Fruits and Vegetables. 



hipments from the north declined. 



u-hes were killed by late frosts in large areas of the At- 

 ; coast, and the Michigan crop was very light. In Del- 

 2 and Maryland the crop was almost an utter failure. 

 ;rop in southern Illinois was also very small. California, 

 gia and Florida produced a fair crop. The following 

 lates for September i are those compiled by the sta- 

 ian of the Department of Agriculture, the figures repre- 



in iia 



ter than the apples and peaches. 

 I crop over any extended geogr 

 tes of the Department of Agricul 



... 35 Ohio 56 California ... .80 



nd other orchard fruits probably averaged nearly 



the apple crop. The plum crop of New York, 

 le most important plum section east of the Rocky plum crop. 

 , was mostly large, although serious incursions of 

 knot have decimated the industry in the Hudson' 



