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the kernel is a little more flinty tlian some other varieties. The aspar- 

 agus seed has doue exceedingly well ; so also the blood-red beet. 



Shainiee County, Kansas. — Ta])pahanuock wheat received from the 

 Department has yielded 30 l)ushels per acre; quality equal to the seed 

 received. 



Auglaize County, Ohio. — Tappahannock wheat partially failed this 

 season, on account of rust ; ])reviously it has had a good reputation. 



Carroll County, III. — The Tappahanock wheat failed from not being 

 hardy enough to endure the severity of our winters. The Polish, winter 

 wheat was sufficiently hardy, but matured too late to escape rust. The 

 Schonen oats were destroyed by the rust. They were sown late, and 

 the failure may be owing to this. 



CEANBEREIES. 



Ocean County, N'. J. — Cranberries, wliich are an important crop in 

 this county, are a partial failure. Many of the parks are affected by 

 scald, worms, grasshoppers, or a stinted growth, so that there will be 

 not more than two-thirds of a crop. 



Atlantic County, N. J. — Cranberries have been badly scalded on most 

 three year-old meadows ; on old meadows the crop is very fine. 



Xorfolh County, Mass. — Heavy frosts. Cranberries have suffered ; 

 more than half the crop destroyed. 



Tyrell County, W. C. — The cranberries growing wild in the swamps 

 and marshes of this county are very fine, the berries large and full. 



Portage County, ^¥is. — Cranberry lands are advancing greatly in jirice ; 

 the x)rofits of the business are said to be very large. 



HOPS. 



Madison County, N. Y. — Very few of first quality raised, lice having 

 destroyed the vines. First quality are selling at 50 to CO cents per 

 X^ound. 



Oneida County, JV. Y.— Crop harvested about one-third as large as last 

 year, and quality very poor. Some of the best cultivated yards not 

 harvested, while others have yielded not more than 300 to 400 pounds 

 to the acre. Causes, lice and mold. Prices range from 30 to 60 cents 

 per pound, according to quality. 



FranJclin County, N. Y. — Crop reported too high, in Sei)tember. It 

 will not exceed two-fifths of a crop. 



Outagamie County, Wis. — Tlie cultivation of hops has very much de- 

 creased ; three-fourths of the yards have been plowed up for other crops. 



SAPFKON. 



Madison County, N. Y. — Saffron is raised here in small quantities for 

 commercial purposes. Last year it sold at $4 to $6 per jiouud. Pres- 

 ent price 81 to $L 50 per pound, offered by speculators. 



MUSTAED. 



Monterey County, Cal. — In Castroville, in this county, this year, Mr. 

 J. J. Heating raised 83,173 pounds of mustard-seed on sixty acres of 

 land. • 



SERICULTURE. 



Tooele County, Utah. — Our mulberry iilantations are doing finely; we 

 expect to raise quite a number of silk-worms this season. 



