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Teansactions of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society. Pamphlet from 
Secretary Robert Manning, Boston, Mass. 
This volume contains the reports of the busi¬ 
ness meetings of the society aud much other 
matter of general interest to horticulturists. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Alabama. 
Mobile, Mobile Co.—This year’s spriug 
crops have been already gathered and have 
realized good prices all through. Potatoes 
averaged about 13 barrels to one l tarrel planted, 
aud realized about §3.50 per barrel for 
tbe whole crop, the lowest price being 
§2 per barrel, aud the highest §4.50. Cab¬ 
bages were also a large crop, prices averaging 
§3 per crate. Beans and peas about §1.25 
per bushels for the whole crop. XVe were one 
month at least ahead of other years, and tbe 
fact that we did not have our annual killing 
cold, as heretofore, gave us good crops, and as 
our Northern markets were short on potatoes 
the demand for vegetables was greater thau 
usual and hence prices were high. As a 
general thing our potatoes yield from 15 to 
30 barrels to one barrel planted, but this 
spring has beeu very dry to date. Hay, corn, 
melons aud oilier truck have suffered terribly, 
but since June 21 we have bad more rain 
which will insure abundant corn and bay 
crops as well as sweet potatoes, of which there 
is a large acreage planted. They first appeared 
in our market about June 15. About tbe mid¬ 
dle of August we bpgiu planting our fall crop 
of Irish potatoes usiug for seed our refuse or 
small potatoes left from the spring crop, which 
are plauted whole. At same time, turnips, 
rutabagas, beets aud carrots are planted, and 
cabbage seed is sown iu beds to be trans¬ 
planted into the field about Sept. I, and later 
oh as the plants attain the i ight size they are 
transplanted Wo also find that upon trial 
our fall crop of Irish potatoes gives a better 
yield in the spring than the Northern seed 
potatoes we usually have been buying, but it 
is very seldom we make a good fall crop, there¬ 
fore we have to buj r our seed of N orthern 
growers. _ G. B. K. 
, Arkansas, 
Dexter, Jefferson Co.—Cotton and corn are 
the only crops raised here, and the prospect 
for cotton is better than last year. Corn is 
not as good, owing to lack of rain. s. R. 
Calilomla, 
San Leandro, Alameda Co.—Barley and 
fruits are the main crops. Com, good; wheat 
and barley and apples good, but were hurt by 
hot weather. Oats very light; potatoes fair, 
although considerably damaged by frost. 
Root crops poor; no spring rains. Apricots 
and peaches very good; cherries and apples 
fair; pears and plums light. Hay (grain cut 
in milk) aud pasture very short. G. T. 
Canada. 
Binsoarth, Man.—Wheat, oats, barley, 
and potatoes are increasing in area from year 
to year, aud the outlook this year is most en¬ 
couraging. C. L. s. 
Argenteuil. Calumet Couuty, Quebec.— 
Area under crops a little in excess of an aver¬ 
age of tbe last five year’s acreage. Principal 
crops: oats, peas, potatoes. These with the 
corn, wheat, and buckwheat are looking bet¬ 
ter thau the average. Pastures are good and 
bay will lie a heavy yield. Being a lumber 
county, we export only some oats, a little hay, 
potatoes, butter, and u few horses. Fruit 
crops hardly up to an average. R. L. 
Carlyle, N. W. T.— The amount of land 
under cultivation in this district, iu compari¬ 
son with the extent of country It. comprises, is 
not very large. It is as yet not fully 
settled, tbe first settlers having come in 1382. 
Here is the outlook for the crops: Wheat 
averages 28 bushels per acre; oats 45, and 
barley 20, and the outlook for all three is ex¬ 
tremely good. The yield of wheat and oats 
iB sometimes much greater than these averages, 
the former sometimes yielding 40 bushels per 
acre aud the latter 70 to 80. Peas, though not 
extensively grown, yield well. Corn is not a 
success. Potatoes promise large returns. 
Root crops and garden vegetables look well. 
Small fruits grow in abundance ou the banks 
of the streams and in the “Moose Hills” to 
the north. Of orchard fruits there are none. 
Hay and pasture grass (wild) are good. Flax 
looks well. c, w. 8. 
LAcniNE, Quebec.—Wheat, insignificant; 
oats, a very good crop; rye, poorish prospect; 
buckwheat and potatoes, prospects good; gar- 
deu vegetables, poor, as usual; bay and pas¬ 
ture, very good; tobacco, poor. The cultiva¬ 
tion of this district, is as bad as can well be. 
Farmers are uneducated and prejudiced in 
favor of a miserable routine. Still, there is a 
gleam of sunshine in tbe great increase of root 
crops. Three years ago there were none sown. 
On one farm this year there are seven acres, 
A, R. J. F. 
Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario.—Winter 
wheat is looking very well with a fair aver¬ 
age for some years. Spriug wheat very lit¬ 
tle sown. Corn not as much as usual aud looks 
poor. Peas never looked better ou more than 
an average area. Oats lookiug well on a full 
acreage. Barley very good on an area 
larger than usual; now in bead. Quite a 
quantity of buckwheat sown ou corn ground. 
Potatoes look well; not many planted. Pas¬ 
ture good, but hay is a very poor crop. An 
average amount of clover seed with plenty of 
small fruits. Apples scarce. We are ready 
for a commercial union. h. h. 
Renton, Ontario.—Corn, wheat, and oats, 
will he average crops; potatoes need rain; 
apples not half a crop, too many last year; 
hay is light, pens promising well. Acreage 
of all about the same as in other years. M. s. 
Trenholmvillk, Quebec.—With the ex¬ 
ception of the bay crop, which gave good 
promise, but owing to the exceedingly dry 
time, has beeu stunted somewhat, though do¬ 
ing nicely since last week’s rains,—we are 
going to have splendid crops, and as far as we 
can now judge, they will be tbe best for years. 
Farmers who have beeu here for 00 years say 
that pastures were never so good as this year. 
As we had very little frost in tbe ground dur¬ 
ing the past winter, the snow melted and was 
absorbed by tbe ground; consequently, tbe 
moisture was retained aud tbe result is splendid 
pasture. _ T. B. 
Connecticut. 
New Haven, New Haven Co.—No wheat, 
oats, or field corn raised in this neighborhood; 
all are engaged in market gardening. 
Weather very changeable; cold and wet 
through April, warm aud dry through May, 
with only ouc shower iu the month, heavy 
rain tbe first of June, which helped peas, 
strawberries, and grass—which is under the 
average, I think. Berries, a good crop; peas, 
a short crop. Eurly sweet corn, looking well; 
that planted later, very uneven; as some did 
not come until we bad rain. Cabbage hurt 
by tbe maggots in the roots. Potatoes look 
well, but will need rain soon. Apples set very 
full; so did what few peach trees we have. 
J. M. A. 
Wilton, Fairfield Co.—Corn will be a full 
average for the last five years, and it is 
raised pretty extensively iu this section, as a 
substitute for hay, aud it is much cheaper to 
feed cattle. On tbe grain with tbe fodder, 
the cattle thrive about as well as on bay. 
Wheat, not more than half of an average. 
Oats and rye full average crops. Buckwheat, 
not more than one-fourth of an average. Po¬ 
tatoes about oue-balf. Root crops somewhat 
less tlinu usual. Not much attention is given 
to orchard fruits, os they hardly pay the ex¬ 
pense of huudliug. Hay and pasturage are 
our main dependence. It is thought that not 
much over one-half a crop will be raised, on 
account of the drought. Tobacco, ubout oue- 
fourtk of the usual crop. Flax, broom, and 
cotton, none. Farmers are raising a good 
deal of fodder corn, but none for ensilago. A 
number of farmers have erected wind-mills 
ami use them for a variety of purposes; they 
are well satisfied with them as labor-savers at 
little exponse. _ k. J. 
Colorado. 
Gheklev, Weld Co.—The area of wheat 
sown this year was about, one-fifth less than 
usual. Owing to dry weather at sowing time 
it does not promise more than four-fifths of an 
average yield. Of potatoes one-fourth great¬ 
er area was planted aud the outlook is fair for 
an average yield. After giving us a rest for 
a few years, tbe potato beetle is again with 
us. Little more than an average crop of corn 
was planted, and there is a prospect of little 
more thau an average crop. Oats look only 
fairly well; rather more thau average crop 
sown. The first cutting of Alfalfa bay was 
extra large, aud was generally put up iu fine 
condition. C. F. M. 
La Junta, Bent Co.—We are now cutting 
our first crop of Alfalfa, running 2 * 4 ' tons to 
acre. Owing to splendid rains the range is iu 
excellent condition, and this will, very likely, 
prove a splendid year for Colorado. Cattle 
and sheep are iu very fine condition for this 
season. w. w. w. 
Longmont. Boulder Co.—The crops in this 
county are below the average of the last live 
years. Corn average area; yield will be com¬ 
paratively nothing. Wheat area a little less; 
yield about 00 per cent, of average. Oat area 
an average; yield less than usual. Barley 
average area; yield 75 per cent. Potatoes 
larger area Root crops but little planted. 
Garden vegetables as usual. Orchard fruits 
a failure. Hay an average crop. R. s. 
Dakota. 
Bridgewater, McCook Co.—Mixed farm¬ 
ing is the rule in Southeastern Dakota. Stock 
raising and creamery butter making are get¬ 
ting to be large industries in this couuty. 
Early-sown wheat on fall plowing is above an 
average; late-sown on spring plowing of not 
much account. Oats run about the same. 
Very little (lax has beeu sown this year; what 
there is looks well. Twice as much corn as 
usual was planted; all put in early and prop¬ 
erly cultivated; bids fair to be above an av¬ 
erage; barley al>out an average; potatoes 
above. Abundance of wild grass. Unim¬ 
proved laud ?7 to §10 per acre. w. w. w. 
Cedar, Hand Co.—Wheat increased in acre¬ 
age about 20 per cent.; average prospect 00 
per cent.; oats, decrease, 20 per cent.; pros¬ 
pect, 75 per cent. Little barley was sown be¬ 
fore this 3 'ear, but a considerable amount 
was sown this spring; prospect, 85 per cent, 
of crop. Corn increased area 125 per cent.: 
prospect, 100. Rye but little sown: prospect, 
90 per cent.; potato acreage, 100 per 
cent.; prospect, 9(5 per cent.; flax increased 
area 95 per cent.; prospect, 100 per cent. But 
little tame grass has beeu sown here yet; 
prospect fair. Wo need a heavy, soaking 
rain. Tbe ground was thoroughly dried out 
last year and has been wet since only a short 
distance down. We have nothing to depend 
on except the frequent showers which moisten 
the ground, and these would be enough had 
tbe ground been soaked below to start with. 
E. w. K. 
Dover, McCook Co.—Corn area double that 
of last j’ear; outlook below that of last year. 
Wheat area not as large as last year, and 
there will not bo over one-half crop on ac¬ 
count of drought; oat area about as last 
year, aud not one fourth of crop; lors of them 
will nor. be harvested; rye area same as last 
year; light, crop, winter-killed, and nearly 
one-half was plowed up this spring; barley 
usual area, light; potatoes about as usual as 
to area; look fair now; bay light; posture 
short; fiax area less thau lust year. I have 
just returned from a trip through seveial 
counties north aud west of here and the 
above is a fair statement of the crops as seen 
b 3 r me and of my own crops and my neigh¬ 
bors’. A. H. 
Delaware. 
Hartly, Kent Co.—Tbe season, so far, has 
boon favorable for crops, with timely and 
abundant rams, although the spring was late. 
Corn area, 100 per cent., prospect good for a 
full average crop. Wheat area, 75, yield 100; 
about all harvested and some thrashed. Oats 
80; yield 80. Botatoes 100; 100. Garden 
vegetables, 75; 90, Orchard fruits 100; 25. 
Hay 75; 75. Ver 3 T little pasture grass, as the 
land quickly turns to woods or jungle ugain, 
in spite of the few cattle. The usual urea is 
under tomatoes grown for cauning, and they 
promise a full crop. Corn aud peaches are 
our two principal crops; the latter suffered 
severely from u frost on April 22, just when 
they were coming iuto bloom; consequently 
the fruit did not set; especially on young 
trees. Some old orchards bore from a quar¬ 
ter to half a crop, und of tbe small quantity 
of fruit set., the curcullo came in for a large 
share. Its work is called here, “June drop¬ 
pings.” No one here seems to notice these in¬ 
sect pests, not even newspaper men; although 
ever 3 ’ falleu specimen contains u little “grub” 
and it is my opinion that unless this matter is 
attended to,of tbe beautiful and luscious peach¬ 
es of Delaware there will be nothing left but 
“June droppings.” I would suggest, os a rem¬ 
edy, picking up “droppings” at least every two 
days, and destroying them. This would re¬ 
quire concert of action and thoroughness to 
be effective. s. n. 
Georgia. 
Ameiucus, Sumter Co.—Cotton and corn, 
acreage, 100, condition 100; oats, rye, Irish 
potatoes, root crops und garden vegetables, 
acreage 100, condition, 25; orchard fruits, 100. 
Excessively cold weather iu winter and early 
spring, followed by a drought, has cutoff tbe 
last six items. The drought hus prevented 
the planting of sweet potatoes, our main pota¬ 
to crop. A. w. a. 
Florence, Stewart Co.—Area of corn fully 
as large as in past years; outlook not very 
favorable. Area of cotton 10 per cent, less 
but looks very favorable for good yield. Oats, 
well-nigh a failure. Vegetables, very poor; 
fruits only medium. w. \v. f. 
Illinois. 
ARENZViLLE,Cass Co.—The weather is very 
dry; stock water scarce. Corn looks well; 
wheat the best since ’58; thrashing out of 
the shock from 18 to 40 bushels per acre of 
good berry. Pastures are feeding very well. 
Oats moderate. Rye, potatoes, tobacco and 
gardens were cut short. Peaches, cherries 
and plums, will scarcely bear any crops. Beef 
doing well. Pork limited. Hay is a failure. 
Clover seed a fair crop; health good; praying 
for rain. J. R. 
Aurora, Kane Co.—It lias been very dry 
here for the past year. All crops are from 
tw'o to three weeks ahead of the usual time. 
Corn looks good; if we have rain it will 
be a heavy crop. Outs are only a quarter of 
a crop. Early potatoes a failure. Grass not 
more than one-sixth of a crop. A good many 
farmers have turned their cattle into their 
meadows. There will not be any Timothy 
in portions of the State. What wheat aud rye 
there are will be about half crops. o. c. 
Cambridge, Henry Co.—Corn, very little 
raised; area and outlook average; wheat our 
staple cjj’op, very poor, two-thirds of a crop; 
barley, area greater thau ever; three-fourths 
of a crop; potatoes small area, fair average; 
hay a very short crop, area small. Water¬ 
melons grown extensively: 1.500 acres in this 
vicinity; outlook good. Grapes, area increas¬ 
ing very rapidly; crop injured by frost. Or¬ 
chard fruits, area increasing each year; out¬ 
look good. A bot north wind about tbe first 
of June cut down the grain crops in this State 
fully one-third. f. b. si. 
Freeport, Stephenson Co.—We are having 
a drought so severe that the grass in the past¬ 
ures is so dead it will crackle underfoot. 
FIa 3 ' is almost nothing. Coru a good average. 
Small grains of all kinds less than half crops. 
Potatoes look well. We are sowing millet 
and drilling in com for feed, hoping for rain 
to make them grow. J. R. w. 
Morris, Grundy Co.—Compared with the 
last five years, corn is to be rated at 100. 
Wheat but little sown iu this count}’, rate, 
perhaps, at (50; oats, acreage large, 60; rye, 
acreage short, 00. Potatoes and garden vege¬ 
tables the usual acreage, but suffering for 
rain. Orchard fruits a fuiiure. Hay and 
pasture far below an average for the last five 
years. Last. season and this the driest since 
18t>0 No rain this season since Februar}’, ex¬ 
cept light, local showers. This is a corn aud 
stock country—cattle, horses and hogs. 
T. G. 
Indiana. 
Baker’s Corners. Hamilton Co.—We need 
rain badly. The condition of wheat is an av¬ 
erage for the last live years, aud a larger area 
has been sown; nearly all is cut. Corn has a 
good prospect, but needs rain; usual amount 
out; more forward than usual. Oats heavy; 
average amount sown. Rye but little sown; 
average yield. Potatoes, root crops, and 
garden vegetables, poor prospect ou accouut 
of drought. Apples and poaches scarce; trees 
badly destroyed by the past severe winters. 
Pears good: trees not very plentiful. Small 
fruits not very good; too dry. Meadows fair; 
pastures gettiug short. Pigs and a few cows 
are d}’ing from cholera. Fat hogs seem all 
right yet. d. h. c. 
Greensboro, Decatur Co.—Coru 10 per 
cent, better than an average. V\ heat 80 and 
oats 85 per cent, of an average of last five 
years. Potatoes good average. Apples and 
cherries, none. Pears 50 per cent, of crop. 
Hay and pusturago, good average. w. n. 
Indianapolis, Marion Co.—Taking the av¬ 
erage of the last five years at 100 per cent, 
our crops will range about ns follows: Coru, 
area 100; condition 100; wheat 10(5, 110; 
oats 105, 110; rye 00, 100; potatoes 100, 90; 
orchard fruits 100, 150; clover 125, 100; Timo¬ 
thy 90, 75. D. V. V. 
La Porte, La Porte Co.—Corn aud wheat 
90percent.; oats 75; potatoes aud vegetables 
100; fruits 75; pasture 90. The acreage in 
above is about an average from year to year. 
W. E. H. 
Morefield, Switzerland Co.—Wheat all 
cut; not so goodas last year, and less acreage. 
Oats a fair crop; average acreage. Grass 
good. Corn growing, but rather late. Pota¬ 
toes suffering from want of raiu, No ruin 
for over two weeks. J. O. 
Iowa. 
Burlington, Dos Moines Co.—We have not 
had rain enough to wet the ground thoroughly! 
since spring commenced, but crops are in good 
condition. Coru above an average; wheat 
above; oats 25 under. Hay 50 uuder. Pas¬ 
ture, 25 under. Garden vegetables 25 under 
