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poor condition. Bedford: Apples and peaches a failure, except in a few localities on 
the hills. Bradley: All fruit generally cut off by a frost April 25. Grainger : Fruit is 
a failure, but on the high “ knobs” we have some apples and peaches. Sevier: Have 
never before seen so complete a failure of fruit. Dickinson: The late frost killed nearly 
all the apples |peaches, pears, and plums, and greatly damaged all the smaller fruit. 
Humphrey: Fruit almost a failure. Morgan: The heavy frost in April blighted the 
fruit. Hentress: No apples or peaches to speak of; small fruit good. 
WEsT VirGinia.—Monroe: Rose-bug rather troublesome on fruit-trees. Mercer: 
Apples, peaches, &c., were badly destroyed by frosts. Pleasants: The leaves of apple- 
trees are turning yellow, and the fruit dropping off. Barbour: Peach-crop an entire 
failure. MLaleigh: Light crop of apples; very few peaches. Boone: Peaches winter- 
killed; apples look well. 
Kentucky.—Daveiss: A severe freeze, late in May, did much damage to fruit in 
many localities ; killed nearly all the grapes, but the vines put out again with a pros- 
pect of one-fourth of a crop. Adair: Fruit killed by frost. Jefferson: The only fail- 
ing fruits are pears and strawberries. Lawrel: Apples nearly all killed by late frosts ; 
no peaches. Butler: Apples a total failure; peaches almost a failure. Fayette: Fruit 
generally a fair crop. Hardin: Apples and peaches almost an entire failure. Taylor: 
Fruit crop a failure. Logan: The late April frost destroyed all fruits except on a few 
high hills. Owsley: Not half a crop of apples and scarcely any peaches. 
Out0o.—Meigs: Apples and peaches dropping off badly. Noble: A fair crop of apples 
if nothing happens. oss: Peaches a failure. Franklin: Fruits, both tree and small, 
suffered by the extreme cold of last winter. JZorain: Grapes, winter killed. Marion : 
Grapes largely killed by the winter. Vinton: Owing to the frosts in April and May 
no fruit except grapes and a few apples. Coshocton: Peach-crop a total failure. 
Crawford: Peaches all killed ; great bulk of grape-vines killed and crop almost noth- 
ing. Otlawa: Ouly a few scattering peaches. Holmes: Peaches all winter-killed; - 
grapes and pears promise an abundant crop. Hancock: So large a crop of apples 
never known here before; they have to be knocked off in order to save the trees. 
Athens: The apple-crop almost a failure; no peaches. Allen: A large proportion of 
the grapes killed by the very cold winter. 
Micnican.—Van Buren: The severe winter nearly destroyed peaches and grapes; 
apples falling off. Cass: A pinching drought in June made havoe of the apple and 
strawberry crop. Clinton: Apple-trees badly damaged by the severe winter; many 
killed; apple-crop small. Hillsdale: Apples fair; peaches winter-killed. Manistee: 
Very few peaches; grapes look well; strawberries plenty. Shiawassge: But few ap- 
ples; peach-trees mostly killed by the severe winter. Tuscola: A limited supply of 
fruit; no peaches. Washtenaw: Many peach-trees killed by the hard winter. Benzie: 
The severe winter killed many of the peach-trees. Lapeer: The winter killed a large 
part of the peach-trees, and damaged grapes. Livingston: Apples all drying up on the 
trees. Monroe: The exceedingly cold winter killed nearly all the peach-trees, and 
injured a good many grape-vines.. Newaygo: Many trees that blossomed full have 
dropped all their fruit, and most of the others have but a light crop. Antrim: The 
curculio is stinging our pluins. 
InpDIANA.— Ripley : No apples; no peaches, and the grape-vines were badly damaged 
in the winter; strawberries, also, damaged very much. Shelby: Apples falling off 
continually ; have not heard of a peach in the county; atleast 50 per cent. of the trees 
killed by the winter. Dubois: Peach-crop very short and falling off the trees. Kos- 
ciusko: Peach-trees nearly all winter-killed. J’lcyd: Peaches very plenteous in some 
localities, and in some none. Hamilton: Peaches all killed, and the trees a good deal 
injured ; a large per cent. of the grape-vines were killed. Newton: The unprecedented 
‘winter did considerable damage to fruit-trees and grape-vines. Pike: Peaches in good 
condition, but the quantity not more than 20 per cent. Franklin: Apples dropped off 
badly ; not many left; no peach-blossoms; trees injured by winter; general failure in 
fruits. Howard: Fruit a partial failure. Morgan: Apples amount to but little; 
peaches to nothing; grape-vines nearly all winter-killed. 
Iiuinors.— Morgan : Fruit nearly an entirefailure. Bureau: Apples average in con- 
dition, but not over one-fourth of acropin quantity ; a tenth of the trees killed or badly 
injured by the winter. Madison: Summer apples a full average ; winter apples not half a 
crop. Nopeaches. Sangamon: Fruit crop very light; grapes mostly frozen to the ground, 
but making fine growth for next year. Champaign: Peach-trees nearly all killed ; apple 
and pear trees badly injured. Clark : The apple, pear, cherry, and plum crop nearly 
all blasted. Peach-trees badly winter-killed. Jersey : Peaches and small fruits a fail- 
ure ; apples and pears knotty and wormy; Concord grape-vines heavy bunches ; 
other kinds a failure. Washington : Apples more than half stung by the cureulio; 
falling off. Peaches all killed by the hard winter ; trees nearly all killed. Winnebago : 
Canker-worm destroying nearly one-third of the orchards in this vicinity. Whiteside : 
Indications are that the apple-worm will bring the crop down to one-fourth. Straw- 
berries pretty much winter-killed. Carroll: The past winter very destructive to fruit- 
trees. Clinton: Eight-tenths of the peach-trees dead, and one-tenth of the apple-trees 
