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by 106; Delaware, 105 ; West Virginia, 100; in all the other States it 
is below 100. North Carolina, 60; Pennsylvania and Ohio, 62; Mlincis, 
63; California, 70; Indiana, 72. The remainder range between 77, 
(Tennessee,) and 98, (Oregon.) yeAL 
Strawberries.—The average condition of strawberries was, in Ne- 
Draska, 127; Delaware, 125; Oregon, 113; Kansas, 106; Maryland and 
Alabama, 104; Mississippi, 101; Arkansas and Minnesota, 100. In the 
remaining States the range was from 61 in New Jersey to 96 in Cali- 
‘fornia. 
MaInx.—Androscoggin: Apples did not blossom largely, and almost: all blighted: 
‘Grapes have put,out well. Oxford: Apples looking well; in many places caterpillars 
abundant. Aroostook: Apples, plums, and cherries never looked more promising. 
VERMONT.—Grand Isle: Small fruits good, but apples and pears begin to fall. 
MASSACHUSETTS.—Norfolk : Apples very few and more than commonly affected by 
insect bites. Peaches in many cases winter-killed, and but little fruit. Grapes winter- 
killed in some cases. 
New Yor«k.--Niagara: One per cent. of an average crop is a high estimate for 
the peach-crop. Rensselaer: Apples and pears dropping off. Steuben: Grapes 
are setting very full. Apples do not promise a full crop. Cattaraugus: Fruit 
injured while in blossom by frosts. Wyoming: Apples not promising; crop will be 
short. Grapeslooking well. Strawberries have done well. JZrie: The crop of apples, 
pears, and cherries is large. 
NrEw JERSEY.—Sussex: Apples not plentiful, and peaches and grapes very scarce. 
Most of the trees and vines suffered severely last winter, many being killed down to 
the ground. The strawberry-crop ruined by the drought. Mercer: Fruit will be 
about a failure in some parts of the county owing to the severe drought. Burlington : 
Peaches reported 50 in part of the county; none at all in this section. Poor crop of 
cherries, Morris: Apples set quite full; are falling off considerably. Think the wood 
was injured last winter by freezing. No peaches of any consequence on low land; fair 
erop on high land, but falling off very much. A good crop of pears. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Wyoming : Peach-trees nearly all killed last winter and grapes 
mostly frozen down to the ground. Snyder: The peach-trees and grape-vines have all 
been frozen. Butler: Apples reduced to one-fourth of a crop by the effects of the dry 
weather. Peaches nearly all winter-killed. York: Fruit of all kinds will be enough 
to satisfy all reasonable demands, except peaches, which are a failure. Lancaster: 
Fruit-crop very short, without exception, and peaches a total failure. Clearfield: Apples 
a great show of blossoms, but the fruit rather light. Washington: No peaches worth 
mentioning. Lehigh: No peaches except a few on elevations cf about 900 feet above 
tide-water; in lower localities no blossoms appeared; grapes shared the same fate, 
except those laid down and protected. Fayette: The peach-buds were nearly all killed, 
and in many instances the trees badly injured by the severe cold of last winter; grape- 
crop light from the same cause. Hrie: Peaches and grapes killed by the hard winter. 
Beaver: But few peach-trees survived last winter’s freezing. Cameron: Grapes will 
not be more than half a crop; bugs are destroying them. Juzerne: Fruit scarce. In- 
diana: But little fruit of any kind; apples are failing off. Jefferson: Peaches all killed 
by frost. 
MARYLAND.— Dorchester : The acreage in strawberries is seven times what it was 
last year, but the fruit not over double, on account of the dry weather. Peaches are 
falling off the trees badly, and what promised a full crop last month may not yield over 
half a crop. Grapes are extremely promising where intelligently cultivated. This 
section appears to be peculiarly adapted to them. ent : No cherries in the county. 
Yrreinia.—Spotisylvania : Very many apples have fallen from the trees. The peach- 
erop is extra large; grapes veryfine. Sussex: A great falling off inapplesand peaches, 
owing probably to two or three severe frostsin May last. Small fruits are attracting more 
attentionthan heretofore. Orange: Grape-culture promises to become within afew years 
aleading industry of thecounty. Chesterfield: Very small percentage of apples clinging 
to the trees. A very, heavy crop of cherries and plums. Peaches very fine and with 
prospectof paying well. Princess Anne: The fruit-crop, especially peaches, bids fair to 
be larger than ever known in the county. Apples will be short. "Greenville : Apples 
blossomed and set very full, but the cold, wet weather caused them to fall of so that 
now very many trees are without any. Peaches about in the same condition. Floyd : 
The fruit-crop not.so promising now as last month. Apples very defective ; at least one- 
fourth of the entire crop are falling off prematurely. Fuirfax : Peaches have gener- 
ally failed. Fauquier: Grapes promise a heavy crop. Southampton: Apples in good 
condition, but the crop very small. A fine and large crop of peaches. Alexandria > 
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