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Louisiana. — Concordia : Fruit prospects very promisiilg. Washington : Prospect tolera- 

 ble. East Baton Rouge : Large and promising crops. 



T^XKS.-- Henderson : Apples never better ; January cold weather killed half the peach- 

 trees, and left the remainder in bad condition. IFood : Apples shortened by worms. Kendall: 

 Greatly injured by a hail-storm. Bandera : Late frosts killed three-fourths of the apples and 

 peaches. Austin : Peaches injured by dry, cold winds. 



Arkansas. — Boone : Apples and peaches frost-killed. Benton : Apples and peaches badly 

 injured by cold. WasJdngton : Very few apples or peaches, hard : Half crop of apples ; 

 other fruits mostly killed. Saint Francis : Peach-crops good, but late ; apples considerably 

 damaged by caterpillars. Van Buren : Fruit mostly frost-killed ; what escaped is indiffer- 

 ent. Jefferson: Prospects remarkably good. Stone : Apples and peaches killed by late 

 frosts. Arkansas : Apples good ; peaches extraordinarily large and fine. 



Tennessee. — Putnam : The spring freeze thinned out the apples to about a good crop, 

 which is very promising ; peaches mostly killed. Jefferson : Fruit a failure. Dickson r 

 Late frosts made a clean sweep of apples and peaches. Grainger: Small fruits abundant. 

 Lauderdale : Late frost killed two-thirds of peaches and apples. Sullivan : Fruits badly 

 injured by April freezes. Bedford : Frosts in April killed nearly all the fruit. Trousdale : 

 Very few apples or peaches. Sequatchie : Apple and peach bloom full, but frosts have cut 

 off the crop one-half. Warren : Summer apples and peaches a failure ; fall and winter ap- 

 ples injured; loss estimated as high as $100,000 in the county. Lawrence: Apples and 

 peaches all killed. Lincoln : April cold-snap destroyed the fruit. Blount : Apples half 

 average bloom and afterward depleted by frosts ; peaches full bloom and mostly frost- 

 killed. Hawkins : Fruit mostly killed in bloom. Sevier : Fruit failed ; no peaches except ia 

 a few mountain-gorges. Knox: Fruit mostly frost-killod. Greene: Few apples and still 

 fewer peaches. Faijette : Fruit greatly frost-killed ; apples worse than peaches. Carter : 

 A large apple and peach bloom killed by spring frosts. 



West Virginia. — Marion : Badly injured in April. Monroe : A fine promise of fruit 

 ruined by frost April 16 ; trees more or less injured; sweet-cherry-trees fatally. Raleigh: 

 Total failure of fruit. IVayne : Apples and pears mostly destroyed by cold weather, April 

 16 and 17. Braxton : Badly frost-killed. Fayette : Freeze of April 16 and 17 killed nearly 

 all the apple-bloom ; small fruit and grapes badly injured ; tame raspberries generally 

 killed down to within a few inches of the ground, except where they had been covered ; we 

 will have only small fruits this year. Harrison : Apples a failure and peaches but little 

 better. Jackson : Severe April Aveather killed most of t^e apple-bloom and much of the 

 peach-wood. Boone : Fruit killed except a few apples. Cabell : A few late apples only. 

 Barbour : Apples, cherries, and peaches killed. Nichols : All killed by April frost. Pendle- 

 ton : All destroyed. Mason: Poor prospect. Upshur: Apples and peaches frost-killed. 

 Preston : Destructive frosts. Mercer : Nearly all the fruit killed. 



Kentucky. — Clinton : All of the peaches and most of the apples killed ; some apples that 

 had not bloomed may escape. Jefferson : Severe cold destroyed nearly all the fruit-buds. 

 Anderson: Severe weather in April very destructive ; fine promise of fruit blasted. Boyle: 

 All sorts of fruit killed by the April freeze ; even the blackberries were cut off. Edmonson : 

 All forward fruits badly injured. Logan : Apples will not average more than fifteen or 

 twenty to the tree; peaches, five or six ; no plums or cherries. Mason : Small fruits toler- 

 able ; others a failure. Breckinridge : Apples and peaches badly frosted. Butler : Apples 

 about a fifth of a crop ; peaches still less ; a few plums and cherries ; grapes one-fourth of a 

 crop. Lincoln : Fruit-crop not worth notice. Metcalfe : Few apples and no peaches. 

 GuUatin : All fruits failed except blackberries. Graves : Half the apples killed ; the rest 

 doing well ; three-fourths of the peaches killed. Greenup : Apples and peaches mostly de- 

 stroyed. Henry: All kinds of fruit destroyed. Callaicay : Fruit mostly destroyed. Larue: 

 Apples and peaches mostly killed. Owsley : Fruit all killed. 



Ohio. — Williams: Apples largely killed ; peaches seldom make a crop. Hocking : Ymit 

 mostly killed. Jackson : April cold-snap made a clean sweep of fruit. Medina : Apples 

 overbore last year, and would have had a light crop this year without any frost ; it had but 

 little damage to do ; other fruits badly injured. Vinton : Fruit injured by the hard freeze. 

 Coshocton : Apples and peaches failed ; there will be some cherries ; plums and grapes a 

 full crop. Hancock : Apples badly frosted. Mercer : Fruit nearly all killed. Richland : 

 Apples and peaches mostly winter-killed. Tuscarawas : Apples and peaches a failure. 

 Ashland : Apples and peaches a complete failure ; pears a shade better ; grapes very prom- 

 ising. Belmont : Greatest fruit-failure on record. Craicford : All winter-killed except some 

 grapes and currants. Highland : No fruit except currants and gooseberries. Brown : Not 

 an apple or peach blossom ; winter destructive ; many peach-trees killed. Carroll : 

 Apples and peaches a failure. Delaicare : Fruit an entire failure. Jefferson : Apples and 

 peaches mostly winter-killed ; not over 10 per cent, of average bloom. Sandusky : No 

 peaches ; most of the trees killed. Pike : Only a few late apples ; no peaches. Lucas : 

 Very few peaches. Athens : No apples or peaches ; peach-trees generally injured. 



Michigan. — Lapeer : Peaches all killed by cold weatlier. Hillsdale : Peaches failed. 

 Ottawa : Peach-buds mostly killed ; trees injured. Saginaic : Apples damaged ; peaches 

 killed. Van Buren : No fruit except a small amount at South Haven ; grapes much injured. 

 Tuscola : Peaches almost nothing. Barry : Peach-trees killed down to the ground ; very 



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