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TENNESSEE. —Gibson: Doing well, but some complaint of rotting. Greene: Rotting 
badly. Putnam: Rotted badly. i 
West VirGINIA.— Wetzel: Three-fourths of a splendid crop have rotted. 
Oun10.—Clark: Plenty. Hocking: Rotting and falling off. Washington: Rotting 
badly. Ross: Rotting badly. Preble: Reduced some by rot. Wayne: Much injured 
by rot. Athens: Have rotted badly; some vineyards have lost all by wasps, grass- 
hoppers, and rot. Warren: Rotting somewhat. 
SBS) oe all Clusters not well filled out. Calhoun: Suffered from mildew 
and rot. 
InprAna.— Marion: A large crop, but they have rotted badly. 
ILLINoIs.—Madison: Mostly destroyed by rot, especially the Concord. Perry: 
Rotting. Shelby: Have suffered from excessive wet and heat. Warren: Rotted badly. 
Clark : Rotted badiy. 
Missouri.— Buchanan: Rotting. Crawford: Have nearly allrotted. Perry: Nearly 
allhave rotted. alls: Damaged by rains. Shelby: About 50 per cent. rotted. But- 
ler: Not over half acrop; blasted by the continuous rains of May and June. Cape 
Girardeau : Grew in abundance, but nearly all rotted before maturing. Ripley: Rotted. 
Kansas.—Jackson: Good. Nemaha: Hundreds of bushels of wild grapes of good 
aay are being gathered for wine and preserves. The cultivated grapes are very 
good. ” 
NEBRASKA.—Otoe: Grand yield. 
OREGON.—Clackemas : Heavy in quantity, but late in maturing. 
BEANS. 
The average condition of the entire crop falls somewhat below 100, 
Grasshoppers, in the section visited by them, evinced a special appetite 
for this crop, and in localities they completely devoured it. Thereduced 
condition for the most part indicates shrinkage in yield, and to some 
extent, in mature plumpness of the bean, occasioned by drought, or by 
grasshoppers, rather than injuries to the quality by frosts or by rains, 
between ripening and curing. The only States reporting an average 
condition above 100 are Vermont and Mississippi, 104. The condition 
averages 100 in New Jersey, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ore- 
gon. It falls in Maine to 91; Massachusetts, 87; Connecticut, 63; 
New York, 88; Minnesota, 64; Iowa, 75; Nebraska, 61. In the re- 
maining States the range is between 92 and 99. 
Maine.—Franklin : Injured by drought. Piscataquis : Not well filled; drought. 
VERMONT.— Orleans ; Nicely cured. 
New York.— Wyoming : Good condition, but not a large yield. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Warren : Greatly reduced by drought. 
GrorGia.— Baldwin : Suffering from drought. Upson; Very fine. 
Trxas.—Medina: Injured by protracted drought. Berar: Ruined by drought. 
TENNESSEE.— Monroe : Good crop. 
Initiors.— Lake : Drowned out. A pi 
MInNESOTA.—Fedwood : Badly damaged by grasshoppers. Faribault: Nearly destroyed 
by grasshoppers. Meeker: Nearly all destroyed by the grasshoppers. Blue Earth : 
Ruined by grasshoppers. Rock: Entire failure from grasshoppers. 
lowa.—Humboldt ; Nearly ruined by grasshoppers. 
Kansas.— Burton : Destroyed by grasshoppers. 
NEBRASKA.—Knox: Destroyed by grasshoppers. Cuming: Injured by grasshoppers. 
Saunders ; Kuined by grasshoppers. Antelope: Taken clean by grasshoppers. 
HOPS. 
Acreage.—There has been, on the whole, a slight increase in acreage. 
While a decrease is indicated of 2 per cent. in Wisconsin, 5 in Ohio, and 
1 in West Virginia, the increase amounts to about 5 per cent. in New 
York and Oregon, 8 in Michigan, and 2 in lowa. The acreage remains 
unchanged in California. 
Condition—The condition is not up to average in respect to prom- 
ised yield ; poor quality is specified in only one return, that from Madi- 
son, New York, while that from Franklin specifies small yield but good 
