averaging 45-5/9 pounds
per barrel. These weights are all net; they do not include the weight of
the barrel.

TIME OF BLOOMING IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

Observations taken through a period of eight years--1890 to 1897--show
the Jonathan, Missouri Pippin, Winesap and Ben Davis in full bloom on
April 25, 29, 30, 20, 22, 20, 22, 26.

SOME APPLE-PRODUCING STATES.

Quantity of apples grown in 1889 in states having more than Kansas,
taken from the United States census of 1890:

1. Ohio 13,789,278 bus.
2. Michigan 13,154,626 "
3. Kentucky 10,679,389 "
4. Illinois 9,600,785 "
5. Indiana 8,784,038 "
6. Missouri 8,698,170 "
7. New York 8,493,846 "
8. Virginia 8,391,425 "
9. North Carolina 7,591,541 "
10. Pennsylvania 7,552,710 "
11. Tennessee 7,283,945 "
12. Iowa 5,040,352 "
13. West Virginia 4,439,978 "
14. Kansas 3,713,019 "

AMERICAN APPLES ABROAD.

Furnished by Walter Wellhouse, through courtesy of Simons, Shuttleworth
& Co., Liverpool.

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| Ports of Export.
| Figures given represent barrels.
Date. +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
| | | | | | Phila-| |
| New | | Mont- | Port- | Balti-| del- | Hali- | St.
| York. |Boston.| real. | land. | more. | phia. | fax. | Johns.
---------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
=1897.= | | | | | | | |
Aug. 7 | 201| | | | | | |
" 14 | 232| | | | | | |
" 21 | 829| | | | | | |
" 28 | 986| 30| 592| | | | |
Sept. 4 | 2,178| 653| 793| | | | |
" 11 | 6,608| 897| 2,470| | | | |
" 18 | 7,873| 908| 6,178| | | | |
" 25 | 9,435| 1,622| 9,623| | | | 2,106|
Oct. 2 | 10,448| 1,849| 9,306| | | | 7,000|
" 9 | 16,233| 3,823| 8,279| | | | |
" 16 | 18,193|