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about seven-eighths. The other States, both uorth ami south of the 

 Ohio Itiver, exhibit the same destructive meteorological conditions 

 which so nearly destroyed the apple-crop. The States west of the Mis- 

 sissippi, except Kansas and Nebraska and on the Pacific slope, will 

 average over three-fourths of last year's crop. In the neighborhood of 

 S^lt Lake, Utah, the codling-moth was destructive to this fruit as well 

 as to apples. 



Maine. — Piscataqms : Few appl<;s on the trees, and small in size. York : The froat 

 of September 25 spoiled our grape.s. Waldo : The lightest crop of apples for years. 

 Nkw Hampshire. — Grapes destroyed by early frosts. , 



CONXECTICUT. — Xetv London : Grapes iujured by fi'ost. 



New Yokk. — Queens : All kinds mucti less than last year, especially grapes and 

 pears. Washington : Apples and pears more plentiful than was anticipated, but have 

 not ripened well ; grapes in many of the best yards are nearly a failure, becoming sour, 

 instead of ripening naturally. Steuben : The grape-crop short, from dry and cold 

 weather. Wyoming : Grapes did not ripen ; pears, half crop and blighted. 



New Jersey. — Warren : Very short crop of apples, but good in quality ; the crop of 

 pe:\rs good in product and quality. 



Pennsylvania. — Bedford : Grapes poor in quality ; did not ripen well. Erie : Not 

 over one-tenth the fruit in the county there was last year. Potter : Nearly a full crop 

 of apples. Tioga : A large crop of grapes, but they did not mature well ; a small crop 

 of apples of first-rate quality ; a good crop of pears of fine quality. 



Maryland — Dorchester : Apples abundant. Caroline : Best crop of api)les for years ; 

 pears dropped off before maturing. Prince George : Very few apples. Baltimore : 

 Abundant fruit for home consumption ; grapes a reliable crop of late years. 



Virginia. — Pittsylvania : Grapes promised better than ever before, but rotted before 

 ripening. Page : Our fruit-crop almost an entire failure, owing to frosts in the spring. 

 Dinividdie : Late frosts injured the grapes and nearly destroyed all the apples and 

 pears. Chesterfield : Large yield of pears and good in quality. Washington : Grapes 

 rotted badly. 



North Carolina. — Davie : Grapes very good. The Concords and the Clintons stood 

 the wet weather better than any other varieties. Hertford : The grape-crop very 

 abundant. Choivan : Grapes short ; frost in spring killed the buds, except Scupper- 

 neng, which are fair. 



South Carolina. — Clarendon: Small varieties of grapes rotted badly; the Scup- 

 peruong the only kind that reached an average. 

 Mississippi — Pike: Apples, pears, and grapes very fine. 



Louisiana. — Union : The fruit-crop unusually large, and of superior quality. 

 Texas. — Bed Eivef : Apples and pears improving every year in quantity and quality. 

 Arkansas. — Fulton : Apples and grapes fine. 



Tennessee. — Monroe : Grajies good ; pears almost, and apples quite a failure. Brad- 

 ley : Grapes abundant ; sold at 5 cents. Greene : Grapes yielded largely, but rotted 

 badly. 



West Virginia. — Jefferson: Heavy crop of grapes ; apples and pears light. Mercer: 

 Less fruit than for ten years. 



Kentucky — Lewis : Apples a failure, except on old seedling trees. Meade : The 

 yield of apples much greater than anticipated in the early season, Camphell : The 

 fruit-crop an absolute failure. 



Ohio. — Pickmvay : Apples and other fruit almost a complete failure. PreMe : No 

 apples, and grapes considerably aftected with the rot. Ross : Except two or three va- 

 rieties of grapes, all fruit a total failure. Monroe : Very little fruit ; grapes almost a 

 failure. 



Michigan.— ir«7a?i!fl5oo : Api)les not over half a crop and not of first quality ; grapes 

 much injured by frost. Allegan: A large yield of grapes, but did not ripen well. Lena- 

 wee : The largest apple-crop ever known. Hillsdale : Double the apples expected, 

 aud the quality very fine. A fair yield of grapes, but seriously damaged by frost. 

 Jackson : Grapes more than half frozen on the vines. Livingston : Apples cut short. 

 Leelenaw : Grapes did not ripen well. Newaygo : All kinds of fruit unusually light 

 except grapes. 



Illinois. — Mercer : Grapes did not ripen well. More apples and better than were 

 anticipated. Pike: Apples scarce aud high. De Witt : Apples almost a failure. Grapes 

 in some vineyards matured nicely ; as fine as I ever saw ; in others, not half a mile dis- 

 tant, they began to rot when half grown and not a tithe ripened. I have never seen 

 the like before. Franklin : The grape-crop nearly a total failure from rotting. The 

 apples dropped from the trees and rotted badly. McHenry : Grapes promised well, 

 but were overtaken by frost before maturing, Montgomery : A hail-storm destroyed 

 many of the apples left by the spring frosts. Grapes were badly iujured by the wet 



