New England Numbers: Autumn

20,000 estimated leaves on a large, mature, healthy maple tree

30 apple pies served at the annual baking contest at Shelburne Orchards in Shelburne, VT

132,000 acres of potatoes planted in Maine in 1950

56,000 acres of Maine potatoes in 2008

168 million total weight in pounds of New England’s apple crop in 2008

13,840 annual work time in man-hours put into constructing the 8-acre corn and sorghum Mega Maze at Davis Farmland in Sterling, MA

12,000 number of cider doughnuts made each day of Columbus Day weekend at Cold Hollow Cider Mill in Waterbury, VT

47 percentage of New Hampshire’s 5.9 million acres that were forested in 1870

84 percentage of forested land in New Hampshire in 2009

1 number of snowstorm-related cancellations of the Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Festival Parade in its 54-year history (1987)

More autumn: Photos: Fall Foliage Slide Show Recipes: Orchard to Table Apple Recipes Family Fun: Corn Mazes