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sound potatoes to about oue-half of last year. Somerset : Kalf a crop aud poor 

 Aroostook : Lighter aud poorer thau conmiou ; many rotten tubers. 



New Hampshike. — Hilhhorough : Early planting of good quality, but considerable 

 Tot on low-lauds. Stafford : Keduced in quantity by rust and wet. Coos : Light and 

 poor crop. 



Vermont. — Fra)iJ(lin : Rotted badly on some soils ; acreage and yield both reduced. 

 Orange : Early plantings best, but the rot almost universal ; not so destructive as in 

 1846; increased acreage. Orleans: Below average and considerably rotted. 



Massachusetts. — Worcester: Rotten. Norfolk: Crop average in quantity, but de- 

 preciated by wet weather. Berkshire : Sulifered from dry weather in June, rot ia Sep- 

 tember, especially in highly mauured soils ; Early Rose and Peerless suffered most ; 

 other varieties not very greatly injured. Hampden: Very much injured by rain. 



Rhode Island. — Washington : Reduced 10 per cent, iu quantity by summer drought ; 

 depreciated in quality. 



Connecticut. — New London: Crop better than last year, though injured by the 

 vrhite and wire worms. Hartford: Excessive top-growth impoverished the tubers. 

 Litchfield : Not so good as last year. 



New York. — Rockland: Below average, but of excellent quality. Ontario: Great 

 crop. Chatauqna : Below average, but sound and free from rot; 50 cents per bushel. 

 Erie: Acreage iucrease 1, but yield disappointing diggers; Colorado beetle appeared 

 October 20, eating small potatoes left in the hills. Warren: Small crop; injured by 

 Avhite grub; poor in quality. Genesee: Quality excellent. Steuben: Above the 

 average of several years. Albany : Not much over a half crop. Chemung : Smaller 

 than usual, owing to late rains. Columbia : Poor ; badly rotted and worm-eaten. 

 Seneca: Late varieties rotted by heavy rains during the digging-season. Delaware: 

 Run to vines with few tubers. Onandaga : Yield fine, but considerable rot. 



New Jersey. — Warren: Crop short; quality average. Burlington: Poorer in quan- 

 tity aud quality than for several years. Hudson : Injured by drought, especially late 

 varieties; Peachblows most injured; Early Ruse did well. 



Pennsylvania. — Elk : Crop poorer than was anticipated ; Early Rose and Peerless 

 rotted badly on low lauds. Juniata : Injured by rain ; rotted to some extent. Wayne : 

 Rain delayed potato-digging. Armstrong : Crop lai'gly run to top, but turns out more 

 tubers than last year, though not so dry or sound. Crawford: Not a full crop. Lan- 

 caster : Three-fourths of a crop and poor. iMivrence : The tubers injured by second 

 growth, making them soggy ; sweet potatoes better than usual. 



Delaware. — Sxissex : Greatly benefited by late rains. / 



Maryland. — Baltimore : Much reduced by drought ; early planted good ; late x>lanted 

 a. fiiilure. Caroline : Small crop ; sweet potatoes good. 



Virginia. — Orange : Root crops fair ; sweet potatoes improved by September rains. 

 Fluvanna: Late crops short. Middlesex: Late crops suftered from drought ; sweet pota- 

 toes abundant aud iine. Nelson : Shortened by drought, but fair compared with last 

 year. Stafford: Severely injured by draught. Madison: Shortened by drought and 

 bugs; sweet potatoes very line. Highland: Remarkably fine. King and Queen: Defi- 

 cient yield. Cumberland : A complete failure. Prince George : Almost a failure. Fau- 

 quier : A failure ; sweet potatoes fine. Fairfax : Very fine ; especially Peach-blows. 

 Henrico: Early planted short ueaiiy a half; sweet potatoes very fine. Gloucester: A 

 failure; sweet potatoes short. Southhampton: Suffered from drought, but of excellent 

 quality. 



North CxJiO^^^K.-J-Bladen: Sweet potatoes short but good. Greene: Sweet potatoes 

 almost a failure; too much rain iu the spring, and too dry in summer and fall. 

 Gaston : Sweet potatoes abuunant and fine. Mecklenburgh : Potato crop short. Ala- 

 mauce: Both kinds very fine. Iredell: Sweet potatoes excellent. Stanley: Late crops 

 suffered from drought. Onslow: Very poor ; not over a half-crop. 



South Carolina. — Clarendon: Injured by drought. ' Orangeburgh: Shortened by 

 drought. Newberry: Almost a failure. 



Georgia.— JFor//i : Injured by drought. Dooly: Short. Muscogee: Inferior. Mc- 

 Duffie : Best crop for years. Lee: Injured by drought and frost. Marion: Sweet 

 potatoes cut off by late drought. Hancock: Sweet potatoes a complete failure from 

 drought. Wilkes: Sweet potatoes greatly injured by drought. Whitfield: Cut off by 

 drought. Decatur: Short and poor. Liberty: Diseased by drought. Schley: Sweet 

 potatoes 50 per cent, short. 



Florida. — Taylor: Twenty per cent, above average. Columbia: Sweet potatoes 

 shortened l>y drought. Leon: Injured hy drought in September aud October. 



Alabama. — Walker: Sweet potatoes not so good as last year. Colbert: Potatoes 

 average; sweet potatoes failed for lack of rain at the right time. Montgomery : Short 

 but good. Tuscaloosa : Sweet potatoes unusually poor, both in yield and quality. 

 Calhoun: Injured by drought. Bandoljyh : Good yield iu spite of drought, and good 

 quality. 



Mississippi. — Tishemingo: Sweet potatoes small and scarce. Williamson: Shortened 



