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Henrico Gonnty, Va. — Biickwlieat a complete failure. 



Surry County, Va. — Peanuts a sorry crop. Few good peas; mauy 

 rotted before diggiug; field peas a short crop. 



New Hanover County, N. C. — Ground peas an average in quality and 

 above in quantity. 



Mississipin County, Mo. — Fine crop of castor-beans; their culture on 

 the increase. Also, tine crop of broom-corn, the culture of which is 

 rapidly increasing. 



Clinton County, III. — Fine crops of castor-beans in this county for the 

 past four or five years. 



Montgomery County, III. — An enormous yield of turnips and pumpkins, 

 exceeding all demands. 



Columbiana County, Ohio. — The large increase in the flax crop is attrib- 

 utable to the fact that a flax mill has been established in the county. 



Columbia County, Wis. — Light yield of hops; few yards properly cul- 

 tivated; price, 8 to 10 cents; crop picked in good condition. 



Perry County, Kansas. — In quality the i)eanut crop has never been 

 better. 



Humplireys County, Tenn. — Fine crop of peanuts, harvested in good 

 condition. 



FRUIT. 



Yorli County, Me. — Greatest apple crop ever gp^thered in this county; 

 the best have been sold or stored. Ever^^ available cask has been filled 

 with cider. Large quantities have been put away to freeze for the cat- 

 tle, and yet 10,000 bushels will rot on the ground in this county. 



Burlington County, N. J. — Ai)ples a very uneven crop ; large yield in 

 upper and central sections; in lower part of the county many orchards 

 yield scarcely any. 



Kent County, Md. — Though the peach crop was below an average, 

 prices were high; probably $100,000 were brought into this section of 

 the county from the sale of the crop. 



Jefferson County, Mo. — The warm weather of September matured the 

 grapes finely, and made them rich in sugar; the wine is very fine. 



Cole County, Mo. — Wine is ])lenty and good; mostly of Concord and 

 Virginia seedling; Concord will be good at $1 per gallon, wholesale. 



Hancock County, III. — Excellent crop of grapes; many vineyards near 

 Warsaw have averaged 5,000 pounds per acre; this county has about 

 1,000 acres in bearing. 



Fond du Lac Coiinty, Wis. — Apple buds will be injured by premature 

 growth; early varieties are nearly ready to open. 



Douglas County, Neb. — Fruit has not in general succeeded north of 

 the Platte liiver, in Nebraska, to an extent tliat would as yet justify the 

 hope that the section is suitable for any but extra hardy varieties. 



WaUa-Walla County, Wash. Tcr. — This valley is proving to be a splen- 

 did county for grapes; crop very fine this year; bunches are yet hanging 

 on the vines drying up so as to be very fair raisins. 



Thurston County, Wash. Ter. — The Indians are bringing in large quan- 

 tities of cranberries. 



TOBACCO. 



Granville County, N. C. — Best crop in ten years. 

 Davie County, N. C. — Very fine and fully «louble any i)revious crop. 

 McCraclcen County, Ky. — The immense number of worms has materi- 

 ally reduced the quantity of the tobacco crop. 



Ohio County, Ky. — l^'irst frost to stain tobacco on November 1. 



