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as far south as Virginia, although in the central west, where 

 the surplus corn which supplies commercial demand is grown, 

 it is rapidly assuming importance. The reputation of this 

 class of our canned goods product is attested by the steady 

 and rapid increase of the amount consumed by our own 

 people. " 



The corn-pack of the year is thus detailed by the American 

 Grocer: 



STATES. 



1891. 



1890. 



STATES. 



1891. 



1890. 





Cases. 



Cases. 



States. 



Cases. 



Cases. 



Maine 



Maryland and Virginia . 



New York 



Illinois and Indiana. . . 



Ohio 



Canada (partly estimated) 



614 894 

 461,240 

 536,814 



476,735 

 213,001 

 194,800 



81,750 

 49,700 

 52,000 



503,939 

 260,308 

 305,691. 

 225,198 

 108,493 

 80,700 

 10,925 



New Jersey .... 

 Michigan 



Massachusetts . . 



All other states . . 



40 000 

 27, c 00 

 12,140 

 11,800 

 11,000 

 9720 

 96,559 



3.700 

 4,000 

 3,967 

 9,700 

 2,500 

 28,475 



41,264 



Total . . . 



2,799,453 



1,588,860 



Melons. 



In the last seven years the total corn-pack of the United 

 States has been as follows : 



YEAR. TOTAL PACK. 



Cases. 



1885 1,082,174 



1886 1,704,735 



1887 2,311,424 



1888 3,491,474 



1889 1,760,300 



1890 1,588,860 



189T • .2,799,453 



The melon crop of the country continues to increase in ex- 

 tent and importance. Missouri is coming to be one of the 

 largest growers. A new departure was made in the industry 

 this year in exporting melons to England. A trial lot was 

 sent from Macon, Georgia, the first of August. The result of 

 the experiment is not known to me. 



The onion crop is probably the most staple product of 

 American truck-gardens, and it is likely to assume still greater 

 importance to American growers since the passage of the new 

 tariff law. The following review of the onion trade is written 

 by G. S. Palmer for the Fruit Trade Journal for August 2 : 



