. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. â If â /-'^4? 1127. Impatiens Sultani, (X%.) Orchard Fruitsâ.4 Year. 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1894 1895 1896 1897 Nor. Div. '>4 .520,775 136,154 ual Crop apples. Cent. Div. 1,704,338 ,731
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. â If â /-'^4? 1127. Impatiens Sultani, (X%.) Orchard Fruitsâ.4 Year. 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1894 1895 1896 1897 Nor. Div. '>4 .520,775 136,154 ual Crop apples. Cent. Div. 1,704,338 ,731 1,890,464 2, 227,050 PEACHES. 13,247 Sou, Div. 533,403 ,027 ,672 670,280 20,704 11,075 10,750 PEARS. 1,628 49,582 169,576 141,174 230,816 193,730 3,007 14,194 12,191 13,773 10,177 Total. 2, 7, 4,656,659 8, 1,033,484 63,698 198,812 170,013 213,392 5,165 15,997 13,876 16,055 The large falling oft in the apple production of the state during the season of 1898 was due to a scourge of the apple scab fungus, which attacked and devastated the apple orchards in all parts of the state. Pear-growing in southern Illinois has been more or less kept back by the prevalence of pear blight, which has destroyed many trees \ before coming into bearing. No comment on ' jj] the other tables is necessary, as they tell \ ^ their own story. The nursery industry has been largely de- \ eloped in Illinois. There are 447 commercial nurseries in the state, 203 in the northern division, 143 in the central, and 101 in the A^, southern. The other branches of horticul- ""X-v tural industry are also well developed in the 'j /\^ state. Gardening for the Chicago market ^ forms a large and important business in it- self ; while the growing of vegetables for shipment in certain sections of southern Illi- nois IS assuming large proportions. Cobden, in Union count\ is the largest shipping point for tomatoes in the tinted States, sendi
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