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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT. Editor. 
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Rochester, N. Y., August, 1895. 
THE FRUIT CROP. 
A marked decline in the condition of the fruit crop is 
shown by the July report of the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. The condition of apples has been 
materially lowered since the report of June. Losses have 
been especially marked in important states having already 
low conditions, viz : The New England states, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 
the Piedmont region the outlook is decidedly more 
favorable. In Missouri and contiguous states the decline 
has been light, not above 3 per cent, in any case, but the 
conditions are not quite as high as in the Piedmont 
orchards. On the Pacific coast conditions fell about ii 
per cent., but the prospects there are still good. Frost 
at time of bloom, subsequent droughts and heavy drop¬ 
pings are the main causes of the impaired prospects. The 
peach crop returns are also unfavorable. Georgia and 
Connecticut alone of the leading commercial states have 
now a high percentage, the former having moved up to 
106, a gain of i point, the latter declining to 90 from 94. 
New Jersey has lost 12 points and now stands at 73; 
Delaware 13, standing at 70. Maryland has advanced 
from 63 to 66. The condition of Virginia, 59, is lower 
than in June by 13 points. Michigan has prospect of a 
fair crop, while Ohio is 22, lowest of all. In California 
the condition figures declined from 88 on June ist to 77 
on July 1st. 
There is consolation that the general condition might 
have been much worse. Apples will not be as scarce as 
in 1893, but the yield will be much below that of last 
year. Peaches and pears are promising in states where 
they are largely grown. In the South and in California 
large quantities have already been marketed. Small fruits 
were seriously affected by the frosts following a severe 
winter. Young orchards in northern states were affected 
by the same causes, and many of them were winter-killed. 
In the middle Atlantic and central states grape vines were 
cut down by the frost, but the second growth has done 
much to repair the damage. 
In New England, with the exception of Maine, there is 
promise of a fair crop of apples, although the young fruit 
has dropped badly. 
In the middle states there was a rich promise early, 
then a relapse and then a gain attending the rains of June. 
In New York State there will probably be but two-thirds 
of a crop of apples, pears and plums. The states 
immediately South escaped severe frosts, but cold and 
raw winds did some damage. As in Western New York, 
frost did much damage to the grape crop of Northern 
Ohio, and notwithstanding a copious rainfall Ohio will 
make a poor showing in grapes, cherries and berries. In 
the Western Reserve it is estimated that only a quarter of 
an apple crop will be secured. The outlook in Pennsyl¬ 
vania and the states immediately South of it is uneven 
and not at all high. Frost damaged apples and peaches 
in New Jersey. It is estimated that the Delaware peach 
crop will be 3,500,000 baskets, about three-quarters of a 
normal crop. The bulk of this year’s crop lies about 
Georgetown, Milford, Farmington, Bridgeville and Felton 
in Kent and Sussex counties, Del. The crop in Kent, 
Queen Anne’s and Dorchester counties, Md., is very light. 
The Caroline County, Md , crop is reduced by reason of 
the voluntary destruction of trees by discouraged farmers. 
The crop will be heavy on high lands in Sussex County, 
Del. A curious fact noted in the spring is that peaches 
near the bays suffered from frost more than those further 
inland. It is supposed that a season of dense fogs, 
followed by freezing weather, did the damage. These 
fogs lie near the coast and envelope lowland orchards. 
The South has produced peaches this year as never 
before. The Michigan crop is a good one. From one 
point in the Michigan fruit belt on July 22d, there were 
shipped 23,000 baskets of peaches to Chicago and Mil¬ 
waukee markets, more than twice the usual aggregate 
shipments of the entire month of July for that section. 
Frost and drought affected the states of the Mississippi 
and Missouri valleys in an irregular manner. In Missouri, 
Arkansas and Eastern Kansas early fruits have yielded 
well and the outlook for the later varieties, including 
apples, peaches, pears and grapes is better than it is 
farther North and East. In the lake sections of Indiana 
and Illinois late varieties of apples will be lighter in yield 
than usual. 
In Canada the Niagara district was affected by frost, 
grapes and small fruits suffering most. In Western 
Ontario the outlook for apples is uncertain, but from 
Toronto eastward a fair yield is promised, especially of 
winter varieties. 
