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and rotting badly in heavy soils. JVashington : Large white grubs have destroyed 

 ■whole fields ; in some towns rust has checked the crop in midgrowtb. Rensselaer : 

 Better than for years. £nV; Large crop. Orange: Very promising. Sullivan: Extra 

 good. 



New Jersey. — Atlantic : Beetle did immense damage. Mercer : A large crop not- 

 withstanding the attacks of the beetle. Sussex : Very much injured by the beetle. 

 Burlington : Early Rose very fine ; later varieties injured more by the beetle. Salem : 

 Early yielded very well ; beetle very destructive on late. Camden : Late potatoes 

 suflered very much from the beetle. Warren : Early Rose yields well ; other varieties 

 not so well. 



Pennsylvania. — XortTiamjiton : Eaten by the bugs ; a poor yield feared. Westmore- 

 land: Very fine notwithstanding the injury from the beetle. Armstrong : Continue to 

 thrive and are abundant. Cambria : Remarkably fine, but threatened with rot. Clear- 

 field: A very large acreage promising a heavy yield. Beaver: Rotting. Indiana: The 

 largest crop for years and of good quality. Sullivan : Not a better prospect once in a 

 decade. Lycoming : Fine and large yield. Northumberland : The crop unusually large 

 and fine. 



Maryland. — Caroline: Still troubled with the beetles. Sweet-potatoes will yield 

 largely. Prince George : The beetles ruined many fields ; those who saved their vines 

 expect a fine crop. Washington : Crop will be large. 



ViRGiNU.. — Chesterfield : Irish, above average ; sweet, too wet, but may rally. Char- 

 lotte : Early, splendid; not much attention paid to late kinds. Northampton: Sweet- 

 potato crop injured by too frequent rains. Princess Anne: The largest crop of sweet- 

 potatoes ever planted, but in bad condition, owing to the wet weather. Highland : 

 A luxuriant growth. King and Queen : Look fine — both kinds. Buchanan : Excellent 

 crop, notwithstanding the numerous beetles. 



North Carolina. — Anson : Both kinds fine in quantity and quality. Haywood : 

 Season favorable. Alamance: Very fine. Caldwell: Irish injured by wet weather. 



South Carolina. — Georgetown : The rain too late for potatoes ; sweet-potatoes will 

 be very short. 



Georgia. — Douglas : Sweet, fine prospect. Terrell : Have been benefited by the 

 rains. Columbia : Sweet, helped by recent rains. Fierce : Improved by recent rains. 

 Dooly : Doing finely. Liberty: Promising. Elbert: Sweet, good. Butts; Sweet, af- 

 fected with something like rust — new with us — which has been very destructive. 



Florida. — Gadsden : The August rains have brought up the crop of Irish potatoes to 

 a full average. 



Alabama. — Lauderdale : Sweet, fine. Montgomery : Sweet, have improved greatly 

 since' the rains. Butler: Sweet, very seriously injured by the summer drought. Cal- 

 houn : Early Irish, good ; late, a failure, owing to drought, which affects sweet-potatoes. 

 Conecuh : Prospect of more than an average crop. 



Mississippi. — Pike: Sweet, very fiue. Sinith : Excellent. Wayne: The crop of sweet- 

 potatoes will not be as large as last year, owing to drought. Panola : Sweet, promising 

 well. Jefferson : Fine crop. 



Louisiana.— i^ra/ifc/i'M ; Frequent rains in August have materially advanced the con- 

 dition of sweet-potatoes. Madison: Irish, all gathered ; best crop for five years ; sweet, 

 very fine. 



Texas. — De Witt: Sweet, badly set back by drought .• Washington: Sweet, cut short 

 by drought nearly one half. Eusk : Sweet, growing luxuriantly. Wood : Greatly re- 

 vived by recent rains. Angelina : The first crop of Irish potatoes did well ; the second 

 crop just planted. Burnet: Sweet, suft'ering for rain. Medina: Injured by the drought. 

 Somervell : Sweet, crop 200 per cent, over that of 1873 or 1874. Bed River : Early Rose, 

 very productive ; sweet, good. Jasper: Too dry for potatoes, until recently ; but two 

 months yet to grow and mature in. 



Arkansas. — Garland : Sweet, helped by recent rains ; late Irish potatoes afflicted 

 by dry-rot in the center. Drew : Sweet, never before so fine. Crawford : Benefited by 

 the late rains almost beyond measure. Howard : Irish, rotted badly. 



Tennessee. — Grundy : Promise of a good crop. Greene : Irish, excellent ; sweet, 

 promising. Wilson : Irish, splendid ; sweet, fine, but needing rain. 



West Virginia. — Never better. Braxton : Both Irish and sweet promise to be very 

 large, and a large yield. Mason : Promise of a large yield. Cabell : Early plantings 

 good; late planted do not promise well. Wayne: Much injured on low land by high 

 water, but the crop left is the largest ever grown. 



Kentucky. — Daviess : Irish, rotted in the ground badly. Clinton : Fine. Gallatin : 

 Irish, extraordinarily large and fine crop. 



Ohio. — Trumbull : Unprecedented in quantity and quality, unless the continued rains 

 cause them to rot in the ground. Miami : By far the largest crop ever grown in the 

 county. Adams : Rotted a little in the wettest ground, but generally saved. Monroe : 

 AVill double the quantity of any crop for ten years. Coshocton: A full crop. Delaware: 

 Increased acreage and an enormous yield. Hancock : Largest crop ever grown. Van 

 Wert: Promised well, but the rot is destroying them largely. Geauga: The most prom- 



