26 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



FARMEKS AND RASPBERKIES. 



Thirty-four per cent, of the farmers in Northern Illinois grow raspber- 

 ries for home use, 20 per cent, in Central Illinois, and 17 per cent, in South- 

 ern. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



Two are reported in Northern Illinois, three m Central, and eight in. 

 Southern. 



FLORAL SOCIETIES. 



Only five are reported in the State. 



FARMERS CLUBS. 



Five are reported in Northern Illinois, two in Central, and twenty-twa 

 in Southern. 



To recapitulate: The apple crop of the State is 62 per cent, of an aver- 

 age, while only 43 per cent, of this 62 per cent, will be marketable. 



By corresponding with the Secretaries of the various State Horticultu- 

 ral Societies and prominent orchardists and fruit dealers, I find that Mis- 

 souri will have 60 per cent, of a crop; Iowa, 40 per cent.; Kansas, 57 per 

 cent.; Wisconsin, 20 per cent.; Indiana, 80 per cent.; Michigan, 85 per cent.;. 

 Nebraska, 40 per cent.; Ohio, 100 per cent,; and New York, 60 per cent. In 

 all sections an unusual proportion of the crop is reported as injured by the 

 drouth and curcnlio, which will reduce the marketable fruit greatly below 

 the expectations of both growers and dealers. Apples are also droppiug^ 

 badly, which will further reduce the quantity. 



A. C. Hammond, Secretary. 



This compilation affords mucli reliable information relative to 

 the condition of fruit trees and the fruit crop; the most profitable 

 varieties to plant; the relative increase or decrease of grape, straw- 

 berry and raspberiy culture, and many other points of interest to 

 the fruit-grower. 



In my opinion this work, with some variation, should be con- 

 tinued from year to year, as it is exceedingly important that growers 

 and dealers of these perishable products should have some data on 

 which to base an opinion of the probable supply. There is now no 

 way by which we can even approximate the amount of apples, 

 peaches, grapes and strawberries grown in this or any other State, 

 although Michigan, Kansas and Missouri, as well as Illinois, are do- 

 ing something in this line of work, but it is yet in a crude and un- 

 satisfactory condition. 



The census of 1880 values the orchard products of the United 

 States for the previous year at fifty-one millions of dollars. The 

 market garden products at twenty-two million; and if we added to 

 this the value of the small fruit crop, which will nearly reach the 

 figures of market garden products, we have the enormous aggregate 



