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average, 24 per cent. Oliio is 3 per cent, above average; Wisconsin 4 

 per cent. ; Kansas 8 per cent. Tlie otlier Western States are slightly 

 below average. In all the Western States the chinch-ljng has been very 

 destructive. Of the Southern States, ^Mississippi and Texas i)resent the 

 best shoAving, each being 10 i)er cent, above average. The other States 

 of the South fall below average, owing principally to rust. The aggre- 

 gate crop of the year will probably be a full average. 



FRUIT. 



Frosts in April and May, following the remarkably early opening of 

 spring, greatly lessened the prospect of a good crop of api)les. A short 

 crop is indicated in all the States where they are most largely grown; 

 probably tlie crop will be three-fourths of an average. Peaches have 

 escaped with less damage, and in the States where special attention is 

 given to their culture the yield will be unusually large. In Maryland 

 it is estimated to be a full average ; in New Jersey, S per cent, above ; 

 in Delaware, 40 per cent, above. In South Carolina, the yield is 25 per 

 cent, above average; Georgia, 10; Florida, 10; Alabama, 79; Missis- 

 sippi, 43 ; Louisiana, 47 ; Texas, 24 ; x^rkansas, 8 ; Tennessee, 10 ; Michi- 

 gan, 5 ; Iowa, 2. In all the remaining States the yield is below average. 

 Pears promise well, and plums seem to have suffered less from the cur- 

 culio than in late years. Cherries, strawberries, and other small fruits 

 have been abundant. Grax)es have seldom presented a more favorable 

 prospect. They have met with no serious disaster in any of the grape- 

 growing sections. 



