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Heart, Kentish, and Turkey Hearts do fairly up to 400 feet; but beyond 
this the crop becomes precarious and the fruit indifferent. Apples have 
been grown to the extent of 500 bushels per acre. Small fruit has also 
been financially successful, especially the gooseberry and the raspberry. 
FRENCH WINE-CROP OF 1875.—The French wine-crop has turned out 
greater than even the large statements of it hitherto. The Moniteur 
Vinicole gives the aggregate at 83,632,391 hectoliters, (2,209,381,398 
gallons.) This is the largest yield ever realized, the next largest, that 
of 1874, being 78,124,424 hectoliters, or 2,063,875,408 gallons. In some 
parts of the field the dreaded Phyllozera still continues its ravages, and 
no specific remedy has yet been discovered. The insect has attacked 
the young vines planted to replace the old ones destroyed. The de- 
partments of Vaucluse and Gard have especially suffered from this 
cause. Vaucluse ten years ago produced nearly 80,000,000 gallons; in 
1875 less than 2,000,000. In the department of Gard the yield has fallen 
from 105,671,200 gallons to about 25,000,000. The products of the dif- 
ferent departments in 1875 are stated as follows: Ain, 20,557,882 gal- 
lons; Aisne, 6,071,605 gallons; Allier, 13,519,309; Alpes, (Basses,) 
0,207,886; Alpes, (Hautes,) 2,841,403; Alpes Maritimes, 2,218,223; 
Ardeéche, 5,823,434; Ardennes, 1,260,129; Ariége, 4,112,935; Aube, 
38,829,754; Aude, 98,249,093 ; Aveyron, 16,314,852 ; Bouches-du-Rhone, 
7,637,174; Cantal, 475,653; Charente, 143,716,413; Charente-Inféri- 
eure, 229,685,177; Cher, 19,432,036; Correze, 10,130,804; Cdéte-d’Or, 
65,181,870; Creuse, 6,816; Dordogne, 35,597,932; Doubs, 14,128,952 ; 
Dréome, 6,262,286; Eure, 668,370;, Eure-et-Loire, 2,183,062; Gard, 
24,937,505 ; Garonne, (Haute,) 28,478,468; Gers, 31,570,143; Gironde, 
139,472,775; Hérault, 248,940,028; Hle-et-Vilain, 20,474; Indre, 
15,504,078; Indre-et-Loire, 57,355,316; Isere, 23,010,476; Jura, 
22,432,041; Landes, 10,233,675; Loir-et-Cher, 52,029,751; Loire, 
11,714,366; Loire, (Haute,) 2,649,616; Loire Inférieure, 69,624,085 ; 
Loiret, 40,030,205; Lot, 15,632,205; Lot-et-Garonne, 36,820,129; Lo- 
zere, 184,291; Maine-et-Loire, 20,723,702; Marne, 26,080,788; Marne, 
(Haute,) 31,437,182; Mayenne, 14,794; Meurthe et Moselle, 39,200,791 ; 
Meuse, 21,285,349; Morbihan, 556,940; Niévre, 15,621,294; Oise, 229,465; 
Puy-de-Dome, 34,369,479; Pyrénées, (Basses,) 4,207,603; Pyrénées, - 
(Hautes,)3,928,986 ; Pyrénées Orientales, 38,363,216; Rhone, 34,181,541; 
Saone, (Haute,) 25,531,826; Saone-et- Loire, 58,669,552; Sarthe, 5,015,868; 
Savoie, 7,388,055; Savoie, (Haute,) 5,199,578; Seine, 1,640,206; Seine- 
et-Marne, 17,547,363; Seine-et-Oise, 10,914,646; Sevres, (Deux,) 
13,752,578; Tarn, 22,386,180; Tarn-et-Garonne, 12,069,685; - Var, 
37,084,093; Vaucluse, 1,802,222; Vendée, 26,840,009; Vienne, 40,607,713; 
Vienne, (Haute,) 640,446; Vosges, 8,469,706; Yonne, 75,832,374. ° At 
least thirty-seven of these departments exceed the average annual yield 
in the United States; some of them amount to sixty times our annual 
yield. 
FRENCH SUGAR-PRODUCTION.—From statistics published in le Jour- 
nal Officiel it appears that during the year ending with October 31, . 
1875, the number of beet-sugar factories in operation was 523, against 
514 the previous year; the number inactive was 6, against 10 the pre- 
vious year. The juice defecated amounted to 26,000,000 hectoliters, 
(686,862,800 gallons,) against 21,500,000 hectoliters (567,982,700 gallons) 
last year. The density of the juice was 3°.8, against 3°.9, and the yield. 
137,000,000 kilograms, (302,048,969 pounds,) against 118,000,000 kilo- 
grams, (260,158,966 pounds.) The export of raw sugar declined from 
41,000,000 kilograms (90,394,217 pounds) to 20,000,000 kilograms, 
