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Wood Webster Apples, 15. 

 Dr. Stoner Apples, 12. 

 H. Sheim Apples, 5. 

 Other orchards, estimated, 3,000. 

 Total, 4,024 acres, or a total of about 20,000 trees. 

 H. Sheim Five acres small fruits. 



Dr. Skinner One acre quinces, 3 acres pears, 3 acres 

 peaches, 5 acres small fruits. 



HANCOCK COUNTY. 



(Reported by James T. Johnson, Warsaw.) 



Gathered from over one hundred fruit growers in the vi- 

 cinity of the towns of Nauvoo and Warsaw, this county. 

 Total number of acres of fruit (estimated), 10,000. 

 Apples, value of crop (in fruit years), $75.000. 



THE FOLLOWING FIGURES ARE OF THE CROP OF 1893: 



Pears, 2,300 bushels; value $3,000. 



Peaches, 7,000 bushels; value, $7,000. 



Grapes, 4,000,000 pounds; value, $100,000. Nine carloads 

 of grapes were shipped from Nauvoo in one day. 



Strawberries, 6,000 cases of twenty-four quarts each 

 (144,000 quarts). 



Raspberries, 4,000 cases of twenty-four quarts (90,000 

 quarts). 



Blackberries, 4,500 cases of twenty-four quarts (98,000 

 quarts). 



Value of small fruits noted above, $20,000. 



Tomatoes, 75,000 bushels; value, $30,000. 



Cucumbers, 75,000 bushels; value, $30,000. 



Melons, 300 acres; value of crop, $15,000. 



Beans, 2,000 bushels; value, $1,000. 



Squashes, value, $1,000. 



Irish potatoes, 10,000 bushels; value, $8,000. 



Sweet potatoes, 3,000 bushels; value, $2,750. 



Onions, 3,500 bushels; value, $2,100. 



Pie-plant, 3,000 boxes; value, 3,000. 



Cider, 150,000 gallons; value, $15,000. 



Wine, 80,000 gallons; value, $32,000. 



