The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-13
APPLE PROSPECTS.
Today's Report From IL Counties is
ENCOURAGING.

Encouraging.
Secretary William H. Barnes is con-
tinuing his reports on the condition of
Kansas fruit His additional statistics
issued today are as follows:
Edwards county-Apples 40 per cent,
Ben Davis and Early Harvest best,
CfenitOn and Winesap failures. Grapes
80 per cent owing to grasshoppers cut
ting them off. Peaches, total failure,
many winter, killed.
Harper county-Apples 100 per cent,
all kinds doing well. Pears, a failure.
Peaches, so per cent. Plums, 100 per
cent, all kinds good. Grapes, 50 per
cent. on apple and pear trees, some
blight, other trees doing well.
Jackson county-Apples so per cent,
Pears PssS 10 per cent, seckel and Keife2
Peaches, Amsden yielded a few, others
failed. Plums ; per cent, Wild Goose.
others failed. Grapes 100 per cent
AIoore's Early, WOrden and Pockling-
ton; all trees excepting peach, doing
well.
Kearny county-Apples so per cent,
Missouri Pippin, Winesap, Ben Davis,
in order named. Pears 25 per cent.
Bartlett, AnjOu, Clapp and Seckel best
Peaches, 10 per cent, Seedlings. PlumS.
100 per cent Wild Goose, Robinson, BO-
tan and Burbank all good Grapes 100,
Concord, WOrden, Niagara, all good.
Trees doing well; no nurseries in county.
Labette cOunty-ADpleS % per cent.
Poor in quality, Ben DAVIS, AZ per cent
Janet, so per cent, Missouri Plppln, 40
per cent, Winesap, so per cent; none
failed entirely Pears, 20 per cent, ke1t-
er and Secl1el, IS per cent Peaches 2
per cent AmSden, per cent, Crawford
Early 10 per cent. Plums, so per cent,
Miner so per cent, Golden Beauty IS per
cent. Grapes, IS per cent, Concord, 70
per cent, Dracuts Amber IS per cent,
Moore's Diamond, go per cent; condition
of orchard very good, nurseries excel
lent; trees set this spring doing well.
Marion cOunty-Apples 20 per cent,
NC n
cent. Peaches failed. Plums 100 per
cent; Burbank is carrying an immense
crop. Grapes rs per cent, WOrden best;
orchards look Well Nurseries rather
Indifferent.
Rice county-Apples rs per cent, Wine
sap and Missouri Pippin are full. Pears
20 per cent. Peaches, seedlings, 1G per
cenr-named sorts failed. orchard
trees, excepting peach, doing we'll New
ly set trees, apple, plum and grapes,
good. Pears poor. Peaches fair.
Wilson county-Apples 80 per cent,
Jonathan so per cent, Janet 80 per cent.
Pears 40 per cent. Peaches failure.
Plums IS per cent-kOshner, a local
variety, the best. Wild Goose about a
failure. Grapes 80 per cent, Concord.
Old apple trees in bad order. All young
trees healthy.
Anderson county-Apples 40 per cent,
Missouri Pippin and Winesap so per
cent, Ben Davis and Willow Twig 30 per
cent, Yellow Transparent and Maidens
Blush so per cent, Wealthy rs per cent.
RearS 81 per cent, kelter and CARRIER,
Seckel 80 per cent. These three are
permanently at the head" Duchess 40
per cent, Bartlett and Flemish Beauty
30 per cent. Peaches failed. Plums so
per cent, Wild Goose and Native IS
per cent, Japan and European % per
cent. Grapes IS per cent, Concord, Wor-
den and Clinton so per cent, Niagara
and Pocklington 40 per cent. Orchard
trees of all kinds excepting native plums
are injured Young stock good except
ing peach. Nursery stock, excepting
grapes, are 20 per cent damaged.
Osborne county-Apples 100 per cent,
Early Harvest so per cent, Maiden's
Blush 100 per cent, Ben Davis 100 per
rent, Missouri Pippin 100 per cent. Pear
10 per cent. Peaches none. Plums 20
per cent. Grapes 100 per cent, Worden
100 per cent, Concord 80 per cent. Or
chards. excepting peach, fine. Newly
set trees doing well.
Rawlirs county-AppIes 60 per cent.
Pears and peaches none. PIums so per
cent, grapes rs per cent, all bearing trees
In bad order. Nurseries and newly set
stock % per cent.
Rocks cOunty-Apples 100 pei. Ger. Ben
Davis. Pears so per cent. All varieties
bearing some. Peaches, none. Plums,
POttawatonie 100 per cent. Grapes,
Concord 20 per cent. Orchard trees, ex-
cepttng peach, in fine order. All spring
set stock doing well. No nurseries in
county.