The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
APPLES PLENTIFUL.
Range From 20 to 100 Per Cent
of Crop.
Nearly Every County Shows En-
c0uraging Prospects.

/ pluiIlS, 70 per cent; grapes, 1OO per
cent
Missouri Pippin and Winesap a full
crop, free from blemishes; plums, Wild
! Goose so per cent; grapes, 80 per cent,
! Concord best
! Chautauqua county-Apples, trees on
/ lin eStone slope are in good condition,
/ Ben Davis 20 per cent, Jonathan and
Missouri Pippin 60 per cent, Winesap
! 40 per cent, almost free of worms;
peach crop, 20 per cent; pears, 20 per
cent; grapes. rs per cent; pluns, IS
per cent; quality of all from good to
extra
Crawford county-Winter apples will
be more than an average crop; grapes
SMALL but lots of them; more than an
average crop; most fruit trees set last
spring are dead
Cloud county-Apples. 80 per cent
Old orchards dying; orchards on low
land are more thrifty. Peaches fair
crop, rs per cent; plunns, 70 per cent;
grapes, full crop; peaches and plums
stood the drouth better than apples.
Cowley county-With a few more
rains the apple crop will be heavy, 70
per cent; they are almost free OF
worm pests; trees two and three years
old are in fine condition. Pears, tine
quality; grapes, a heavy crop; peaches,
fine quality; plums, scarce.
Decatur county-Pears are fine and
hanging full; peaches are full crop
and of good quality; pluans, light;
grapes. a failure. This is not an apple
county.
Dickinson county-Apples, rs per
cent: trees in good condition, except
ing those set last spring. Pears, a full
crop, and trees in good condition;
peaches full, but fruit rather poor:
pluns about so per cent; grapes. 10
per cent, and vines in good condition.
Douglas county-Apples. Missouri
Pippin IS per cent, Winesa,p so per
cent, Ben Davis 40 per cent. Smith 80
per cent, Lowell so per cent, Maiden
Blush SO per cent, Willow Twig so per
cent; apples are smoother than for
years Peaches, Early Rivers 80 per
cent, Triumph 20 per cent, Champion
so per cent, Elberta SO per cent. Plums,
Wild Goose on the bottoms 90 per cent.
Pottawatomie rs per cent. Pears,
Seckel 80 per cent, Duchess (An-
gouleme) 10 per cent, Anjou go per
cent, Bartlett 20 per cent, Lawrence 50
per cent, Tyson 20 per cent, Howell
% per cent
Elk county-Apples, so per cent: Ben
Davis are best. Grapes all right when
Ford county-BIedium and late peach
es are overloaded and the trees break
ing down; apples were overloaded, but
some have dropped, they promise to be
of fair size. PIums yielded we'll; Con-
cord grapes are the best here, Ives
next; grapes will make rs per cent;
young orchards we'll cared for made
good growth. Ford county has no rea-
son to kick this year, fruit will do
we'll here If planted and cared for to
suit the climate.
Franklin county-Apples. pears.
peaches, plums and grapes viii be near
~ a full crop, while not of full size, the
quality is good. Trees look well ex-
cepting those set last spring and such
as are very old
Greenwood county-Trees and fruit
in excellent shape, very few insects;
apples about IS per cent, of fine quail
ty; pears developing nicely; grapes and
peaches enough for home use.
Graham county-Pluns and apricots
good; grapes good; many trees We're
planted this season all of which are
doing well.
Harper county-Apples prospect good
for 20 per cent; peaches in fair eondi-
ton, but of mixed quality; plums yield
ed well, trees in fair condition, about 80
per cent of a crop; grapes perhaps 20
per cent.
Harvey county-Apples so per cent
and of good quality: trees mostly in
good condition, excepting very old trees
and those planted last spring; pears
half crop; peaches quarter crops ;plums
three quarters; grapes three-fourths
and excellent. Apples: Winesap, Mis-
souri, Pippin, Jonathan. Maiden's Blush
and Cooper's White will all have full
crops. Birds are our worst pests
Hodgeman county-Apples quarter
crop, not enough for home consump-
ton: pears half crop; peaches three
quarters crop; p1ums half crop; grapes
quarter crop: old trees in good shape, |
those planted last spring are so per
cent dead.
Linn county-Plenty of apples for
home consumption, not over 40 per cent !
salable; peaches abundant, say 40 per
cent; pears 80 per cent; grape crop |
large but the berry small; plums the
most prolific; the dry weather seemed
to kill off the curculio.
Jackson c0unty-Apple trees in good !
condition: crop Missouri Pippin 102 per
1cent Winesap IS per cent, Ben Davis |
10 per cent Maiden's Blush 40 per cent. |
Trees planted last spring mostly dead;
peaches a good. crop; grapes mostly
good
Jewell county-AppIes rather poor. Is |
per cent; pears fair; peaches good. 80
per cent plums poor Grapes not re-
ported.
quality good; pear crop heavy, quality
good; peaches the same; above applies |
to high land only Plums good. Grapes
good.
pears so per cent; peaches 80 per cent?
plums 100 per cent; grapes 100 per cent
Quality of all is good.
Labette county-Apples a better crop
and of better quality than for several
years. Peaches a fine crop; free from
worms; plumS q fair crop; grapes will
be plenty. Trees healthy.
Lane county-Apple prospects are
good on bottom land; no peaches; pears
and plums 4 crop. Grapes killed by
May frost; apples viii be 50 per cent !
Trees in good condition on bottom land
and where irrigated, on upland.
Logan county-Not many apples, /
pears, grapes or peaches grown here, |
but these viii yield about q of a crop; |
plums 80 per cents wild plums failed.
Lyon county-Apples on bottom land /