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BOTANICAL INDEX. 
STATISTICS OK PEACHES, BERRIES, AND MISCELLANEOUS FRUITS, SHIPPED II V DIO I, A W A KE 
DIVISION OK PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE R. R. [Official.] 
1875 
1876 
1877 
1878 
Berries in Quarts 
7,712,256 
7,882,912 
604,7(2 
6,993,312 
Peaches in ;V a Bush. Baskets 
Cherries in Quarts 
4,330,036 
116,384 
6,21 1 
1,144,934 
153,120 
6,883 
2,133,790 • 
463,173 
Apples and Pears in Barrels 
Apples, Pears and other Fruits, 
6,318 
1 ,581 
in other packages, in Bushels. . . 
41,945 
17,386 
17,810 
34,416 
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OK KRIIIT SHIPPED KROM THE ST. JOSEPH (MICH.) FRUIT BELT, 1878- 
Berries in }<> Bushel 
Packages. 
Peaches and Crapes 
in Bush. Pkgcs. 
Apples in Barrels. 
Miscellaneous Arti- 
cles in Boxes. 
Via C. & W. M. R. R. 
63,438 
75,984 
53,428 
2,993 
Via Steamboats 
95,857 
113,976 
80,142 
4,489 
Total 
159,295 
189,960 
133,570 
7,482 
AMOUNT OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SHIPPED FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRUIT BELT, 
1878. [Official.] 
From Cobden. 
From Anna Station. 
From Alta Pass. 
From Villa liidge. 
Via Express 
672,550 lbs. 
76,850 lbs. 
84,040 lbs. 
42,000 lbs. 
Via Fruit Train 
7,804,227 lbs. 
1,486,483 lbs. 
36,829 lbs. 
1 ,364,780 lbs. 
Total 
8,476,777 lbs. 
1,563,333 lbs* 
120,869 lbs. 
1,406,780 lbs. 
SANDUSKY, OHIO, GRAPE PRODUCT, 1877. [Official.] 
[This Belt comprises Erie and Ottawa Counties, principally ; Kelly Island is in Erie County, hut all the other 
Islands, viz. Put-in-Bay, North, South and Middle Lass, Catawba Islands, Ac., are in Ottawa Co.] 
Number of Acres in 
Vineyard. 
Pounds of Grapes pro- 
duced. 
Gallons of Wine made. 
Erie County, Ohio 
1,374 
2,059,648 
233,676 
Ottawa County, Ohio 
1,862 
3,004,904 
183,475 
Total 
3.236 
5,064,552 
417,151 
STATEMENT OF FRUIT SHIPED FROM BENTON HARBOR, MICH., 1878, VIA LAKE. [From tiie 
Custom House Books.] 
Apples in Barrels 57,616 
Strawberries in Crates (32 qts.) 32,348 
Cherries in Crates (32 qts.) 2,973 
Raspberries in Crates (32 qts.) 10,866 
Blackberries in Crates (32 qts.) ... 16,473 
Peaches, % Bushel Baskets 26,283 
Pears, Bushel Baskets 2,229 
Quinces, \ Bushel Baskets 230 
Grapes, l 4 Bushel Baskets 12,648 
The year 1878 is known among fruit growers as an “off year which is best un- 
derstood by saying “ a year of a bountiful crop is usually followed by one of a small 
yield, which may be explained by the well known fact that fruit trees become so far 
exhausted by a heavy crop that it requires two years to renew its lost vigor. A good 
comparison is furnished by the following figures of fruit and vegetables shipped 
from Anna Station, 111. : In 1877, 2,427,690 pounds; in 1878, 1,579,610 pounds. 
The figures from Southern Illinois are, however, rather incomplete, liecause the 
figures of shipments, as furnished by Railway and Express companies, are the sum 
total of both fruit and vegetables, which could not be separated. From another 
source we learn that from tin' commencement of the season up to June 1st, ls78, 
there wereshipped from Cobden, 111., 45,500 crates of strawberries, of 24 quarts each, 
