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Fruit is a failure, owing tothe cold weather in March. Wood: Apples fine.. Panola: 
Apple-trees late leaving, some still leafless. Navarro ; Will beatull crop of fruit in some 
localities, and in others contiguous all was destroyed. by frost. Marion: While the 
peach-crop is indifferent, the grape and berry crops are excellent. Burleson: Apple- 
blooms half destroyed by frosts... Upshw: Destructive cold. Panola; Peaches a small 
crop. A 
ARKANSAS.— Baxter: All killed March 20. Dallas; Killed by the freeze and snow 
in March, when the thermometer went,12° below the freezing-point. Izard: The cold 
storm in March destroyed nearly all the fruit and injured the trees, Prairie: The heavy 
snow in March killed nearly all the peaches and plums, and many of the trees... Yell: 
Pear-trees are dying all over the county. Cross; All kinds, except a few apples, killed 
by snow in March. Craighead: Nearly a failure. Jefferson: Slight prospect. Saint ran- 
cis; Cutoit atleast one-half. Jackson: The early apples are killed. Ouachita : What 
are on the trees very poor,and not more than 10 per cent. of acrop. Sharp: Greatly 
damaged by the freeze... Woodruff: Good. Arkansas: May make a fair crop, but there 
8 something unnatural; some trees have on one part apples as large as_ quails’ eggs, 
while the other part is in early bloom. Have seen it so in saveral orchards. Franklin : 
Peaches nearly all killed. Sebastian: Peaches kiiled. Benton: All peaches killed. 
Van Buren: All peaches killed by a big snow in March, Hempstead: Peaches mostly 
killed by late frosts... Monroe: Peaches all killed by freeze in March. Jackson: Peaches 
nearly all killed. Stone: Peaches killed. Crittenden: Peaches all killed. . Crawford : 
Peaches killed. Independence: Peaches injured by the snow-storm in March. Perry: 
Entirely destroyed by the freeze. Sharp: Peaches killed. Ashley : Peaches killed. Yell: 
Peaches all killed. Marion: Peaches a total failure. 
TENNESSEE.— Lewis: All killed in March. Williamson: Nearly all killed... McNairy : 
Almost a failure, owing to a heavy snow in April. Loudon: All dropping off. Craig- 
head: Peaches a failure. | Saint Francis: Entire failure. Monroe: Total tailure.. Tip- 
ton: Entire failure. Bedford: Almost a failure; killed by the late freeze. Greene: 
Seattering; April chills caused them, to fall off. Giles: All but5 per cent. killed. 
Fayette: Nearly all killed by 8 inches of snow March 18. Lauderdale: Peaches almost 
a failure. McNairy: Partly killed by heavy snow in April; those left look rather un- 
healthy. Loudon: Will be a light crop... Grundy: The frost mostly killed the winter 
and summer apples, but the fall-apples suffered bnt very little. Monroe : Good. Bedford: 
Exceedingly abundant. Greene: Athin crop. James: Will bea full crop. Giles: Im- 
mense crop now on the trees. Maury: All kinds abundant, except peaches. Sevier: 
Small fruits extra good, 
Wesr VirGinia.—Nicholas: Very light crop. Putnam: Three-fourths of peaches 
destroyed by the cold in March. Preston; Apples bid fair fora good yield. Wetzel: 
Apples bid fair to be very abundant; peaches few. Braxton: Peaches.a small, erop. 
Taylor: Fine prospect. Brooke : Prospect of an extra crop. Cabell: Early apples a 
failure ; late, a fair crop... Summers: The prospect very good on the low land; lght on 
the uplands. Pendleton: The crops materially injured by the late cold. Randolph: 
Nearly an average bloom, but falling off. Calloway: Nota good crop. Hardin: Very 
few. Owsley: Promise of 75 per cent. of a.crop. Spencer: Cut short by frosts... Gal- 
latin: Half.acrop. Grant: A fine prospect. Nicholas: Very light crop of apples and 
cherries, and no other fruit. Tucker: Will not. be much fruit of any kind... Cabell: 
Pears and plums, as well as peaches, a failure. Pendleton: Severe frosts materially in- 
jured the apple. crop, and, entirely destroyed peaches, plums, and cherries. Mercer : 
Peaches killed. 
Kentucky.—<aAnderson;: Very few peaches. Jefferson: Peaches destroyed... Callo- 
way: Peaches very scarce. Hardin: None. Owsley; All killed by, the snow and freeze 
March 20. Spencer: Nearly destroyed. Gallatin: Prospect of half a crop of apples, 
peaches, and other fruits. Nicholas: Peaches almost a failure. Henry: Such fruits as 
escaped the frosts are doing well. 
Ou10.—Greene : Afreeze in April almost destroyed our prospects for fruit; and besides 
this, a web-worm is almost ruining many orchards by stripping the trees of their foli- 
age. Trumbull: All kinds except peaches bid fair to be an immense crop. Athens: 
Apples, peaches, and small, fruit, except grapes, badly injured by freeze May 1, and 
again by a sévere hail-storm May.21.. Morrow: Apples promise fair, but other fruits 
will be scarce. Vinton: A frost, May 1, killed all the peach, and on low ground, 
most of the other fruit; on high ground, there will be half.a crop of apples, and some 
pears and cherries. Delaware; The measuring-worm is going for our fruit. Portage: 
Peaches, plums, cherries, and the more tender fruits killed to a great extent by frosts. 
Hardin: Pears and peaches a failure ; cherries. promise well. Medina: Other fruits 
than peaches promise abundantly... Monroe: Cherries half a crop ; small fruits...Ross: 
Peaches a failure. Monroe: Very few peaches... Preble : Never more promising. | IWiil- 
iams: Au unprecedented bloom. Ashland: Frosts destroyed some early apples. Craw- 
ford: Fair prospect. . Hamilton: Prospect of a good crop, except peaches. Noble: Not 
over half a crop. Portage: Never more promising, Hardin: Promise well. Ross: 
Half acrop. Huron: Bid fair for a big crop. Wood: Two-thirds the bloom destroyed 
by frost, but enough left for a good crop. Geauga: Promise of the heaviest crop for 
