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scanty apple-bloom. Ottawa : Only the hardiest apple-trees living ; no peaches. Washte- 

 naw : Fruit-trees badly killed. Allegan: Fruit-crops mostly ruined. Antrim: Fruit se- 

 verely injured ; Baldwin apples frosted. Manistee: Three-fourths of the peach-trees killed ; 

 pears also suffered, but other fruits are very promising; pears considerably blighted. Ma- 

 son : Peach-trees mostly destroyed. Shiawassee : Scanty apple-bloom ; no peaches. Char- 

 lecoix : Fruit killed ; cherry and apple trees injured to a great extent. 



Indiana. — Madison : No fruit except a few currants and cherries ; peach-trees mostly 

 winter-killed. Dearborn: Frost made a clean sweep of apples and other fruits; half the 

 strawberries and most of the blackberries killed. Howard: Few apples, and no peaches ; 

 small fruits generally killed. Jennings : Fruit a failure, except grapes and a few late apples and 

 pears. Fruitkilled April 16 and 17. Shelby: No apples or peaches ; small fruit scarce. IVash- 

 ingon : Apples and peaches nearly all killed. Dubois: Apple-bloom large, but fruit dropping. 

 Gibson: All sorts will be scarce. Harrison: Badly injured by frost; a few apples ; pears 

 and peaches nearly all killed. Tippecanoe : Fruit prospect poor. Jasper : Some kinds of 

 apples bloomed well, but are fruiting poorly. White: Poor fruit-crops. Hendricks: No fruit. 

 Montgomery : Fruit badly frosted ; mostly a failure. Wells : Peaches nearly all killed ; 

 few apples or cherries. Franklin: Apples and peaches a failure ; many trees killed. Foun- 

 tain : Apple-trees put out considerable bloom, but the fruitage is almost nothing ; no pears 

 or peaches ; many peach and cherry trees killed. Carroll : Many apple-trees killed. Ful- 

 ton : But little fruit. 



Illinois. — Iroquois : Fruit will be very scarce. Vermillion : Few apples and no peaches. 

 Cook : Apples linjured by four years of drought. Pope : Apples and peaches mostly frost- 

 killed. Mercer : Peaches all killed; Morello cherries, a moderate bloom ; pears half a crop ; 

 apples differ according to their varieties ; small fruits moderate. McLean : Apple-bloom 

 light, but fruitage fair. Bureau : Winter apples very few. Jasper : Three-fourths of the apples 

 and peaches failed. Johnson : Peach bloom heavy, but two-thirds killed by frost. Pulaski : 

 Fruit injured by hail. Shelby : Very little fruit. Franklin: Fruit very scarce. Fayette: 

 Apples half a crop ; peaches scarce. Mason : Apple-bloom good, but fruitage small. 



Wisconsin. — Juneau : Apples and pears mostly destroyed by frosts early in May. Col- 

 umbia : Long, cold winter killed many fine fruit-trees. Dodge: Apple-trees suffered greatly 

 the last two winters. Washington: Small apple-crop. Calumet: Fruit-trees badly injured 

 by th'te severe winter. Waupaca : Last winter was very severe on fruit-trees ; whole orchards 

 killed ; only crab-apples stood the test unharmed. 



Minnesota. — Martin : Wild plums successfully cultivated ; better than the tame va- 

 rieties. 



Iowa. — Muscatine : Apple-crop almost a failure ; cherry and fruit trees dead in large num- 

 bers. VanBuren: Grapes and berries promise an abundant crop ; several varieties of cherries 

 damaged. Cerro Gordo : But one peach-tree bloomed in the county. Fremont : Apples, 

 peaches, and cherries entirely failed. Hardin : Apples bloomed well, but blighted badly. 

 Harrison : Scanty apple-bloom but promising fruitage. Jefferson : Peaches winter-killed. 



Missouri. — Caldwell : Fair prospect for apples ; fair show of peaches in sheltered locali- 

 ties, but the trees were generally injured severely by the hard winter. Macon : Good pros- 

 pect of apples ; no peaches. Knox: Peaches winter-killed. Perry: Apples bloomed fully, 

 but early varieties were frost-killed ; peaches mostly killed ; small fruits promising. Stod- 

 dard : Peaches mostly frost- killed. Bates: Peaches and apples taken by grasshoppers. 

 Daviess : Peaches winter-killed ; many trees destroyed. Montgomery : Almost a total fail- 

 ure of apples and peaches. Callaway : Abundant bloom, but fruitage largely taken by 

 frost ; apples and pears have dropped off, but grapes look well ; vines full. Crawford : 

 But little bloom. Pemiscot : Peaches frosted, April 16. Nodaicay : Young apples falling. 

 Maries : Generally frost-killed. Taney : Peaches mostly frost-killed. 



Kansas. — Douglas: Peaches promise a partial crop ; apples almost a failure; cherries 

 bloomed full, but show little fruit ; grapes cut by the grasshoppers. Butler : Peaches promise 

 a large crop. Washington : No peaches and few apples. Lincoln : Fruit-trees so damaged 

 by grasshojjpers last year that they have not bloomed this spring ; all of last year's 

 growth of wood was destroyed. Republic : Peaches all dead, as well as nearly all the new- 

 set orchards. Sedgicick : Grasshoppers last year destroyed this year's peaches. Marion: 

 Peach-trees largely winter- killed. Nemaha : Fruit-trees and vines largely injured by 

 drought and grasshoppers last year. Greenicood : Trees injured by grasshoppers last year. 

 Montgomery: Apples destroyed by grasshoppers last year. Atchison: General failure. Ne- 

 osho : No fruit ; foliage and young growth of last year destroyed by grasshoppers. 



California. — Mariposa: All sorts failed except grapes. Santa Clara : Frost has short- 

 ened all stone-fruit crops ; cold winds injurious. Alameda : Badly frosted. Contra Costa : 

 Apples and plums, half a crop ; pears and peaches, three-fourths ; apricots, very few. 

 Kern : Fruit mostly killed by late frost. Butte : Most of the fruit frost-killed. Tuolumne : 

 Apples and pears, a fourth of a crop; other fruits destroyed. Amador: Late frosts destruc- 

 tive to fruit in bloom ; grapes, being still later, escaped, and promise a fine crop. Stanislaus : 

 Frost killed half the apples, three-fourths of the peaches, and all the apricots. 



Oregon. — Clackamas : Lawton blackberries injured by frost. Grant : Peach-blossoms 

 killed by extreme cold winter ; trees injured. Douglas : Peaches all killed ; other fruits 

 promising. 



