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trenie heat in August was not very good for our peach crop. 

 All small fruits, with the exception of strawberries gave a 

 good grade and price and the demand was good for all kinds 

 of fruit. It was never better. 



P. A. Murphy^ Director. 



REPORT FROAl DISTRICT NO. 6. 



COMPRISING IIAMILTOxN, POLK, YORK, RUTLER, AND SEWARD 



COUNTIES. 



I can speak more especially for Hamilton count^^, although 

 I know Seward county crop was quite good. There were a 

 great many apples and some were shipped to New York, some- 

 thing that hasn't happened for a number of years. Taken as a 

 whole we had the best we ever raised. I think the apple belt 

 is moving West. I believe the center of tlie commercial 

 orchards will be found in Hamilton county at the present 

 time. The dry hot weather in August hurt our apple 

 orchards, especially where they were not cultivated, but where 

 they were cultivated they stood the dry hot spell very well. 

 Our peach crop was another failure, outside of the seedlings. 

 Some of those were of a good grade. I think there is no doubt 

 but we had the best grape crop we ever had. They were of a 

 good grade and we got good prices. In regard to the straw- 

 berries there are some grown but there are very few specializ- 

 ing in strawberries. The crop does not cut much of a figure 

 with us. NoAV for myself, I had about half a crop of currants ; 

 I have about a quarter of an acre of currants and I think I 

 had a good half crop. I have some Snyder blackberries. 

 They were the best I ever had. I raised some as fine as a man 

 ever saw. 



