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and a fair variety of summer and fall fruit. He sold in the three years as fol- 
lows : 
In 1865, $600 00, used at home $100 00........-............ $700 00 
in 1866/7275 00, usedat*home’’ 80 O04. 222. 2202s eck. bes 355 00 
Tn 1667, +490°00, ased‘at‘home ‘100 00200..202. 00 2024.0 .405 530 00 
er thece searne- LYLE IR ae. 1,585 00 
Also the product of one tree of Northern Spy apples : 
In 1865, yield 11 barrels, at $4 00 per barrel.....-....--..-.--.. $44 00 
In 1866, yield 3 barrels, at 3.50 per barrel.......2.-..---..--- 10 50 
Te 3507, yield. 5. barrels, at, 3.00 per barrel,,,...s094 se09s-n5-95- 15 00 
Eels) Ob One tree forsee EATS. W' » one rnmgieniwam ganic in == 69 50 
“ This orchard has not been ploughed for over thirty years, and has not been 
very properly trimmed. He has been at no expense save gathering and mark- 
eting the fruit.” 
“Ontario produces good apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries and grapes. 
Apples are somewhat affected by insects, pears with the blight, plums with the 
black knot, and cherries by the curculio; while grapes have proved a success. 
This town, Naples, has about 500 acres in bearing, and from $300 to $800 per 
acre has been realized, while smaller vineyards have produced larger profits. 
The kinds principally cultivated are the Isabella, Catawba, Delaware, Concord, 
and Diana.” 
The following extract is from the Niagara report; ‘ Our apples are noted for 
good flavor and long-keeping qualities, Chicago buyers often paying from $1 to 
$1 50 more per barrel here than for the same kinds in Michigan. As to facts, 
three men in Newfane sold 2,800 barrels of apples this year. One of them, 
from fourteen acres, sold 1,000 barrels. One in Wilson, from one acre, sold 
151 barrels. Another, Mr. Somersett, from four acres had 600 barrels. 
One in Porter had, from four acres, 500 barrels; and from one tree he gath- 
ered 26 barrels. Last year, one man in Newfane received $1,300 net from 
peaches grown on three acres. One school district, district No. 1, New- 
fane, received over $40,000 for’fruit. One man in Lockport last year was 
offered $1,500 for the pears grown on one acre. He sent them to New York, 
and they were over-kept, and he only realized $1,000 for them. The sales of 
apples this year, as taken from the books of the various buyers in this county, 
foot up 200,000 barrels, at an average price of $2 60 per barrel, making, prob- 
ably, the most money ever received for any one crop of any kind ever gathered 
in this county.” 
NEW JERSEY. 
1. This State shows a large general advance in the price of farm lands, and 
adjacent to the great cities the percentage of increase is very high, consequent 
upon the division of farms into truck patches and fruit gardens for the supply 
of the ever-increasing demands of the city markets. The extension of railway 
facilities into sections heretofore remote from markets has brought many thousands 
of acres under improved cultivation, and much enhanced the value of the lands 
thus brought into communication with the cities drawing supplies from either 
end of the State. In Essex county the average increase is reported as 50 per 
cent., though in particular localities it reaches 300 per cent.; Hudson, 30 per 
cent. in the northwestern portion, and 50 in the eastern and southern parts, many 
farms having been cut up into villa sites, selling at from $1,000 to $3,000 per 
acre ; Passaic, 25 per cent. advance ; Union, 50 per cent., and near the railroads, 
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