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MASSACHUSETTS.—Plymouth: Very abundant, but dropping freely, owing to drought. 
New York.—Montgomery: Inferior in quality, owing to drought. Saratoga: Very 
abundant and of fine flavor. Westchester: Were very plenty, but are dropping off for want 
ofrain. Genesee: Will be fine unless prematurely ripened by the prevailing dry weather. 
Onondaga: Young apple-trees have suffered much by “fire-blight.” Orange: Dropping 
off prematurely; drought. Sullivan: Promise well. Allegany: Have never seen ap- 
ples in this county wormy until this year. Columbia: Injured by drought. : 
New JERSEY.—Cumberland: Trees have suffered from twig-blight; apples are drop- 
ping off badly. Burlington: Falling badly. The market has been overstocked with 
summer varieties, causing low prices. Mercer: Very large product, but dropping off 
from drought. Wyoming: A fair crop, but dropping off from dry weather. Warren: 
Excellent crop in size and quality. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Northumberland: Very fair promise, but the severe drought is 
causing all varieties to fall off prematurely. Westmoreland: Much injured by worms. 
Blair: A large crop of exceeding fine quality. Butler: Plenty, but small. McKean: 
Poor, owing to drought and east winds. Beaver: Very plenty and good. Bedford: 
Very abundant. Lancaster: Falling off fast; poor prospect for winter-apples. Warren: 
The crop greatly reduced by protracted drought. Berks: Very plenty and cheap. 
Lawrence: Dropping prematurely in great quantities. Lehigh; The drought causes 
them to drop too early. Washington: A mo:t bountiful crop; large and smooth. Poft- 
ter; Late and small. 
MaryLann.—Frederick : Very abundant. Baltimore: Abundant, but some varieties 
dropping off. Howard: Fine crop. 
VIRGINIA.— Dinwiddie : Hang well on the trees, and are maturing well. King George: 
A sufficient crop. Madison: Very heavy crop along the base of the Blue Ridge. 
NorTH Caro.ina.—Beaufort : Large crop of superior quality. Transylvania: A light 
crop. Onslow: Late apples are doing well. Hertford: Abundant. 
SouTH Caroutina.—Clarendon: A heavy crop. Lexington: Larger and better crop 
than for twenty years. 
GrEorGIs.— Fannin: Large crop, but of inferior quality. Owing to a kind of fungus 
on the twigs, the leaves are dying and falling from the trees, and the fruit is specked 
with bitter rot, and falling prematurely. Jefferson: A light crop. 
ALABAMA.—St, Clair: The blight has killed many trees. Morgan: Abundant, but 
rotting. 
ARKANSAS.—Johnson : Rotting and falling off. Benton: Greatly affected by worms, 
causing the fruit to fall off. 
TENNESSEE.—Bedford : Superabundant; in many orchards the trees are breaking 
under the weight of fruit. Wilson: Below average in quantity, but the fruit unusu- 
ally large. Putnam: Very fine. 
West Virerinia.—Falling trom the trees more than usual. Wetzel: Never more 
abundant or perfect. 
Kentucky.—VNicholas: A fine and heavy crop. Lincoln: A little over half a crop— 
fair in quality. Owsley : Plenty, but injured by the drought. 
Ou10o.—Clark: Plenty. Washington: Light crop, but very plump and fair. Preble: 
Never more perfect and free from worms. Hamilton: Very plenty, and remarkably 
fair. Delaware: Fair fruit, but only halfacrop. Sandusky: Very poor. Warren: Iu 
great abundance. Huron: In the northern part very plenty and nice; in the southern 
a failure. Wood: Abundant, and nice in size and quality. 
MicuiGan.—Oakland: The heaviest crop ever knowi, and shows the least effects ef 
worms of any for ten years. Lapeer: A very large yield of good quality. 
INDIANA.— Ohio: Finest crop ever known. Franklin: Abundant and fine; best crop 
in fifteen years. Ripley: Enormous crop; half must go for loss for want of demand 
oruse. Shelby: A large crop, but falling off badly. Whitley: A fine crop and of good 
quality. Floyd: immense crop, selling at the distilleries at 35 cents per barrel. Marion: 
A good crop, but some complaint of bitter-rot. 
ILLiInois.—Bureau: More than last year, but many are scabby and gnarley. Ham- 
ilion: Aftected with bitter-rot and falling off prematurely. 
WISCONSIN.—Dunn : Our apples are of the crab variety, and the young trees so loaded 
that the branches need propping. Srown: The fruit in good condition, but not more 
than 25 per cent. of the trees that bore in 1873 are living. Columbia: A good crop. 
MianNESOTA.— Winona ; Trees nearly all blighted, but bearing well this year. 
Iows.—Benton: Double crop. Washington: Heavy crop. 
MissourRI.—Clay: Very large, owing to the small number on the trees. Lafayette : 
The few left falling off badly. Mississippi: Falling off badly. Perry: Half a crop. 
Platte: A hurricane, August 19, left scarcely an apple on the trees. Caldwell: Defi- 
cient in quantity ; excellent in quality. 
Kansas.—Jackson : Good. Nemaha: Very fine, perfect. 
NEBRASKA.—Otoe: Good yield. Hail: About one-third eaten by the grasshoppers. 
OREGON.—Grant: Largely in excess of anything before known. Linn: Not more 
than 33 per cent. of a crop, but good in quality. 
