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HOPS. 



The hop crop reached its greatest production in 1877, in which year 

 it is estimated that 60,000 acres were planted, yielding an average ot 

 050 pounds per acre, and resulting in a total crop of 39,000,000 pounds. 

 The exports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and which were of 

 the crop of 1877, were 18,458,782 pounds. The low prices consequent 

 on such large production, added to a cyo\) of very poor quality, made 

 the crop gathered in 1878 a very disastrous industry for those engaged 

 in it, and caused a large area in hops to be abandoned. For 1879 it 

 was estimated that a decrease of 20 per cent, had taken place in the 

 area cultivated, leaving 48,000 acres in hops. New York and Wisconsin 

 grew over two-thirds of the crop of the country. Owing to disaster in 

 the crop in Europe the price has advanced to 30 cents per pound against 

 10 cents last year, and the export which, for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1879, only amounted to 5,458,159 pounds, has risen in the six months 

 succeeding that date to 9,370,377 pounds. 



PEANUTS (AracMs hypogm). 



This nut, sometimes called pindar and ground-nut, is a native Of 

 Africa. It was first grown in this country in North and South Carolina 

 and exported to France. Afterward, and until the last twenty years, 

 it was imported into this country for the manufacture of oil. Of late 

 years the importation has fallen very low, owing to the increase of cul- 

 tivation keeping i:)ace with the demand. It is still used for the manu- 

 facture of oil, and largely used in adulterating chocolate, but the great 

 demand is for edible puri)oses. 



The crop shows a great increase since 10 years. 



The States of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina grow five- 

 sixths of the crop, but it is cultivated to a small extent for home use in 

 all the Southern States. In 1875 the total crop was 785,000 bushels, 

 being 115,000 • more than the year previous ; in 1878 the crop was 

 1,390,000 bushels, of which Virginia raised 875,000 ; Tennessee, 425,000, 

 and North Carolina, 90,000 bushels. 



In 1879 there was a large increase in the area planted, and estimated 

 at 12 per cent, for the whole country. The yield also was greater, thus 

 making a crop, according to commercial estimates, of 1,725,000 bushels. 

 The weight per bushel varies in different localities, and is from 22 to 28 

 pounds per bushel. The value is about $1.15 per bushel, thus making 

 a value of |J ,983,750 for the crop of 1879. 



CEANBEERY. 



The American cranberry ( Vaccinium macrocarpon) is found in a wild 

 state in boggy land throughout the northern portions of the United 

 States and Canada. The cultivation of the cranberry was commenced 

 in the early part of the present century, but tiU thirty years ago was on 

 a very limited scale ; the first culture was in the vicinity of Cape Cod. 

 The cro]i of the country is divided into three divisions, namely, the New 

 England, New Jersey, and the Western. The New England crop in- 

 cludes all raised in the New England States, three-fourtbs of which is 

 raised in tbe vicinity of Cape Cod; the Western crop includes that 

 gathered in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Northern Ohio 

 and Indiana. The following table is extracted from the report of N. E. 



