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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. 
OUTLOOK FOR THE APPLE CROP. 
The apple crop in this section is light; quality good. Some 
growers estimate the crop at not more than 73 per cent of 
last year, which was about 40 per cent of full crop. Apples 
are now showing up better than a month ago, and may pos¬ 
sibly harvest more than above estimate, but not more than 
last year. c . 
New Baltimore, N. Y. 
The apple crop is larger here than last year, but not as 
large as two years ago. and nothing like 1896. There are no 
Fall apples here. Baldwins are good and some Greenings, 
Russets and Spies. The produce buyers are talking big 
crops and low prices; there have been no offers here yet 
There are eight evaporators within six miles of here, and 
they will take a large share of the apples. Very few peaches 
and plums here. A _ 
Ionia, N. Y. 
As far as I have been able to judge, I believe our apple 
crop not much different from last year; possibly a little 
more, but the difference, if any, does not increase' the bulk 
of the great Winter market apple, the Baldwin; there are 
more Greenings and less Baldwin. I have it from good au¬ 
thority that $2 has been offered for two different crops, one 
a large per cent of Spies, the other a large per cent of No. 1 
Baldwin. t, b. wiLso.x. 
Ontario Co., N. \. 
During the past two weeks I have driven among the or¬ 
chards of Orleans County. 90 miles, and 10 in Monroe' 
County. I suppose I have seen some of the best conditions 
that exist between Genesee and Niagara rivers. I am told 
that the northwest part of town of Carlton has the honor 
this Summer. I have ridden seven or eight miles in that 
part of the town. I think the crop there is equal to that 
of 1S96. That year everywhere I went it seemed to me that 
99 out of every 100 trees were tilled to their utmost. What 
I have seen the last two weeks makes me think that about 
one-third of the trees are finely loaded with good large ap¬ 
ples for this time of year; another third with fair crop, and 
the remainder with nothing. i x s 
Albion. N. Y. 
The apple crop of 1896 was phenomenal. No apple crop 
since including the present one. will approach its yield 
within 40 per cent. That year every apple tree was loaded, 
inside and out. top and bottom, and tens of thousands of 
bushels in western New York rotted on the ground It re¬ 
quires excellent judgment and much experience to estimate 
closely a fruit crop on the tree. As a rule, the ordinarv 
newspapers are quite unreliable, either guessing wild or pub¬ 
lishing the estimates of dealers who wish to create an im¬ 
pression that will cheapen the price. I think the vield in 
eastern Monroe Co.. N. Y.. will not exceed that of last vear 
by more than five per cent, and it mav not that. There is 
even a large probability that it will not equal the vield of 
last year. w 
The apple crop for Orleans County will fall manv points 
short of the crop of 1896. and the qualitv will be fine verv 
smooth and large for this time of the vear. and will nearlv 
all be good enough to barrel. Mv observation of what or-' 
chards I have been through is that there would be about 
no per cent of a cron. Owing to the drv weather we are 
having we hear complaints from some that apples are drop¬ 
ping badly. We need rain very much to help out the potato 
crop; if it continues dry it will shorten the crop. Beans 
are rusting badly, which will lessen the yield verv much. 
\\ heat is fine in quality; the yield is averaging from 20 to 
•5.’ bushels: oats a good crop, yield good, sonm as high as 80 
to .»o bushels per acre. Farmers feel well over the prospects 
of the year’s crops. All they want now is that the prices 
are good enough and not too low. J. b. 
Albion, N. Y. 
The consensus of opinion among apple growers in this 
section is that the crop will not exceed 50 per cent of a full 
crop. This is also my judgment. The comparison with the 
crop of 1896 is very misleading, as that was abnormal, 
amounting to at least 125 per cent of a full or normal crop. 
As the present crop will not exceed 50 per cent of a full 
crop, it will not exceed 40 per cent of the crop of 1896. 
It is true that there are orchards and parts of orchards 
that are carrying a full crop, but there are many more that 
are producing little or no fruit, so it is very difficult to form 
an accurate judgment, and the observer can see almost any 
condition which he may desire to see. As I have been 
through several of the most important apple counties re¬ 
cently. and have talked with apple men. I believe this is a 
fair statement of the situation in the western New York 
apple belt. I see no reason to expect low prices for our 
Winter apples. Even if the crop did equal that of 1896 it 
would not necessarily mean 1896 prices, because there have 
been 10 years of marvelous progress in our country. Storage 
facilities have greatly increased, and there has been a won¬ 
derful increase in our city population, and more than a cor¬ 
responding increase in the consumptive demand for our fruit. 
We should remember, also, that the financial condition of the 
country is far better to-day than it was in 1896. 
Niagara Co*. N. Y. w. t. mann. 
It is generally conceded that the crop in Monroe Go. will 
be heavy this year, but Monroe Co. is not western New York 
by any means, and other reports from this district seem to 
indicate a crop not much larger than last year. Further¬ 
more. as a sort of indicator, we know from personal knowl¬ 
edge that one large crop has been sold in Orleans Co. on the 
trees for 82 per barrel for Fall fruit. This does not look 
like low prices for Winter fruit. Again, study the market 
conditions in New York and Philadelphia. Faney hand- 
picked apples are scarce and firm. Quotations are from 
$2.50 to $4 per barrel. Our observation has been that prices 
on Fall fruit are a pretty sure indicator for Winter fruit 
also. There seems to he a general impression that should we 
experience another crop like that of 1896 correspondingly 
low prices will prevail. We do not consider the crop of 
1896 a factor in the case whatever. Briefly, what were the 
conditions in that year? A heavy crop of apples, both East 
and West, with a limited demand. Industrial conditions 
very low; the country on the verge of a panic: wages low: 
8.000.000 workmen out of employment. They were compelled 
to buy bread—they bought apples if they could. The condi¬ 
tions to-day are exactly reversed. Wages are high and going 
higher. Workmen are In demand everywhere. People have 
caught the fruit-eating habit. We venture the opinion that 
double the apples are consumed per capita to-day than 10 
years ago. “Better to buy fruit than pay doctor’s bills.” 
they say. The stories of immense crops do not worry us in the 
least. The day is a. long way off, perhaps never to return 
again, when fine fruit attractively put up will go at a beg¬ 
ging price. w. a. b. 
Tnterlaken, N. Y. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Fp to this year the Kentucky 
State Fair has had a migratory existence, being hawked 
about from town to town. Some time ago the State Board 
of Agriculture concluded to locate the fair permanently, and 
both Lexington and Louisville were ambitious to secure the 
plum. By the close margin of one vote the latter won, and 
hereafter, commencing with this year’s exhibition, the Ken¬ 
tucky State Fair will lie held regularlv at Louisville, the 
date of the next exhibition being September 17 to 22., closing 
one week before the opening of the Missouri State Fair. 
Clarence Sale. Louisville, is secretary. 
The Farmers National Congress will hold its twenty-sixth 
annual session at Rock Island, Ill., beginning October 9. 
The Oregon State Fair will be held at Salem September 
10-15. 
The annual meeting of the Interstate Association of Live 
Stock Sanitary boards convened at Springfield, Ill., August 
15. Governor Deneen made a short address of welcome, 
which was responded to by Dr. Tait Butler. State veterinar¬ 
ian of North Carolina. M. M. Hankins, of Quanali, Texas, 
president of the association, delivered his annual address. 
The American Apple Growers’ Congress met at St. Louis, 
Mo., August 14. A long discussion was had over the report 
of the committee on statistics, which presented a statement 
on the probable percentage of a full crop in the various 
apple-growing States of the Union. A. L. Goodman, of Kan¬ 
sas City : E. C. Green, of College Station. Tex.: J. W. Stan¬ 
ton, of Richview, Ill. : U. T. Cox. of Uockwood, Ohio: I*rof. 
Sewell, professor of biology and practical agriculture in the 
Warrensburg (Mo.) normal school: George T. Tippin, of 
Springfield, Mo.; President Dunlap and others took^part in 
the discussion. Finally the committee was instructed by 
the association to go over the figures again, gather all the 
data possible and report by circular letter to members of 
the association not later than September 15. President Dun¬ 
lap appointed a committee of three to urge the enactment of 
a law compelling every apple grower to put his name and 
address upon each barrel or box of apples sold by him. 
George Perrine, of Newburn. Ill. : George T. Tippin, of 
Springfield, and Clark Allis, of Medina. N. Y., were named 
as the committee" The association decided upon the third 
Tuesday in October as National Apple Day. Fallowing are 
some of the notables from other States in attendance: E. C. 
Green, College Station, Tex. ; G. W. Wyer. Cleveland. Ohio; 
Wesley ,T. Green, secretary State Horticultural Society, Des 
Moines. Ia.. also an officer in the American congress of apple 
growers: II. B. Washburn. Mount Vernon. Ia.: James Birde 
Rorer, Washington. D. C. : Prof. L. R. Taft. State inspector 
of nurseries and orchards. Michigan: U. T. Cox. president 
of the Ohio State Horticultural Society; Clark Allis, repre¬ 
senting the State Annie Growers Association of New York : 
J. W. Stanton, treasurer of the Illinois State Horticultural 
Society, and .T. G. Schlotter, Indiana. 
THE HAY CROP.—The new hay crop has now begun to 
move to a reasonable extent, and we are glad to note a very 
marked improvement in the quality of this year’s crop over 
that of last year. This seems to apply not only to hay com¬ 
ing from this section of the country, hut from the West as 
well. The quantity, we are compelled to believe, is con¬ 
siderably short of that of last year, and such being the case 
it is perfectly natural to expect a little higher range of 
values on the average than those of last year. It is always 
a pleasure to handle commodities in our line that are of good 
qualitv. and we believe that the receivers in the East will 
he able to satisfy shippers very generally with prices more 
than last year. e. l. Rogers. 
Philadelphia. 
Hay crop in the upper peninsula is about secured: quality 
better than usual, two-thirds crop. Barley is good and about 
cut. Oats are fair and farmers lieginning to harvest them. 
Potatoes are good crop here and fine quality. Macaroni wheat 
looks fine: this is the first year it has been raised here: not 
cut yet. The berry crop is light. Blueberries, our standby, 
are a failure, owing to late frosts, and cranberries little 
better. Cherries were abundant, and apples are a fair crop. 
Van’s Harbor, Mich. , e. v. w. 
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