568 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN". 



GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS. 



Prune Crop Situation. 



The Daily Commercial News, May 20th, reports as follows: The present estimates 

 •of the crop at home and abroad in pounds are as follows : 



1912 1913 



California 220,000,000 170,000,000 



Oregon and Washington 10,000.000 30,000,000 



Bosnia-Servia Nothing 100,000,000 



230,000,000 300,000,000 



The California Fruit Grower states that the crop will not exceed 100,000,000 pounds 

 for California and will probably be less. 



Cantaloupe Crop in Imperial Valley and Mexico. 



There are many conflicting reports relative to the cantaloupe crop in the Imperial 

 Valley and the following is taken from several. The total acreage in California is 

 approximately 6,000 acres; in Mexico 800. It is believed that 3,000 refrigerator 

 car.s will be shipped out from California alone at a cash value of $2,335,000. This 

 is the best year the industry has ever known. 



The Pacific Northwest. 



The Northwestern Fruit Exchange reports the following for May : 

 Apples. 



The damage to apple crops in the Pacific Northwest is almost neglible. Some 

 old trees that bore heavily will have a light crop this year, but the younger orchards 

 will have more, so that the total apple crop promises to be as large as last year. 

 Certain spots in the Yakima Valley lost from 25 per cent to 75 per cent by frost, 

 but it was not general. 



Pears. 



A few pear orchards in the Rogue River Valley, Oregon, were touched with frost 

 but not seriously. 



The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gives the following comparative estimate in car 

 loads for the fruit crops for the season of 1913 : 



Wenatchee Yaldma 



Apples 6,082 2,900 



Apricots 137 



Cherries 47 20 



Grapes 50 



Peaches 432 1,600 



Pears 279 250 



Prunes and Plums 42 125 



Florida Crop Conditions. 



The following estimated conditions on May 1, 1913, with comparisons of the 

 principal crops in Florida, on the basis of 100, representing a normal, is reported by 

 the Crop Reporter of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, May, 1913, as follows: 



Crop May, 1913 May, 1912 May, 1911 



Orange trees 90 96 80 



Lemon trees 90 80 



Lime trees 90 90 80 



Grapefruit 88 98 60 



Peaches 70 85 60 



Pears L 48 60 50 



Strawberries 90 80 80 



Watermelons 84 86 80 



Cantaloupes 81 84 80 



White potatoes 87 84 81 



Cabbages 87 80 79 



Cowpeas 83 83 85 



