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alone, and from other stations in the county of Pulaski some 

 fifteen (15) cars more. An aggregate of over 3,000,000 pounds 

 from Pulaski county, to say nothing of the crop in other large 

 grape districts of the State." Three million pounds shipped 

 from one county alone, where the assessors' returns show but 

 288,800 pounds for the whole State. 



The following tables from a few quite widely separated 

 localities within the State indicate in a small degree what the 

 value of the fruit crop is in ordinary fruit years, for it must 

 be remembered that this year of fruit failure is by no means a 

 fair test of what the results are in a good season. 



It also shows that the statistics as taken by the local as- 

 sessors are very unreliable. The fruit growers are in a meas- 

 ure responsible for this in not keeping accurate accounts of 

 the acreage devoted to the fruit plantations on their own 

 places, and giving them to the assessors when called upon. 

 We hope, in the interest of fruit growing in Illinois, that a 

 proper place may be assigned this important industry by the 

 gathering of more carefully taken statistics on the part of the 

 assessors. The fact remains, however, that these returns are 

 made up from statements made to the assessors every spring 

 by the farmers themselves, and the latter are probably more 

 to blame than the assessors. 



It is impossible to get returns from every county without 

 incurring great expense, but the following tables will indicate, 

 to some extent, what has in reality been done in the line of de- 

 veloping the horticultural interests of the State. It should be 

 borne in mind that many other counties of the State have 

 equally large fruit interests, but these are given only for the 

 reason that persons sufficiently interested could be found to 

 compile the reports: 



NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 



BUREAU COUNTY. 

 (Reported by Arthur Bryant, Princeton.) 



This county has about 3,000 acres of apple orchards ; Prince- 

 ton township has about 25 acres in small fruits and 300 acres 



