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results. In previous years we have met with no trouble in get- 

 ting returns from Maine, while this year the reports are varied 

 ancl conflicting. Large and influential packers claim that the 

 pack in Maine was fully equal to that of 1892, while others 

 claim it was 25 per cent. less. It is certain that the acreage 

 was greater, and this increase offset in good part the loss by 

 drouth." The following table shows the cases of corn (24 cans 

 each) packed in the various States : 





1893. Cases. 



1892. Cases. 



Maine 



609,167 



727,167 



Maryland and Virginia 



540,057 



618,733 





1,074,530 



805,509 





626,496 



464,500 





76,108 



53,552 





470,381 



310,315 



Ohio 



369,000 



210,143 





192,300 



100,730 





32,950 



27,775 





26,840 



15,881 



Michigan 



1,200 



400 





57,513 



22,100 





40,105 



7,600 





67,804 



52,785 





4,184,451 



3,417,190 



Canada 



117,000 



113,889 



United States and Canada 



4,301,451 



3,531,079 



The pack of canned corn for the past nine years has been 

 as follows : 



Cases. 



885 1,082,174 



886 1,704,735 



887 2,311,424 



888 3,491,474 



889 1,760,300 



890 1,588,860 



Cases. 



1891 2,889,153 



1892 3,531,079 



1893 4,301,451 



Total for nine years. . . .22,660,650 

 Average annual pack.. 2,517,850 



Imports and Exports of Vegetables. — Our eastern 

 markets continue to receive large quantities of vegetables from 

 Europe and the West Indies. In midwinter, 1893-4, some 40,- 

 000 sacks of Scotch potatoes arrived in New York in one month. 

 Early in 1894, new potatoes began to arrive from Havana, sell- 

 ing in New. York for $6 per bbl. Bermuda old potatoes were 

 also in the market. Cabbages from Denmark brought $10 per 

 hundred. Brussels sprouts from France sold at the same time 

 for twenty-five cents per pound, and French cauliflowers at 

 forty and fifty cents each. A remarkable feature in the vege- 

 table market of New York, for a week or two preceding Christ- 

 mas, was the sale of several tons of forced rhubarb, of 

 which it is said that over ten tons were received from Liverpool. 

 In early spring, Cuba is in the habit of furnishing New York 

 markets with string beans, peppers, okra, egg-plants and other 

 vegetables. 



