1889. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



245 



REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROP 



From our Correspandents, June 20, 1889. 



Explanation: Five indifiites a very heavy crop; i over averase; 3 avenig-e; 3 under averagre; 

 1 poor; total failure. Kiods chiefly grown indicated by full tace figures 



EASTERN SECTION. 



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Correspondent. 



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Canada. 



London ■* 4 



Providence N. S 2 2 



Pro\ndence Quebec 3 ~ 



St. Catherines 2 3 



Welland Va. 2 8 



Maine. 



Androscoggin County — 3 3 



Cumberland " 3 3 



New Hampshire. 



Cheshire County . . .5 3 



Rockingham " 4 



Massachusetts 



Boston County 2 3 



Hampshire *' 3 3 



Hampshire " 1 4 



Hampshire " 3 3 



Middlesex " 3 3 



Middlesex " 2 2 



Plymouth " 2 2 



Worcester " 3 3 



CONNETICHT. 



Hartford County 3 4 



Middlesex " 3 



New Haven " 2 3 



Tolland " 3 3 



New York. 



Albany County 4 3 



Chautauqua " 4 4 



Chautauiiua " 3 3 



Chautauqua " 3 3 



Cayuga " 3 3 



Cayuga . 3 4 



Duchess " 1 1 



Erie " 3 3 



Erie " 3 3 



Genesee ' 2 2 



Livingston " 1 1 



Monroe " 3 3 



Monroe " 3 3 



Monroe " 3 3 



Niagara " 3 3 



Niagara " 2 3 



Niagara " * 3 



Niagara " 2 1 



Oswego " 2 3 



Oneida " 3 3 



Orleans " 4 3 



Ontario " 1 1 



Ontario " 2 4 



Onon " 2 1 



Queens " 3 



Steuben " O 



Suffolk " 1 2 



Suffolk " 3 4, 



Seneca " 3 3 



Ulster " 3 3 



Wayne " 2 3 



Wayne " 2 



Wayne " 3 3 



Wayne " 2 3 



Wayne " 1 2 



Yates " .... 3 3 

 New Jersey 



Atlantic County 2 2 



Atlantic " 1 1 



Burlington " 2 3 



IJiuiington " 3 



Cumberland " 4 3 



Cumberland " 3 1 



Essex " 



Essex " 3 3 



Monmouth " 2 1 



Middlesex " 5 6 



Mercer " 4 4 



Mercer " 3 3 



Monmouth " 3 1 



Passaic " 4 4 



Delaware 



Sussex County 3 3 



Sussex " 2 2 



Sussex " 3 3 



Kent " 1 1 



Vermont. 



Chittenden County 3 4 



Orleans " 1 1 



DisTRic Columbia. 



Wiishington 4 4 



Maryland. 



Baltimoi'e 3 3 



Pennsylvania. ' 



Bradford County 3 3 



Cliester ' 3 3 



Chester " 2 1 



Crawford " 4 3 



Cumberland " 3 4 



Dauphein " 3 2 



Franklin " 3 2 



Lackawana " 4 4 



Lancaster " 4 4 



Lancaster '* 3 3 



Philadelphia " 2 2 



CFNTRAL SECTION. 

 Ohio. 



Belmont County.. 3 3 



Cuyahoga " 



Cuyahoga " — 2 2 



Delaware " — 2 2 



Fairfield " .... 2 1 



4 

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3 3 

 3 3 



2 3 



3 4 



4 5 



3 3 

 



4 1 

 



4 3 



3 3 



2 3 3 3 4 



3 4 4 3 3 

 3 3 4 3 4 

 2.433 



3 

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3 

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4 



4 

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3 



4 

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3 

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3 3.43 

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1.432. 

 4 4 4 3 4 



3 John M Denton. 

 .5 H. Chapman. 

 3 Annie L. Jack. 

 3 A (i. Hull. 

 2 E Morden. 



3 3 4 4 L. F.Abbott, 

 3333 A. P. Reed. 



2 3 



3 3 



.5 4 . Marcus Ellis. 

 3 .5 . George Q. Dow. 



3 3 3 

 1 .'"> 



4 2 4 

 433 



4 3 



5 5 

 5 3 



3 2 



4 MR, Faxon. 



. . L W. Goodell. 



4 . Wm. N. Hoyt. 



3 4 S T Maynard 



3 3 Wra C Strong. 



4 . Warren H. Manning. 

 3 3 Ira CoiJeland. 



3 3 W. H Perry, 



3 3 S. B. Reach. 



4 . 1$ G. Northrop. 

 3 3 E E. Burwell. 



3 1 Wm. H. Yeomans 



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3 

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 5 

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 4 

 4 

 1 

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 3 

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4 

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3 

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3 

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3 3 



3 5 4 

 2 4 4 4 



..5535 

 4 2 5 4 



3 J. A. Lintner. 

 3 S. S. Crissey. 

 3 E. H. Pratt. 

 3 L. Roesch 

 3 W. S. Andrews 

 3 D. M. Dunning. 

 . Floyd Quick. 

 5 Esther Shisler. 

 3 G. Zimmermann. 



3 N. Bogue. 



4 L. D. Elder. 



3 EUwanger & Barry. 



. Jos. Harris. 



3 Diamond Gi'ape Co. 



. J. S Woodward. 



. E. Moody & Sons. 



3 Henry Lutts. 



. J. E. Perrigo. 



3 L J. Farmer. 



2 E. P. Powell. 



4 V Bogue 



. Friedemann Greiner. 



3 Ward S. Smith. 

 . F. E Dawley. 



3 Chas E Parnell. 

 W, E Weld. 



4 P, H Foster. 



4 E. D Putney. 



. Geo. A. Bonnell. 

 3 H Hendricks, 

 R.H.Cole. 

 . David Lake. 

 3 AUyne Bros. 



2 W L Devereaux, 



3 J. Irving Johnson, 

 3 Geo. B. Arnold, 



5 Jno. Butterton. 

 3 Wm F. Bassett. 

 3 John S. Collins. 

 o B. D. Shedaker. 



3 Alex. W. Pearson. 

 Theo F. Baker. 

 . T. H. Spaulding. 



3 B. Williams. 

 . E S Black. 



4 Byron D. Halsted. 

 3 C. Ribsam & Sons. 

 3 Chas Black 



E. T, Field. 



3 E. O Orpet. 



. Wm P Corsa. 

 . R. S. Johnston. 

 . J. H viyers. 



2 A. PuUen. 



4 W. W. Cook. 



3 T. H. Hosklns. 



3 4 3 4 4 John Saul. 



2 3 4 



5 5 4 Chas. H. Lake. 



3 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 3 



3 4 5 5 



3 3 5 4 



3 4 5 4 



2 3 3 4 



3 5 5 5 



3 . Fred W. Card. 



3 3 J. A. Roberts. 



4 3 Chas. Istan. 



4 3 Mrs. E. L. Patterson. 



5 5 John F. Hupp. 



3 . E. C. Brinser. 



4 4 E. B. Lang. 



Isaac F. Tillinghast, 



4 3 Daniel K. Herr, 



2 3 W, M. Engle 



3 4 Thomas B .Meehan. 



3 4 E. W. Beid. 



3 3 M. T. Thompson. 



4 3 E H. Cushman. 



3 3 Geo. W. Campbell. 

 3 3 1). Brant. 



Henderson's Dinsmore seems to be giving 

 excellent results as a perfectly liardy, dvi-arf, 

 incessant-blooming, deep crimson, hybrid 

 perpetual. It may prove better than Jacque- 

 minot in some respects as it is more double 

 than that favorite. 



Among the very new kinds Marie Lambert 

 is called the "White Hermosa." This 

 means that it is exceptionally good outside, 

 and an incessant bloomer. The blooms are 

 not large, however. It is one of the most 

 promising for outside culture. 



But so far as maybe stated with certainty 

 from one year's trial, Mrs. J. H. Laing is the 

 banner pink Rose for our gardens. Thus 

 far it seems to have no faults, at least there 

 has been no whisper of any in the reports. 

 Kemarkably strong and healthy, extra free- 

 flowering, with large sized blooms that are 

 line in both shape and color, exquisitely 

 fragrant, and not subject to mildew, itseems 

 to leave nothing more to be desired. This 

 Rose is said to have attracted mttch atten- 

 tion in England as well as here. It must 

 not be confounded with Mrs. Laing, another 

 pink Rose sent out many years ago. 



As an example of the present gushing 

 style of launching new Roses on the public 

 here is a quotation from the catalogues: 

 " This superbly beautiful Rose resembles in 

 color the delicate hues seen in the inside of 

 the fairest deep sea-shells, rosy flesh bathed 

 in golden amber, immense egg-shaped buds, 

 broad, shell-like petals, and large, full 

 flowers, exceedingly sweet." All this 

 beauty to be obtained for twenty cents! 



Have we not at la.st come to the point 

 where new Roses must be described in plain 

 language? There is nothing further that 

 may be said of future aspirants for favor for 

 we have no words left to express more than 

 has already been said of others. Let us 

 return to plain statements of facts. 



Condition of the Fruit Crop. 



On this and the following page we give a 

 full and clear report of the condition of the 

 fruit crop of America as it appears at this 

 date, June 30. Thanks are due again, and 

 hereby extended to our numerous corres- 

 pondends who so promptly responded to our 

 call. In a few instances the returns arrived 

 too late for publication. 



The report shows that this year's crop is 

 not a surperabundant one, all tree- fruits, 

 especially in the sections where most largely 

 grown for market, are below the average, 

 and among the small fruits only one found 

 crops rated higher than average, namely 

 Blackberries, Raspberries and Strawberries. 



A computation shows the following aver- 

 age yield of each kind of fruit for the whole 

 country, the figures corresponding with 

 those named under the explanation at the 

 head of report, 3 indicating an average crop. 



Apples, Early 2 75 Plums 2.53 



Apples, Late 2.70 Quinces.. 2.2.5 



Cherries 2.77 



Grapes 2.80 



Peaches 2.70 



Pears, early 2.70 



Pears, Lat« 2.72 



Raspberries 3.55 



Blackberries 3.80 



Strawberries 3.20 



Currants 2.35 



Gooseberries 2.8li 



We leave it for the present to our readers 

 to draw their own lessons from these figures, 

 or if they wish, to compute the average 

 yields for their respective states or sections. 



Early Beets and Tomatoes. 



[Pajier prepared by Joshua Allyn for the Minnesota 

 Horticultural Society.] 



Beets. About the middle of March the 

 seed is sowed in shollow boxes about twen- 

 ty-four by eighteen inches in size, four 

 inches deep. I try to have four hundred to 

 five hundred plants in each box; they are 

 placed in hot house and forced to rapid 

 growth until middle of April; then set boxes 

 in cold frames and gradually harden them 

 until they will stand quite frosty air. 



liy the fii-st week in May they will do to set out 

 or transplant in bed. As soon as the ground can 



