 | 32 | 1.3 | 98 | 24.2 | 97 | 68.6 | 54.2 | |
| Michigan | 54,000 | 68 | 62.3 | 100 | 452.40 | 100 | 1,574.40 | 1006.3 | |
| New Jersey 4/ | 4,100 | 41 | 3.9 | 90 | 20.8 | 94 | 92.8 | 70.3 | |
| New York | 57,500 | 63 | 89.8 | 99 | 505.80 | 99 | 943.7 | 241.4 | |
| Oregon | 8,600 | 73 | 10.3 | 99 | 73.3 | 96 | 84.4 | 243.8 | |
| Pennsylvania | 22,000 | 66 | 41.4 | 98 | 103.6 | 98 | 393.6 | 238.7 | |
| South Carolina 4/ | 3,700 | 84 | 13.5 | 99 | 39.5 | 99 | 173.9 | 107.3 | |
| Washington | 153,000 | 66 | 309.3 | 99 | 1,203.10 | 88 | 1,056.70 | 4136.5 | |
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| Total: | 345,200 | 63 | 567.2 | 98 | 2631.3 | 93 | 4,623.80 | 6740.4 | |
| Totals may not add due to rounding. | |||||||||
| 1/ Acreage in California includes nonbearing acres. Total applied may include applications of some active ingredients made | |||||||||
| only to nonbearing acres. | |||||||||
| 2/ Total applied excluded Bts (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient. | |||||||||
| are not comparable between products | |||||||||
| 3/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes. | |||||||||
| 4/ Total other chemicals applied is less than 50 pounds. | |||||||||
| Data source: Agricultural Chemical Usage 1995 Fruits Summary: NASS & ERS; USDA, July, 1996 | |||||||||
