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and again, orchards on bottom lands show more damage to 

 trees and fruits than on hillsides and higher plateaus, while 

 orchards located well up on mountain sides are reported as- 

 having sustained no damage whatever to either tree or fruit. 



On July 23, 1899, the following report was issued on the 



world's yield of fruit. 



Some months ago this board entered into correspondence 

 with the experiment stations, state boards of horticulture^ 

 horticultural societies, and principal fruitgrowers and dealers 

 throughout the United States, as well as the American consuls 

 in all the various fruitgrowing districts in China, Japan, 

 England, France, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Hun- 

 gary, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, and Holland, for the purpose 

 of ascertaining the condition of the various fruits throughout 

 the world, possible markets either at home or abroad, and 

 what fruits and quantities our fruitgrowers would likely come 

 into competition with. 



We have received over six hundred replies from which the 

 following tabular statements were compiled, and will prove 

 valuable to the grower, the dealer, and shipper alike : 



apples. 



Arkansas reported early in the season a good prospect for 

 a full crop, but fruit has dropped badly since, and now they 

 do not expect over fifty per cent, of a normal crop. 



Connecticut, half crop. 



Illinois, half crop. 



Iowa, sixty per cent, of a normal crop. 



Kansas, only thirty per cent., though prospects were very 

 favorable early in the season. 



Missouri looked for the largest crop ever had, now reports 

 scarcely thirty per cent. 



Michigan still reports sixty per cent, of a full crop. 



Ohio also reports sixty per cent., but fruit small and of 

 inferior quality. ' 



Vermont, forty per cent. 



These states represent the large apple-growing districts, 

 showing Michigan in the lead. 



California has two apple-growing districts, and reports fair 

 prospects, with a probable shipment of one thousand cars. 



