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two dozen cans each, for two years, were compiled by the 

 American Grocer : 



STATES. 



1 891. 



1 890. 





1891. 









Cases. 



Cases. 





Cases. 



Cases. 



New Jersey 



950,833 



815,485 





26,900 



5,670 



Maryland 



744,010 



949,157 



Pennsylvania .... 



15,000 



21,285 



Indiana ; * 



341,217 



243,920 





14,400 



15,500 





264,950 



230,025 





12,600 



4,500 



California 



218,311 



222,173 



Massachusetts .... 



10,000 



18,000 



New York 



H4.774 



101,952 





10,000 



14,972 





98,360 



95,694 



Arkansas 



14,500 



20,000 





94,800 



98,904 



Tennessee 



6,840 



1,910 



Ohio 



90,590 



75.060 





4,5oo 



10,850 





90,350 



28,400 



North Carolina . . . 



3,900 



3,150 





83,000 

 73,506 



73,246 





3,000 



3,000 





51,484 

















68,324 



32,250 



Total 



3,405,365 



3,166,177 



Kansas 



50,700 



29,590 









The following table shows the output of canned tomatoes 

 for the last six years ; 



YEAR. TOTAL PACK. 



Cases. 



1886 2,363,760 



1887 2,817,048 



1888 3,343- I 37 



1889 2,976,765 



1890 3,166,177 



1891 3,4 5.365 



The sweet-corn crop of 1891 was large, although it has been 

 exceeded. This crop has assumed new importance within the 

 last few years, because of its increasing use as a canned vege- 

 table. Upon this subject the statistician of the Department of 

 Agriculture makes the following comment in " Report of the 

 Crops of the Year," 1891 : " The roasting-ear, the green corn 

 upon the cob, has been recognized as a standard article of food 

 during the season in which it may be obtained, in this country 

 at least, since it was first introduced to the notice of the origi- 

 nal settlers. It is only within comparatively recent years, 

 however, that successful methods have been followed in pre- 

 paring it for use outside of its ordinary period of growth. This 

 branch of the industry is now a very large one, and factories 

 are to be found in very many sections of the country where 

 the sweet varieties of maize are grown. The principal pack- 

 ing districts are in Maine, New York and the Atlantic coast, 



