Yields and Prices of 1889. 



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an average crop was obtained. In Georgia, however, the 

 crop was probably the best ever grown. But the crop is 

 usually neglected in the south, and it does not attain the im- 

 portance that it might in northern markets. The peach in- 

 terests of the east are suffering seriously from the yellows. In 

 Delaware, for instance, the capacity is scarcely more than a 

 third as great as ten or even fewer years ago. The Michigan 

 growers have fought the disease vigorously and are suffering 

 little. 



Grapes were fair to good in New York, a failure in the fruit 

 region of Michigan, and the New Jersey, Delaware, and 

 Southern Illinois crops were much injured by rot. 



The Florida orange crop is considerably below that of 1888, 

 owing to the very dry weather of April and May. The output 

 this year will probably not exceed 1,600,000 boxes, while the 

 crop of last year was about 2,000,000 boxes. This reduction 

 means more than a shortage of 400,000 boxes, for more trees 

 are coming into bearing each year. The crop will probably 

 bring remunerative prices to growers, and yet it is large 

 enough to supply the market at reasonable figures. 



Berries have been a good crop generally. In Michigan, 

 Southern Illinois, and throughout the south the yields werfe 

 fully average to large. Berries are yearly becoming more im- 

 portant in the southern states. 



Strawberries have been a heavy crop, but the quality, par- 

 ticularly in the east, has been poor, owing to the cold and wet 

 weather. Most of the large markets were glutted in the 

 height of the season. Yet, on the whole, prices have aver- 

 aged fair to good. The strawberry market season is con- 

 stantly lengthening. The New York season now extends over 

 about four months. It opens late in February or early in 

 March with the Florida berries, closing about the first week 

 in July with consignments from Central and Northern New 

 York. Berries from the vicinity of Charleston arrive about 

 two weeks after the Florida crop, and Jersey berries come in 

 about June first. 



Cranberries have been a very light crop in New Jersey and 

 the west. In New England the crop has been fair to good. 

 The poor crop in the west and the comparative scarcity of 

 apples have made a brisk demand for cranberries. The 

 American Cranberry Growers' Association state that the New 



