FRUIT CROP REPORTS — 1914 165 



VIRGINIA — Medium June drop. Severe drouth from May 1 to 

 June 29. Apples, 75 per cent; peaches, 80 per cent. 



MASSACHUSETTS — Good bloom, but apples not set well. 

 Weather good. Pears poor. 



MAINE — Average June drop. Weather favorable. Apples, 

 75 per cent. 



MINNESOTA — Apples, 29 per cent; plums, 71 per cent; grapes, 

 71 per cent. 



NORTH CAROLINA — ^Apples, 7 5 per cent; pears, 5 per cent; 

 plums, 85 per cent; peaches, 80 per cent; grapes, 75 percent. June 

 drop heavy. Weather unfavorable. Not as good as last year. 



NEW JERSEY — Apples, 90 per cent; pears, 60 per cent; peaches, 

 plums, grapes, luO per cent. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA — Apples, 6 per cent. Medium June drop. 

 Thirty per cent better than last year. Fears, 40 per cent; peaches, 

 70 per cent; grapes, 90 per cent. 



PROVINCE OF QUEBEC — Apples, 75 per cent. June drop light. 

 Weather good. 



NOVA SCOTIA — Apples, 75 per cent, same as last year. Weather 

 good. Pears, 2 5 per cent: plums, 25 per cent. 



IOWA — Apples, 2 8 per cent. Sprayed orchards from 15 to 2 5 

 per cent better than unsprayed orchards. Weather has generally been 

 good. Pears, 38 per cent; plums, 29. per cent; peaches, 49 per cent; 

 grapes, 80 per cent. 



WASHINGTON — Apples, 60 per cent. June drop heavy; 20 per 

 cent more than last year. Weather good. Pears, 7 5 per cent; 

 peaches, 3 5 per cent; plums, 4 per cent; grapes, 65 per cent. 



IDAHO — ^Apples, 6 5 per cent. June drop heavy. A little better 

 than July 1, 1913. Pears, 50 per cent; peaches, 50 per cent; plums, 50 

 per cent; grapes, 95 per cent. 



UTAH — Apples, 90 per cent. June drop medium to heavy. Very 

 favorable weather. Pears, 9 per cent; peaches 93 per cent; plums, 

 75 per cent; grapes, 75 per cent. 



COLORADO — Apples, 83 per cent. June drop medium. Eighty 

 per cent crop compared with July 1, 1913. Pears, 85 per cent; plums, 

 77 per cent; grapes, 90 per cent. 



MONTANA — 'Apples, 50 per cent. Heavy June drop of apples. 

 Weather unfavorable. Pears, 40, per cent; peaches, 25 per cent; plums, 

 80 per cent. 



WYOMING — Apples, 100 per cent. Light June drop. 



SOUTHERN ILLINOIS — Apples crop light. Severe drouth. 

 Peaches medium crop. Pears good. 



We expect to make the August report complete summary of the 

 apple situation, probable yield and prices. We ask your hearty 

 cooperation in furnishing data. — July "Horticulture". 



