The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21
PUMPKIN CROP A FAILURE.
Potatoes and Apples Also short Ira
New York state.

ROCHESTER,. n y. oct 1.-THE
pumpkin crop is a faiIur- Farmers sp
this way have been sdgius away as FAR
as they could from Ihe mevitabI- Eh'r
The first cold spell came they throw zap
their hands in token Of SURF uder 10 fate.
There was frost enough, tat 10 pump
l-ins.
The situation is viewed with grave Hp-
r.r.Esl-ieu- City-pau- people 90 not quite
understand this, perhaps To th,n pump
iIus. il tL-Ir pune, glowing. golden rD-
tuu, HIy Of richness, are mer- y,ge tabI.-.
r.uoteI- associated with UaIIow .,u ual
a Eiud ri pastry Canned pumLan IS also
Distinctly recogu!: d. especially Iy hab-
't..es OF restaurants. But in tho brown.
irsat-bJuUd countryside the noble sEpsrc
ot sucrUigucc Is accorded its true place
among the kings of the table. What will
be Thanksgiving Day without pumpkin
piet anxious housewives are asking
1 across back fences. The turkeys strut
u-o'nsciouSiy about the baTnyard. the
/ cfsIn'rrlrS are gently EDruiug IN the
marshes. Where is the ruddy pumpkin %
Must the degenerate earth fore. eUictr-
can wIsloers 81 the rolling pin 10 make
use OF the canned pie stuitHg put up last
| year. The outlook is depressing
Reports from the whole western New
J DTk farm country agree that the last re-
manning hopes ar. rapidly growing faint
{ ar from lack 81 nutrimrUJ. one astute
cold storage operator has contra cted with
several large farm owners north of the
I Bay Of QUiute, Iu Canada. 10 furnish by
steamer enough pumpkins 10 supply IN.
market for "a time. This. however. is con
sI0'r'o only "a makg=lItt. for the true
/ farmer feels that imported pumpkins.
} grown on foreign soil. lack that delicious
] flavor which comes from the rich earth Of
| ones own backyard.
/ The cause for this failure lies in the In
roads OF some mysterious bug which has
I Slapped the life of the vegetable
/ Other fruits Of the earth have not been
/ bearing as richly as the farmers would
desire. Potatoes. one Of the foremost sta
/ pies, are in uarious state The long
/ rains Tgtted the plants and the yield is
! small and SpEEE- They are quoted row at
nearly twice hat they brought al This
/ time last year CabbaEes are plentiful.
| selling al from $40 10 81 a ton. Apples.
/ which are looked forward To as one Of the
/ most valuable crops. VIII not yield more
I than quarter of what they brought last
/ year They are selling Iu Orleans county.
! tur centre Of the apple district. for So e..
/ Times as much as was paid last October
] = Doc driving houses are few and far be-
I tween. but those that are working are
/ paying 80 cents a hun8rcdw,iEhI. which
| i- nearly thrice what the dryers were
/ willing 20 hand out a year go.
/ Pears are plentiful and Of good quail
| ity and flavor. Peaches were satisfactory
! and grapes are their equal II may not be-
[ generally known that the grape growing
/ industry IS not now confined 10 the lake
] region. in the central and southern sec
] r.Uus Of the State Many farmers IN or
/ leans. Monroe. Niagara. and Ontario
! counties are devotng hundreds Of acres
/ Of their best land 10 the culture Of grapes.
/ especially 20 the Niagara brand. which
! uud- "a ready and extensive market.