450 



Lavaca Coitntfi, Texas. — Wild gvRpcs abundant. A creat deal of wine made this year 

 A large income could be drawn iroiu this industry ])roperly conducted. 



Gibson Counly, Teini. — Apple crop reduced at least one-half. 



Butherford Cviniti/, Tenn. — Grapes an entire failure, owing to late spring frosts, foUow- 

 iiijj an early-developed bloom. 



Carter Comity, Tcni). — Apples almost an entire failure. Those that matured are of 

 superior quality. 



Brooke County, TV. Va. — Lightest crop in fifteen years. Owing to the mild winter, 

 insect.s were numerous, and apples dropped off. 



Anderson County, Ky. — Fruit crop almost au entire failure. 



Oiven County, Ky. — Ap]ile crop very fine. 



Oldo County. Ky. — Apples are diseased to such au extent that the trees seem scarcely 

 worth the ground they occupy. 



Henderson County, Ky. — Apple crop large, but those uugathered are falliug off; those 

 gathered are rotting rapidly, attributable, probably, to the warm fall. 



Ca,^s County, Mo. — Grapes abundant. Some rot. 



Platte County, Mo. — Much of the winter fruit blowu off. Apples are becoming quite 

 au item in Northwestern Missouri. Large quantities are being shipped to the far VVest. 

 Worth Al per bushel. 



jyttile County, III. — Apple crop short, owing to late frost. 



Carroll County, iZ/.— 'Apples have been a drug in the market. Early ripeuing will 

 im])air their keeping qualities. 



Boone County, III. — Apples excelleut in quality. A very large quantity made into 

 cider. 



Fulafikl Comity, III. — The drought and heat cai\sed winter apples to drop prematurely. 

 The hardest year on winter apples within the recollection of our people. Scarcely any 

 in the county, it being necessary to dispose of them early. 



Floyd County, Ind. — A])ple crop large, especially winter varieties. 



ElJihart County, 111. — Fruit of all kinds, except peaches, never more abundant. The 

 apple crop will make up for the deficiency in peaches. 



Koble County, Ind, — Aj)ples abundant, but will not keep. 



I>ul)ois County, Ind. — Winter apples will nearly all rot by Christmas. 



Coles County, Ind. — A fall crop of apples in a portion of the county ; in others none at 

 all. A general tendency to rot. 



Harrison County, Ind. — Apples au entire failure on all lowlands, owing to late spring 

 frost. 



Steuben County, Ind. — Large amount of fruit; quality unsurpassed ; fruit culture fast 

 becoming a specialty. 



Gibson County, Ind. — Apples rotting badly. 



Lafjranye County, Ind. — A great crop of apples, woj'th $1 per barrel (without the 

 barrel) at the railroad station. 



Franklin County, Ind. — Apple crop on iiplaud excessive; thousands of bushels left to 

 rot ; best winter fruit selling at 40 cents per bushel, delivered ten to twenty miles dis- 

 tant; cider $2 to $3 at the press, with scarcely any demand. 



Defiance County, Ohio. — The frost caused winter apples to fall. 



Medina County, Ohio. — Grapes abundaut and cheap; pears never more abundant than 

 during the present season. 



Vinton County, Ohio. — Apples have rotted badly and fallen prematurelj\ 



Morrow County, Ohio. — Grapes a drug in the market. 



Wayne County, Ohio. — A large croj) of grapes, but none except the Concords matured 

 well. 



Berrien County, Mich. — Grapes, apples, and pears abundant. 



Van Buren Counly, Mich. — Grapes, apples, and pears never more abundant; apples 

 rotting extensively ; the dry weather has been hard on fi'uit, a sort of dry-rot prevail- 

 ing on the inside, while the exterior is fair. 



Cais County, Mich. — Apples .^)0 per cent, above any former crop ; consequent largely 

 upon growth of orchards; not keeping well ; grapes abundaut and good. 



Calhoun County, Mich. — Grapes and pears very fine crops, but the drought materiallj'" 

 affected ripening and the keeping properties of the fruit. 



Waukvxha County, Wis. — Unprecedented yield of .apples; qu.ality good. 



Kenosha Connty, Jl'v's. — Crop of ai)ples unprecedented. 



Kiev County, Minn. — Ap]des have justified the most sanguine hopes; pears produced 

 for the first time ; all doul)t as to the practicability of grape culture h;us been dissipated ; 

 the yield is fully ten times as large as in any former year ; new vineyards have averaged 

 10 pounds to the vine; one vineyard of about IJ acres, second year- in bearing, yielded 

 about 3,000 pounds. 



Goodhue County, Minn. — Season peculiarly favorable for grapes; many young ap^ile 

 orchards are beginning to bear, and the ojiinion obtains that Minnesota will yet be 

 able to supply her peoi)le with this fruit. 



Steele County, Minn. — Apples yielded finely on young orchards. 



