815003 Fruit

Hawaii Department of Agriculture

1428 South King Street

Honolulu, HI 96814-2512

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Hawaii Fruit Survey

January 2007

National Agricultural Statistics Service

USDA, Hawaii Field Office

Dear Fruit Grower:

The purpose of this survey is to provide current information on Hawaii’s fruit industry. Large and small growers are being contacted. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. Accurate fruit statistics are essential for the industry as well as others who make decisions that affect farmers. Someone from our office may be contacting you regarding this survey. Federal regulations ensure that your individual report will remain strictly confidential. Please return this form in the enclosed envelope which needs no stamp.

Sincerely yours,

Mark E. Hudson

Director

Please make any corrections to your name, address, and ZIP Code directly above.

If your operation is known by another name please enter it here:

_____________________________________________

Please return by

January 19, 2007

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SECTION A - Fruit screening (check  what applies to you)

Grew fruit in 2006.

Please continue with SECTION B - Bananas, page 2

Intend to grow fruit in 2007.

Please continue with SECTION B - Bananas, page 2

Still farming but no longer growing any fruits. I grow/raise: _________________________

Please complete SECTION H - Conclusion, page 8

No longer farming since date: . Please circle the reason: deceased, retired, quit farming, temporarily not farming, sold farm, never farmed, or other (specify:_____________). If your operation has been sold, leased, or turned over to someone else, please write the new operator's name, address, and phone number below:

Name Address Phone ____________

Please complete SECTION H - Conclusion, page 8

What is inside...

Section B Banana Page 2

Section C Citrus, Avocado, Guava Page 3

Section D Tropical Specialty Fruits Page 4-6

(Abiu, Atemoya, Breadfruit, Caimito, Canistel, Cherimoya, Dragonfruit, Durian, Fig, Jaboticaba, Jackfruit, Kitembilla, Langsat, Longan, Loquat, Lulo, Lychee, Mamey Sapote, Mango, Mangosteen, Mysore Raspberry, Passion Fruit, Persimmon, Poha, Rambutan, Rollina, Sapodilla, Soursop, Starfruit, Tropical Apricot, White Sapote, and others)

Section E Processed Tropical Specialty Fruit Page 6

Section F Papaya Page 7

Section G Pineapple Page 7

Section H Conclusion Page 8

Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2006, page 1

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SECTION B - Banana

Did you grow any banana during 2006?

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Yes - Please report for your operation below.

No - Do you intend to plant banana in 2007? Yes No

Banana variety	Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	New acreage planted in 2006	Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
21 Bluefields 2	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb
22 Cavendish 3	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb
23 Hawaii Apple 4	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb
24 Other (Specify)	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb
25 Total	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb

¹ Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost.

² Bluefields includes Dwarf Bluefields (Cocos).

³ Cavendish includes Chinese, Williams, Valery (Robusta, Taiwan, North Banana, Tall Mons Mari, and Grand Nain).

⁴ Hawaii Apple includes Dwarf Hawaii Apple and Apple bananas, formerly called Brazilian.

Banana comments:

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Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 2

SECTION C - Citrus, Avocado, and Guava

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Did you grow any citrus, avocado, or guava during 2006?

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Yes - Please report for your operation below.

No - Do you intend to plant citrus, avocado, or guava in 2007? Yes No

Circle what fruit intentions above apply to you.

Citrus variety	Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	Trees		Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
			Total	Harvested
31 Grapefruit	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
32 Kumquat	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
33 Lemon	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
34 Lime	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
35 Orange	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
36 Pomelo	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
37 Tangelo	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
38 Tangerine	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
39 Other (Specify)	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb
40 Total	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 pounds	6 cents/lb

¹ Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost.

Crop	Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	New acreage planted in 2006	Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
41 Avocado	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb
42 Guava: Pink	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb
43 Guava: White	1 acre	2 acre	3 acre	4 pounds	5 cents/lb

¹ Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost.

Citrus, Avocado, and/or Guava comments:

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Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 3

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SECTION D - Tropical Specialty Fruits

Did you grow any tropical specialty fruits during 2006 or have intentions for 2007?

Yes - Please report for your operation below. No

Crop	Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	Trees, vines, shrubs, or plants				Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
			Total	Harvested	New plantings 2006	Planting intentions 2007
51 Abiu	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
52 Atemoya	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
54 Breadfruit	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
55 Caimito	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
56 Canistel (Eggfruit)	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
57 Cherimoya	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
58 Dragonfruit	1 acre	2 acre	3 plants	4 plants	5 plants	6 plants	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
59 Durian	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
60 Fig	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
61 Jaboticaba	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
62 Jackfruit	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
106 Kitembilla (Ceylon Gooseberry)	1 acre	2 acre	3 shrubs	4 shrubs	5 shrubs	6 shrubs	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
63 Langsat	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
64 Longan	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
Tropical Specialty Fruits continued on the next page

¹ Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost.

Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 4

Crop	Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	Trees, vines, shrubs, or plants				Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
			Total	Harvested	New plantings 2006	Planting intentions 2007
65 Loquat	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
81 Lulo (Naranjilla)	1 acre	2 acre	3 shrubs	4 shrubs	5 shrubs	6 shrubs	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
66 Lychee	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
67 Mamey Sapote	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
68 Mango	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
69 Mangosteen	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
70 Mysore Raspberry	1 acre	2 acre	3 plants	4 plants	5 plants	6 plants	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
71 Passion Fruit (Lilikoi)	1 acre	2 acre	3 vines	4 vines	5 vines	6 vines	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
72 Persimmon	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
74 Poha	1 acre	2 acre	3 shrubs	4 shrubs	5 shrubs	6 shrubs	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
75 Rambutan	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
76 Rollina	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
77 Sapodilla (Chico)	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
78 Soursop	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
79 Starfruit (Carambola)	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
101 Tropical Apricot	1 acre	2 acre	3 shrubs	4 shrubs	5 shrubs	6 shrubs	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
Tropical Specialty Fruits continued on the next page
1 Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost. Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 5
Crop	Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	Trees, vines, shrubs, or plants				Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
			Total	Harvested	New plantings 2006	Planting intentions 2007
80 White Sapote	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
90 Other (Specify)	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
	1 acre	2 acre	3 trees	4 trees	5 trees	6 trees	7 pounds	8 cents/lb
109 Total	1 acre	2 acre
1 Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost.

Tropical Specialty Fruit comments:

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SECTION E - Processed Tropical Specialty Fruits

Did you grow and process any Tropical Specialty Fruit during 2006?

(Do not include purchases from other growers.)

Yes - Please report for your operation below. No

Please specify fruit below	Fresh fruit used in processing	Average farm price 1
	1 pounds	2 cents/lb
	1 pounds	2 cents/lb
	1 pounds	2 cents/lb
	1 pounds	2 cents/lb
	1 pounds	2 cents/lb
1 Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost. Price paid for fresh fruit.

Processed Tropical Specialty Fruit comments:

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Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 6

SECTION F - Papaya

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Did you grow any papaya during 2006?

Yes - Please report for your operation below.

Total papaya acres in 2006	130-2 acre
Harvested papaya acres in 2006	130-3 acre

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No - Do you intend to plant papaya in 2007? Yes No

Papaya comments:

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SECTION G - Pineapple

Did you grow any pineapple during 2006?

Yes - Please report for your operation below.

Total acreage 2006	Harvested acreage 2006	Fresh sales 2006	Average fresh farm price 1
140-2 acre	140-3 acre	140-4 pounds	140-5 cents/lbs
1 Farm price should exclude commission and freight cost.

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No - Do you intend to plant pineapple in 2007? Yes No

Pineapple comments:

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Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 7

SECTION H - Conclusion

Please circle any release(s) you would like to receive below. Survey results are also available on the internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Hawaii/index.asp. If you would like to receive the free e-mail release, you can subscribe (free) at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Subscribe_to_State_Reports/index.asp.

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Office Code	Annual Fruit	Avocado	Banana	Guava	Papaya	Pineapple	Tropical Specialty Fruit

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During 2006, what was the largest (peak) number of hired workers, including paid family

members, on the payroll on any one day?.........................................................................

No hired workers on this operation.

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Please report your total acres in this operation: ..............................................................

Include pasture, idle land, etc.

Reported by: _ Date: __________________________

Mailing address: Island: __________________________

Phone number: Farm Location: ____________________

Thank you for your cooperation!

OFFICE USE							Edited
District	Respondent		Response Code		Enum.	Eval.
10-4	1-Op/Ptnr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Oth 5-ER 6-ENR	10-5	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Int 7-TR 8-IR 9-Inac	10-6	10-7	10-8	Punched
							Verified

Hawaii Fruit Survey January 2007, page 8

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