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New England 375,000 bushels 



New Jersey 150,000 



Wisconsin 275,000 " 



Total 800, 000 



Prices opened higher than usual and the market continued 

 to improve until January ist, when there was a slight reaction 

 which continued for about six weeks. Since then there has 

 been improvement. The prices were on the whole steady, 

 and although not high were very satisfactory. Oregon and 

 Washington are beginning to attract some attention as cran- 

 berry states. 



Vegetables of all kinds yielded well. The year was a profit- 

 able one for the truckers about Norfolk. The potato crop v^diS 

 light and poor, probably no more than half an average crop. 

 Rot was very serious in many regions. The statistician of the 

 Department of Agriculture reports as follows upon the crop : 

 ''The potato crop suffered from unfavorable weather at time 

 of planting and at time of harvest. This was especially true 

 in New England and the Ohio Valley ; condition throughout 

 the season was low, and the returns of yield per acre were in 

 close harmony with the season's record. The estimated yield 

 per acre is onl}' SlY^ bushels, which, with two exceptions, is 

 the lowest yield ever reported. The same conditions which 

 injured the crop during the early growing season resulted in 

 making the area smaller than was originally intended. The 

 actual supply for consumption per head of population of this 

 important food crop is smaller than in any recent year." The 

 crop in Manitoba was large enough to afford some for impor- 

 tation into the United States. The crop was a failure in Ire- 

 land and great distress has resulted. In other parts of Europe 

 it appears to have been fair or good. 



The ?nelon crop of the South is yearly becoming more im- 

 portant, and the area devoted to watermelons in Georgia alone 

 for i8go has been estimated at nearly 30,000 acres. 



The to7?iato pack y^diS somewhat above the average of the last 

 three years. For the Union it was 3,166,177 cases, as com- 

 pared with 2,976,765 cases in 1889. Maryland, New Jersey 

 and Delaware gave heavy yields, while the pack in other states 

 was comparatively light. 



California. In general, the fruit crop of California was the 



