REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



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PROBABLE AVAILABLE QUANTITIES IX CARLOAD LOTS. 



Berries of all kinds are reported a full crop from every sec- 

 tion. 



It will be observed by comparing the table of percentage of 

 fruits of a normal crop with the table of the actual output, or 

 amounts available in carload lots for commercial purposes, 

 there is quite a difference, which is caused by the report from 

 some section giving the highest percentages not being shipping 

 points, and the observations are made from small orchards and 

 holdings for home suppl}' only, these orchards being mixed 

 A'arieties, in most cases, and the failure of one or the other 

 kinds are not being figured. This same table further shows 

 in all districts given that there will be plenty of fruit for home 

 consumption, and therefore the fruit crop cannot be considered 

 a total loss, as has been reported. Many factors, however, 

 enter into tlie total or partial failure of fruits this year in one 

 or the other locality, which must be taken into consideration, 

 and it is not altogether chargeable to the cold wave which 

 passed all over the United States — from the Atlantic seaboard 

 to the sunny shores of the Pacific — in February, damaging as 

 it was to tree and fruits alike ; nor to the unseasonable climatic 

 condition which has existed since, such as orchards planted 

 on lands not adapted to fruit culture, ai^d in other instances, 

 extra heavy crops borne by some varieties last summer, nota- 

 bly apples and pears, and consequent failure to set fruit buds 

 for the year. 



From the various reports received, other deductions are to 

 be made ; for instances, orchards with southern exposures ; 



