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age. In Massachusetts, on the contrary, the leading; complaint is of 

 drought. Khode Island and Oonnecticnt are above average. All the 

 Middle and Southern Atlantic States are below average, except ISTorth 

 Carolina and Georgia. In Delaware and Maryland potatoes suffered 

 from severe drought, reducing this crop in the former til per cent., and 

 in the latter 35 per cent., below average. Of the Gulf States, Florida 

 is G per cent, and Texas 22 per cent, above average ; all the rest are be- 

 low. Arkansas is full average ; Tennessee and Kentucky G per cent, 

 above; West Virginia 10 per cent, below. North of the Ohio, Indiana 

 and Illinois are full average or above; the others below; Wisconsin 

 being deficient 20 per cent. West of the Mississippi, all the States are 

 above average, except Nebraska, which is 2 per cent, below. California 

 is 7 per cent, below, and Oregon G per cent, above. 



Sweet potatoes. — With the exception of North Carolina, which is about 

 average, the Middle, Soutliern, and Southwestern States re^iort defi- 

 ciencies ranging from 1 to 32 per cent. North of Ohio, Indiana is the 

 only State that rises to average. Missouri and Kansas are full average 

 or above, while all the other Western and the Pacific States are below. 



FEUITS. 



Apples. — The apple-crop of New England ranges from average to 

 33 j)er cent, above. In every one of these States the September retnrns 

 show an improvement over those of August, except in Ehode Island, 

 ■where the crop about held its own. Our correspondent in Newport, 

 Ehode Island, says that the apple-crop of that region has grown very 

 precarious of late years ; crops of ten years together do not now equal 

 what was considered a good crop thirty or forty years ago. In Norfolk 

 County, Massachusetts, cider-apples are so abundant as to sell at 10 

 and 15 cents i)er bushel. In Windham County, Connecticut, the canker- 

 worm {Anysopteryx vernata) was troublesome in a few orchards. 



In New York the apple-crop rose, during August, from 2 i^er cent, 

 below average to G i^er cent, above. Complaints of falling from the 

 trees were mentioned in the August returns, in several counties. In 

 New Jersey the crop slightly improved during August, reaching 22 per 

 cent, above average. In Gloucester and Morris Counties the fruit is 

 rei)orted as especially fine. In Pennsylvania the crop, during August, 

 rose from 15 per cent, to 21 per cent, above average. In Berks County 

 the market was overstocked, and thousands of bushels left to rot uj)on 

 the trees. Several counties report crops exceeding any former ones. In 

 Delaware the crop was not only excellent, but it appears to have im- 

 Ijroved during August. The August returns represented it 50 per cent., 

 and the September returns as 75 per cent., above average. 



In Maryland the crop is reported at 19 per cent, above average, with a 

 considerable improvement during the previous month. This abundance 

 appears to be general throughout the State. In Virginia it rose nearly 

 to a general average, though shortened by drought in some localities. 

 In North Carolina it was abundant and generally good. In one or 

 two counties late frosts were quite destructive. In South Carolina it 

 was not over two-thirds of an average in quality, and generally inferior. 

 Georgia reports an inferior crop, declining during August, though in 

 some localities the fruit was unusually fine and well flavored. In Flor- 

 ida it was comparatively a failure, and in Alabama and Mississippi con- 

 siderably below average. The rot was quite severe in many places. In 

 Louisiana and Texas the general jield was satisfactory, though in some 

 places the fruit was imperfectly developed and feU prematurely from the 



