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May IT, 
CROPS 
Ohio Fruit Prospects. 
From what I could observe the earlier 
blooming fruits, such as cherries, plums 
and pears are generally killed. The out¬ 
look for even a small crop of these is 
very discouraging. The earlier blooming 
apples seem to have fared equally as badly. 
In Southern Ohio (Marietta district) all 
Ben Davis are killed so far as I have 
personally observed or made inqury. Rome 
Beauty alone has escaped, because of its 
late blooming habit. Even Rome Beauty, 
where situated in ravines or depressions 
back from the river, has suffered the loss 
of perhaps 50 per cent, of its blossoms. 
On high ground it is all right. In the 
Ohio Valley, on “second bottom” this va¬ 
riety is showing a profuse bloom uninjured 
by the freeze. In central and northern 
Ohio it is hoped that the more retarded 
period of flowering will insure abundant 
bloom and a good setting of apples. The 
freeze of the night of April 20-21 (as low 
as from 20 to 23 degrees) was responsible 
for the great loss of blossoms. I am aware 
that such injury is easily over-estimated, 
but it is serious enough at best. Apple 
trees are badly infested witli the green 
aphis—the most severe infestation I have 
ever seen. This pest is now more trou¬ 
blesome than San Jose scale. 
Ohio. F. H - BALLOU. 
The prospects for Rome Beauty apples 
were never better for the time of the year. 
Practically all healthy trees have an abund¬ 
ance of healthy bloom, which is falling 
after four bright warm days, followed by 
two days of cold rains with prospect of 
more to come. Where fertilizer was used 
on the orchards last year the trees seem 
much heavier set with bloom, which Is 
larger and stronger, and will likely make 
a much heavier crop. In fact, I expect 
a large part, if not about all, the young 
fruit to drop from trees not fertilized or 
in poor condition. One can tell by the 
color of the foliage as far as one can 
see, where the fertilizer was used last year. 
Another carload has been used this Spring 
in the community, and more is being used 
yet. We put it on last year just after 
the bloom dropped, but this Spring have 
used it just before or while blooming. It 
seems as though it has paid well, and will 
continue to be a source of great profit to 
us by using it every year. 
Ben Davis were usually full last year, 
and have almost nothing on them now, 
and some of the early varieties are resting 
for next year too. Still there may be 
enough early apples for home markets. 
Some Grimes and Jonathan are quite prom¬ 
ising, and also the young Ensee seem as 
well loaded as last year. The freeze of 
a month ago killed most of the cherries, 
some plums, nearly all of the Kieffer pears, 
some of the early blooming apples, most 
of the peaches, but the prospects yet arc 
very good on the whole. There are some 
peaches on thrifty trees of some kinds, 
and the cherres that have come out late 
are alive; some kinds of plums are all 
right, some had no bloom where they 
were too full last year, and many kinds 
of pears had no bloom. It was too windy 
to do good work spraying while trees were 
dormant, but since then it lias been nice. 
More are using dilute lime-sulphur than 
formerlv, and using arsenate of lead with 
it. u. t. cox. 
Lawrence Co., Ohio. 
Virginia Fruit Prospects. 
We have had a good bloom generally, 
though on an average throughout the State 
not so heavy as last year. Some varieties 
have bloomed heavier, as, for instance, 
Winesap has had as heavy a bloom as 
has ever been known. Albemarle Pippin 
also has bloomed well. The remarkable 
feature in this is that though Winesap 
will usually bloom heavily, even after bear¬ 
ing a large crop the previous year, the 
Pippin is never known to bloom without 
it bears a crop, and usually after a heavy 
crop there is little or no bloom on trees 
of this variety the following year, whereas 
the Winesap bloom may mean nothing. 
The variety that is blooming lightest this 
year is the Ben Davis; in some parts the 
York Imperial is also light. One week 
ago, April 21, we experienced a sharp frost, 
and at first it was thought the whole crop 
in the Shenandoah Valley was destroyed 
(blooms killed), but examination showed 
that while there had been considerable 
damage in places, it was confined to low 
elevations and some places in exposed posi¬ 
tions. The Ben Davis, which is one of heir 
standard varieties there, seemed to have 
suffered much more than the York Im¬ 
perial, which latter had not generally 
opened at that time. In the Piedmont 
section the damage was much less than 
in the valley even, being confined to a 
few rows in pockets near water or on low 
elevations. The majority of our orchards 
in this section do not appear to have had 
their bloom injured at all. There is, of 
course, the question as to whether the 
stems may have been injured and the apples 
drop off without really setting; while, as 
you know, there can be no crop without 
bloom, yet it does not always follow that 
there will be a crop with bloom. One of 
the heaviest blooms I ever remember re¬ 
sulted in one of the shortest crops on 
record here. I can therefore only say at 
this time that if the crop sets after the 
bloom, we shall have a large one, though 
not so large as last year. Peaches have 
been killed, more or less, in some sections, 
but in Piedmont the majority of the or¬ 
chards have quite a heavy crop set now, 
and the peaches are growing; still we al¬ 
ways have a heavy drop of quite good-sized 
peaches during May, and no accurate es¬ 
timate can be made until then. In the 
Valley they seem to think they may have 
30 to 40 per cent, of a peach crop now 
living. Here I should say there is now 
on the trees a full crop. Pears, cherries, 
plums, are short. About all strawberries 
that were open or formed at the time of 
the freeze a week since, were killed, but 
those unopened are living. 
WALTER WHATBLT. 
Grape Beetle in Wayne County, N. Y. ; 
The grapevine beetle has made its ap¬ 
pearance in the vineyards of Northern 
Wayne County, and threatens to become 
more of a pest than at any time in the 
last eight or nine years. The presence 
of the beetle was first detected in the 
vineyards of B. J. Case, and other vine¬ 
yards examined revealed the same visitor. 
Mr. Case sent six girls into the vineyard, 
each carrying a tomato can with a small 
quantity of kerosene oil. The bugs re¬ 
coiled at the slightest jar, dropping into 
the kerosene, there finding a quick finish. 
In four hours the six girls by actual count 
destroyed 4,373 insects. On the following 
day 1,854 were destroyed. Mr. Case in¬ 
tends to use the kerosene method until the 
beetle is under control. He believes this 
method to be preferable to spraying, count¬ 
ing that about five buds would be eaten 
before sufficient poison had been taken 
to lay out the insect. With two grape 
clusters to the bud a single beetle would 
wipe out on an average 10 clusters of 
grapes before succumbing to the spray 
effects. The insect is easily detected, being 
a shiny blue in color and conforming much 
in shape to the asparagus beetle and lady 
bug. Grapes fall an easy prey to the in¬ 
sect, which does its most serious injury 
before hatching. Its destructiveness, if al¬ 
lowed to feast on the buds, is almost sure 
to bring complete ruin to the crop. 
A. h. p. 
April 29. No dairying and truck garden¬ 
ing in this neighborhood. Cattle buyers pay 
for good milch cows from $40 to $50; fat 
hogs, $8 to $8.35 per hundred pounds ; veal 
calves, $ 10 ; yearling heifers, $ 22 ; yearling 
steers, $20 ; old sheep, $1.50 to $2; young 
sheep. $4 per hundred. Good working 
horses, from $120 to $150; plug horses, $40 
or less. Butter, 20 ■ cents at the store ; old 
hens and pullets, 12 cents; old roosters, 
7 cents; young, 11 cents; ducks, 10 cents ; 
geese, 8 cents; eggs, 15; corn, 65; wheat, 
$1 ; oats, 40; potatoes, 60; Ben Davis 
apples, $1.75 per bbl. D. B. 
Crawford County, Mo. 
April 29. Wheat, $1; corn, 65; oats, 
50; buckwheat, 60; cattle, high; milch 
cows. $50 to $75; yearlings, $20 to $25; 
butter, 30; eggs, 18; bacon, 14 to 20; 
lard, 16; potatoes, 80. The prospect is 
for a fair crop of apples and cherries. The 
late frosts have injured the pears. 
Albright, W. Va. H. C.' b. 
April 2S. We have had some remarkably 
warm weather for the past few days. The 
mercury went to 85 degrees in the shade. 
It has been hard on work horses, but they 
will get a rest now. as we are having a 
two days’ and nights’ rain. The ground 
was just in good shape to work, but this 
will retard farm work. Wheat and clover 
are doing nicely. Alfalfa is coming on 
rank. But few oats sown as yet. Spray¬ 
ing has been generally done this Spring. 
No stock in pasture as yet. Best timothy 
hay only $12 per ton. Early seed potatoes, 
50 cents per bushel; late potatoes to ship, 
40 cents per bushel ; wheat, $1; oats, 40: 
corn, 65; rye, 70; timothy seed. $3; 
clover seed, $14 to $15; alfalfa, $10 to 
$11; bran, $27 per ton; middlings, $28; 
straw, loose, $10 to $12. Butter, 28; 
eggs, 16; veal, 9; hogs, 8 % ; beef on 
foot, 7 to 8 cents per pound; little pigs 
scarce and high. E. T. B. 
Ontario County, N. Y. 
April 28. I’rices of farm products aro 
as follows: Horses, $150 to $300; cows, 
$40 to $S 0 ; veal calves. 6 y 2 cents a pound; 
butter (creamery) 32; dairy, 21; cheese, 
13 y.y to 14%. Most of the milk is sold 
to cheese factories. Eggs. 16; oats, 34; 
barley, 42; rye, 50; peas, $1 to $2; hay, 
$8 to $10 per ton: clover seed, $4.50 to 
$6 per bushel: wood (maple), $6 per cord; 
wool, 16 cents per pound; young pigs 
(four weeks old), $2.50 to $3; potatoes, 
40. These are the most important farm 
products here. J. n. Q* 
Algoma, Wis. 
April 26. We are located on the east¬ 
ern slope of the Ozark range of hills, near 
what is known as the lead belt. We have 
a good home market for all farm produce 
that we can raise, but are controlled by 
the St. Ixjuis market. We receive the St. 
Louis price less the freight and commis¬ 
sion charge. For instance, eggs, St. Louis 
market, 17; we receive for case of 30 
dozen at mines, 15; dressed hogs, per 
pound, 9; butter. 25; potatoes, 75; fowls 
(hens), per pound, 12% ; corn, 60. Wheat 
at mills to be ground, $1 : cattle (stoekers 
or steers on farm), 6 cents per pound; 
milch cows with young calf, $45 to $60; 
hay, timothy, clover, alfalfa, per ton, $15; 
baied wheat straw, per ton, $10. s. B. 
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April 24. Not many auction sales here. 
Cows, from $25 to $75 per head; cattle, 
two years old, from 5% to 6 cents per 
pound: horses, $150 to $300. Corn, oats 
and wheat mostly consumed by' the farm¬ 
ers themselves; no regular market here. 
Butter selling now at 25 cents per pound ; 
eggs, 15 to 20 cents; chickens, old hens, 
8 to 10 cents per pound; potatoes, 50 to 
60 cents; apples, 60 to 75 cents per 
bushel. J. A. B. 
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