449 



Hancock County, loxca. — The eorghum business has been running down for thr©9 years 

 p»Bt ; but there is now more interest, and more will be raised next year. 



Crawford Counti/, Eans. — Increase in quantity 10 per cent.; in quality, 25 per cent. 

 Butler County, Eans, — Better than ever before. 



RICE. 



Mclniofsh County, Ga. — The rice crop on the Altamaha River will be reduced at least 

 one-h,ilf by the freshet and bad weather. 



Georgetown County, S. C. — Rice is the only crop for market in this county. Acreage 

 in 18G8, 12,143; in 1869, 16,100; in 1870, 15,133; and in 1871, 17,439. The crop has 

 been harvested in bad condition ; three-fourths of it was wet upon the stubble. The 

 grain is soft and does not pound well, and requires 20 to 25 per cent, more than prime 

 rice to the tierce of 600 pounds. Prime rough takes 19 to 21 bushels to the tierce. 

 The crop of this county thus far requires 23 to 27 bushels to the tierce of clean rice. 

 The aggregate product for market will be less than in l'869-'70. 



APPLES, PEARS, ETC. 



Androsco(/fjin County, Me. — Apples and pears almost a failure. A good crop of grapes. 



Coos County, N. H. — Grapes nearly ruiued by frost. 



Grafton County, N. H. — Apple crop almost an entire failure. Not one barrel of cider 

 made this year where four were made last year. 



Orange County, Vt. — Oue-fourth less than last, but the quality is good and prices 

 much higher ; nice winter apples selling as high as $4 50 per barrel. 



Addinon County, Vt. — The choice varieties, except the Delaware, did not ripen. Apples 

 almost a failure. Pears never more abutulaut. 



Norfolk Counti/, Mass. — Grapes promised a very large crop; but hundreds of bushels 

 have been destroyed by frost. Apples scarcely worth naming. Pears, large product ; 

 quality very good, especially near the sea-coast. 



Suffolk County, Mass. — Apple crop a failure. 



Bristol County, Mass. — Grapes have been uuusnally abundant. Apple crop very light. 



Windham County, Conn. — Few apples and of inferior quality. Many orcliards that 

 yielded 150 bushels last year do not yield 10 bushels this year. 



New London County, Conn. — Very small crop of apples and quality poor. 



Hartford County, Conn. — Grapes better in quality and quantity than last year. 



Albany County, N. Y. — Apples poor and rusty. Pears never better. 



Ocean County, N. J. — The apple crop is a failure. 



Warren County, N. J. — Generally almost a failure. A few orchards full and quality 

 good. 



Burlington County, N. J. — Some varieties of grapes did not ripen so well as usaal, par- 

 ticularly the Isabella. 



Lancaster County. Pa. — Apples, small crop ; quality good ; pears, crop large, quality 

 good ; grapes, small crop and inferior. 



Lycoming County, I'a. — An average crop of grapes, but many were destroyed by early 

 frost. 



Baltimore County, Md. — Winter apples are rotting. The dry hot summer affected 

 the crop very much. Grapes very good. 



Culjaep&r Comity, Va. — Good crop of apples near the mountains; very poor in the 

 Talley. 



Transylvania County, N. C. — Fruit almost a failure. Late spring frosts. 



Henderson County, N. C. — Fruit crops, especially apples, which are an important pro- 

 duct in this region, were curtailed by the severe frosts of early spring. 



Gilmer County, Ga. — The apjjle crop is nearer a failure this year than in the past ten 

 years. 



Jackson County, Fla. — More attention is given to the culture of grapes ; more wine 

 made this year than usual. 



Marion County, Ala. — The Scuppernong is attracting attention, and exi)eriments in its 

 culture have proved successful. 



Winston County, Miss. — The apple crop was over an average, but rotted badly — nearly 

 all the winter apples. Early apples only do well here. 



Hancock County, Miss. — Extraordinary crop of Scuppernong grapes. The country 

 along the Mississippi sea-coast is well adapted to fruit culture. 



Falls County, Texas. — Great quantities of wild grapes — the Mustang, of which we 

 make a very palatable wine. 



Kendall County, Texas. — Farmers very busy making a good quality of wine from the 

 native grapes which literally cover the hill-sides and valleys. 



Gonzales County, Texas. — The culture of the grape aud the manufacture of wine are 

 receiving increased attention. 



