The supply of cotton is an interesting subject, for the condition of American 

 afPjiirs will induce every country to make trial of its cotton-growing capabilities. 

 An article from the London Times shoAvs that for six mon-ths ending June 30 

 the total imports of cotton into England were 2,134,775 cwt., of which 6,876 

 cwt. only came from this country. India furnished 1,204,763 cwt., and Brazil 

 and Egypt 565,763 cwt. The whole number of places from which cotton was 

 received was sixty-six. 



T/ie Hay crop. — This great crop of all sections of the country has been 

 secured in a much better condition than was anticipated from the constant rains 

 in the eastern States during the harvest. In Connecticut, Delaware, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, the condition of the hay was tivo- 

 tenths below an average, and in Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New 

 Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, it was one-tenth below. In the 

 remainder of the States it was of an average condition, or above it. How far 

 the frost may have injured corn fodder, so as to make foddering substances 

 scarce, cannot now be determined, but where hay is scarcest the fodder is most 

 injured. But the wheat straw in these sections is excellent. 



Fruits. — The general returns in the column for Grapes present a fxvorable 

 account of this delicious fruit.- It is 9 J in appearance, but the returns from the 

 frost are meagre. The rot, nevertheless, has prevailed to a considerable extent 

 in many localities, and the Concord which an eminent pomologist at Cincinnati 

 but recently classed among the hardy varieties, has suffered much from mildew. 

 It is yet too early to determine how far the Delaware can uj)hold itself against 

 heavy soils and unfavorable climatic influences. 



The following report of the condition of the grape crop in the west has been 

 forwarded to the Department : 



Clifton, Septemher 10. 



Dear Sir: At your request I present a report on the grape crop. In the 

 vicinity of Cincinnati, and for thirty or forty miles around, the yield will be 

 from one-third to one-half less than an average crop, supposing 200 gallons to 

 the acre to be the average. This will also be the result around Ripley, Vevay, 

 and in those parts of the Ohio valley on the limestone formation. In the coal 

 and sandstone regions, and in the islands and on the shores of Lake Erie, the 

 crops, with very few exceptions, are good. The rot, so injm-ious to us, did but 

 little damage there. In Missouri, southern Illinois, and Indiana, I am informed 

 the rot has destroyed one-third of the crop. But on the Upper Mississippi, and 

 in Wisconsin, the grapes are said to be very fine. In Kentucky, near Lexing- 

 ton and Frankfort, some vineyards have escaped, whilst others have suffered 

 from this disease. These remarks apply, of course, to the Catawba grape, with 

 which nearly all oiir vineyards are planted. The Delaware, Norton, Concord, 

 and some other experimental varieties, have showed but little, if any, rot. Since 

 the rot ceased, in August, the weather has been very favorable for ripening the 

 grape, and the quality of the wine ought to be good. 

 Very respectfully, 



R. BUCHANAN. 



D. B. PlERSON, Esq., 



President Cincinnati Horticultural Society. 



The Peach crop shows a great deal of irregularity, as is usual Avith it, but it 

 may be set down as a good crop. That of Apjjles possesses much of the same 

 irregularity. In Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, and Ohio, the crop will be light, but in the other States it Avill be 

 greater than last year. Pears are more hardy than apples, and their production 

 is evidently increasing. 



Potatoes. — The continued drought in many sections of Iowa, Illinois, and 



