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cifed remark. In the Middle, Southern, and Western States generally 

 the climatic conditious were very unfavorable. The severity of the 

 winter not only destroyed the fruit-germs, but also the trees. The cold 

 snap in the spring enlarged the scope of this injury, and heavy late 

 frosts in many places destroyed what had survived the winter. In some 

 cases it is noted that plums stood the severity of the season better than 

 other sorts of fruit. In other cases only the hardy crab-apple remained. 

 Grapes in many cases escaped on account of late blooming, but the 

 vineyards of several counties were greatly depleted by the extreme 

 cold. Small fruits were less severely affected, and are frequently re- 

 puted as producing very luxuriantly. The following is a brief resume 

 of the condition of the apple and peach crops : 



Apples. — The apple-crop suifered severely in all parts of the coun- 

 try. In New England, Vermont reports an average amount of bloom 

 and condition of the fruit on the 1st of June, though the crop was gen- 

 erally late. Several counties in Maine report injuries from carterpillars. 

 The crop-yield promises to be full average in Vermont and Ehode Island, 

 but in the other States below ; Connecticut will gather about two-thirds 

 of a crop. 



In the Middle States the fullest bloom was in Delaware, but the best 

 promise of a crop, as inferred from the condition of the fruit, is in 

 New Jersey. In many counties there will be a great scarcity of this 

 fruit. 



The same depressing influence marks the crop in the States along the 

 Atlantic coast. 



The amount of bloom was from 2 to 20 per cent, below average in 

 the Atlantic-coast States, but the crop grows poorer as the latitude 

 decreases. The condition was but 10 per cent, below average in Mary- 

 land, while in South Carolina it is depreciated about 70 per cent. ; in 

 Georgia, however, it loses but 25 per cent. 



In the Gulf States, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas report an amount 

 of bloom full average or above, but in the other States it was below, the 

 minimum, 75 per cent., being in Florida. The condition of the fruit 

 ranged from 77 in Florida to 108 in Texas. 



In the inland Southern States the bloom was average in Arkansas, 

 but declined to 60 in West Virginia. The condition of the fruit varied 

 from 80 in Arkansas to 33 in Kentucky. 



North of the Ohio River, apples seem to have resisted the cold and 

 other depressing influences better in the northern zone of Michigan and 

 Wisconsin than in regions farther south. The average bloom of coun- 

 ties reporting from Ohio did not exceed 25 per cent, of an average, and 

 the condition of the fruit was but 30 per cent. Indiana and Illinois did 

 not suffer so severely, yet they may not expect probably much over a 

 half-crop. Michigan and Wisconsin will realize considerably over three- 

 fourths of an average crop. 



West of the Mississippi the promise is better. The most severe in- 

 jury is reported in Kansas and Nebraska, where the grasshopper, last 

 year, stripped the trees of foliage and of young wood-growth ; yet the 

 two last-named States, if exempted from further visitation, may look for 

 60 per cent, of an average crop. 



On the Pacific coast the crop of California was cut down one-half by 

 the disturbing atmospheric conditions. Oregon, however, presents a con- 

 dition of fruit nearly up to average, while the bloom was 14 per cent, 

 above. 



Peaches. — The late season kept back the small amount of peach- 



