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beetle. Caroline : Did bettor thau was expected. Princi- George : Late potatoes almost 

 entirely destroyed by the beetle. JJaltiviore: Acreage much reduced, but the crop 

 much better 'than last year. 



Virginia. — Spottsylvania : Large crop, and very fine. King George: The beetle com- 

 pletely ruined neglected croy)s. Elizabeth City : Much above average in quantity and 

 quality. Henrico : Fine. Chexlcrfield : Very heavy yield ; quality good aud size large, 

 some weighings pounds each, ifiiy/t /««(?; Never better. i««crt«fer ; Very good. Wash- 

 ington: Have rotted, especiallj'^ the Peerless. Westmoreland: A good crop of very fine 

 quality. Wilson : Small compared with last year. 



Florida. — Suwannee: The second crop not as good as the first. 



Alabama. — Lauderdale : Good. 



Texas. — Dallas : Yield and quality good. Red Bicer : Abundant ; price 7'> cents. 

 Busk : The second crop promises a fair yield. 



Arkansas. — Fulton : Excellent in yield and quality. 



Tennessee. — Monroe: Good. Bradley: Few, but good. iJZedsoe ; Very good in yield 

 anfl flavor. 



West Virginia. — Bitchie : Rotting to some extent. Braxton : A good crop in yield 

 and quality. Mason : The largest crop ever raised. 



Kentucky. — Nicholas : Larger yield and better quality than last year. • Ousley : 

 Badly injured by the beetle. 



Ohio. — Boss : The largest crop for years. Williams : In yield and quality the best 

 crop ever raised. Many specimens weigh 3 to 4.J pounds. I saw one specimen which 

 weighed 4 pounds and 10 ounces ; selling at 25 cents, and dull at that. Sandusky : The 

 best crop ever known. Fan Jf'ert : Plenty, and very fine; 25 to 35 cents per bushel. 

 Geauga: The most abundant crop ever known ; good quality; in some instances one- 

 half the crop offered for digging. Butler : Late ; very short, and poor in quality. 

 Medina: Only 25 to 30 cents in the county, and in Cleveland market only 30 to 45 

 cents. The Jersey Peach-blows sell for the highest price, and Early Rose the lowest. 

 Monroe : Good ; 25 to 40 cents. Perry : Large crop, of good quality. Delaware : Early 

 Rose very fine; later varieties not so good, Athens ; A very large crop, of fine quality. 

 Trumbull : More plenty, and cheaper than for many years. 



Michigan. — Menominee : Good in quality, but the yield much less than last year. 

 Wexford : Enormous crop. Lapeer : The largest product ever, raised, and the quality 

 remarkably good. Delta : A light crop, and the quality much below par. Tuscola : 

 Extra crop; 25 cents per bushel. Lenawee: The largest crop ever known. Barry: 

 Has not been such a crop in ten years. Jackson : Largely exceeds any previous crop 

 in yield aud quality. Mason : Very good. Antrim : Early Rose first-rate; Peach- blows 

 not ripe. Charlevoix : A great yield, but Peach-blows more or less injured by frost. 

 Newaygo : The best crop ever known in yield and quality ; sell for 20 cents, if lucky 

 enough to find a buyer. Montcalm : A very large crop. Kent: A heavy crop; rot- 

 ted considerable in heavy soil. 



Indiana. — Decatur : Yielded enormously, but rotted before digging. Dubois : Very 

 large crop, but some rotted in the ground. Jasper : The best crop ever known. Mar- 

 shall: Worth 15 to 20 cents, and slow sale at that. Perry : Small crop, of good quality. 



Illinois. — Piatt : Extraordinary crop in both yield and quality. Fulton : The finest 

 crop for many years. Woodford : A very heavy crop. Clinton : First-rate. Pike : Good 

 and cheap. *S'a«</amo?j ; Very abundant. Montgomery: Plenty, the first time for many 

 years, and of excellent quality. Schuyler : I think 250 rather under than over the mark. 

 There is but little demand for potatoes at 15 to 20 cents per bushel. Boone : Very large 

 and tine. Fayette : The finest crop ever raised. Morgan : Very great yield, but of poor 

 quality. 



Wisconsin. — Chippewa : Eai-ly, very good ; many late pieces were not dug. Dodge : 

 Good in yield and quality. Walworth : Large yield, of good quality. Crawford : A big 

 crop. Iowa : Injured by early frosts. 



Minnesota. — Meeker : Remarkable yield. Blue Earth : Plenty, at 15 cents per bushel. 

 Redwood: Excellent in yield and quality. Steele: Large crop. Waseca: Better thau 

 for many years. 



Iowa. — Pocahontas : Excellent in yield and quality. Marion : Rotting to some extent. 

 Harrison : Very fine in yield and quality. Muscatine : The quality decidedly poor.- 

 A peculiar dry black rot has attacked them. Polk : The best crop for many years. 

 I^ottawatomie : Price, 15 to 25 cents per bushel. Linn: S^dendid crop. Scott: Unusu- 

 ally large crop aud very fine. 



Missouri. — Chariton : A large yield, of excellent quality. Greene : The best crop in 

 ten years. €amden : Remarkably fine. Cass : Never a better crop. Neivton : Good 

 yield and fine quality. Lawrence : The Early Rose 50 ytev cent, superior to any crop for 

 five years. 



Kansas. — Miami : The crop wonderful for extent, size, and quality. Mitchell : Peer- 

 less, 400 bushels per acre. Cherokee : The finest crop ever raised. Cowley : Very fine 

 in yield Jind quality. Butler : The crop has scarcely a precedent, making in some 

 instances 200 bushels per acre, of the beat quality, many of the potatoes weigliing moiji 



