REPORT OF STATE HORTICUI.TURIST. 



95 



"Dear Sir:— 



It is the aim of the Department to obtain data regarding the 

 apple crop in monthly periods, and publish this data in the 

 papers as soon as it is received in the office. We hope to obtain 

 estimates from other states also, and in this way aid the grower 

 in disposing of his crop. Please answer the following ques- 

 tions, on attached card, and mail as soon as possible. 



1. Per cent of full crop? 



2. Per cent of last year? 



3. Estimated number of barrels of No. Ones? 



4. Total number of barrels? 



5. Percentage of last year in your vicinity? 



6- Estimated crop in barrels in your vicinity? 



7. Principal varieties?" 



By these returns we established our crop reports and put 

 them in the various papers. The following is the first Septem- 

 ber report : — 



REPORT ON APPLE CROP. 



After communicating with different states and different sec- 

 tions of this State, the Department wishes to make the fol- 

 lowing estimates : 



As compared with crop of last year, 



Androscoggin County 

 Cumberland County. . 



Franklin County 



Kennebec County. . . . 



Knox County 



Oxford County 



Penobscot County.. . . 

 Piscataquis County.. . 



Somerset County 



Waldo County 



York County 



Relative average 



85% 

 85 

 75 

 65 

 70 

 75 

 60 

 70 

 70 

 85 

 100 



75% 



