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half the States, including all of New England, (except Vermont,) New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Oarolyia, Alabama. 

 Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ore- 

 gon ; it is less promising in New York, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

 Texas, and all the Western States, in which the deficit ranges from 9 

 to 23 per cent. During the season of growth there was abundant 

 rain on the Atlantic coast between New Jersey and North Carolina, 

 and throughout the mountain section of the South, and on the AUegha- 

 nian plateau. In the Ohio Valley drought and heat have proved inju- 

 rious. The quality will generally be very good. 



TOBACCO. 



There is an increase of acreage in Virginia and Kentucky. Our re- 

 turns show an aggregate increase of about 5 per cent. A slight decrease 

 is indicated in Oliio, Indiana, and Missouri. The appearance of the crop 

 is superior in Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. Drought 

 has injured it on the north side of the Ohio. 



I'RUITS. 



The prospect for apples is unusually good from Maine to Georgia, ex 

 oept in Pennsylvania and Maryland ; and Tennessee is the only interior 

 State which can claim an average. In Pennsylvania much complaint is 

 made of prematui-e falling from the trees. 



Peaches are somewhat less abundant than apples. The prospect in 

 New Jersey is returned at 2 per cent, above an average. Delaware will 

 not have a full yield. Kent County reports but half a crop. Illinois is 

 placed at 5 per cent~ below an average, and Michigan at 10. Peaches 

 and other fruits were destroyed by frost in March throughout the Gulf 

 States. Grapes generally promise remarkably well. A full average is 

 indicated in California, Missouri, and Ohio, and very few States make 

 unfavorable returns. 



The ajjple and peach crops are greatly infested by insects in the Mid- 

 dle States. 



