The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-08-08
GOVERNMENT
APPLE REPORT
AVERAGE OF ONLY ID PER CENT
Outlook Good In Eastern States But
Poor In Central
Section.

y
per cent, basing full yield on 10(
per cent. The condition Of Al for the
entire country compares with 70 q
year ago and Go, the average at this
time of the year fLr the past ten
years.
OF course, these figures are not tC
be depended upon as to shat the tina
crop may be as insects, storms and
other disasters may visit the apple
districts, at least, in some parts oI
the country, and on the other hand,
usually favorable weather might put
the crop by gathering time in a much
better condition than the present fig.
ures would suggest However, the
statistics will he interesting just at
this time as suggesting midsummer
conditions in all OF the principal ap-
pie producing states of the country.
Perhaps the most surprising feature
of thjs statistical presentation is the
abnormal low condition shown to ex.
ist in Missouri and Kansas. While
Kansas is not generally considered q
heavy producer of apples, yet there
are sections of the state which devote
as much attention to the apple crop
as many OF the more noted apple
states. For instance in the Arkansas
river valley in the central part of the
state and in halt dozen counties oil
more in the eastern portion of the
state there are some very extensive
orchards. The freezes late in the
spring at the time when Kansas apple
trees we're in bloom virtually froZe the
blooms on the trees and it was gener'
ally realized that the crop was seri-
ouly damaged, but the condition as
shown in this report indicating only
two per cent of crop is surprising.
Missouri suffered to about the same
extent as did Kansas and the condi-
tion there is placed at II.
Other states of Importance in the
apple industry showing abnormally
low conditions are Illinois, 35; West
Virginia, "a, and Ohio ana Indiana,
40
The best average in any group OF
states is that of New England, where
the condition ranges from 78 to So, OF
practically the same as year ago.
New \ ork is also about the same as a
year ago, according to this report.
Pennsylvania has condition of on.
ly 81, or 90 points lower than yeal
ago.
Tho condition in Virginia is Al
compared with 55 year ago.
Arkansas makes an encouraging
showing with condition of ", com
pared 56 year ago and is one OF the
few states in the country which shows
better condition than year age
and, in fact, its relative condition OF
l6 points better than year ago is OF
equalled in any other state in the
country.
The condition of 35 in Illinois is
particularly noticeable from the fact
that year ago the condition in that
state was placed at SO.
In the seven states from the Rocky
mountains west which are considered
factors in the apple crop of the coun
try there are only two showing better
average than a year ago, Montana anC
Washington. In cnly few districts
in Montana ale apples grown exten
sively for commercial purposes. The
condition in that state is 88, or five
points higher than year ago. Wash
ington's condition this year is So
compared with 70 year ago.
Oregon, on the contrary, ia 2
points lower than year ago, th'
present condition being 65. Idaho il
about the same as a year ago.
Both Colorado and New Mexico ar,
very low in condition this year. Col
orado is counted on as one of the biz
western apple states and under nor
mal conditions produces apples ex
tensively for shipment to other states
This year the condition in that stat,
is but 20, compared with so at thil
time last year. New Mexico has few
sections which produce apples quit,
extensively. The condition here is %
compared with 80 year ago.
California has lower condition
than yeal ago, 10 per cent at th'
present time, or 10 points below las
years condition.
According to these figures, there ar,
only twelve prominent apple states II
the country which have condition o
70 or higher, whereas year ago ther
we're % of the leading apple state
having a condition OF 70 or better
OF these u states having condition
of 72 or better, six are in New Eng
land and New York IL included s.
that these seven states represent NOR
than halt OF the states in the counir
having a reasonable high condition a
this time.
The other states having a condition
of 70 or better are Arkansas, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington and Cali
fofnia.
Tne table below gives the averag
condition OF the apple crop of th
principal states as compiled by th
United States Department of Agricul
ture and contained in the depart
ment's last report. Ihe second co
umn of figures indicates the conditio
in July, 1906, while the third colum
gives the condition { 20 years ago an
the last column Of 1gures gives th
average condition in July for the pai
ten years.
1907 1906 1905 10y
July July July az