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NOTES ON THE CROPS, WEATHER, &c., JUNE, 18638. 
[ Compiled in the Department of Agriculfure, from the reports of observers for the Smithso- 
nian Institution. ] 
Steuben, Me.—First partially clear sunrise on 1st, since May 13; and on 
25th, first entirely clear sunrise since May 4. Frost on 4th. 
West Waterville, Me—Apples blossom 2d to 9th. Crops look well, but 
hoed crops are backward. 
Gardiner, Me.—Mean temperature of June 14° colder then in 32 years. 
Lisbon, Me.—Much fog and mist during the month. 
Standish, Me.—Wild red cherry in blossom, 3d; Kent cherry and pear, 4th ; 
lilac, 8th. 
Norway, Me—Monuth remarkable for much dull weather and absence of winds. 
Potatoes rotted in the ground up to Sth. 
Cornishville, Me—Hay harvest commenced 29th; crop abundant. Apples 
scarce and rose bugs making them scarcer. 
Goffstown Centre, N. H—Temperature of June very equable—good for farm 
work. Crops look well, but fruit is badly blighted. 
Woodstock, Vt—Slight frost on 3d, followed by a tornado, with thunder, 
which prostrated fences, trees, and even stone walls. 
Middlebury, Vt.—Frost on the 10th. 
Kigston, Mass.—Apple in full bloom, 6th ; about a week later than last year. 
Billerica, Mass——Apples blossom 1st to 3d. Corn planting 8th to 19th. 
New Bedford, Mass.—Lilac in full flower, 3d; liburnum, 19th; roses 20th. 
Lunenburg, Mass —So wet that corn-planting was not completed till the 15th ; 
potatoes some days later. 
Richmond, Mass.—Slight frost, 10th. Heaviest rain for many years, 16th. 
Newport, R. 1—Dense fogs from 5th to 9th; apparently exhalations from 
the soaked soil. 
Columbia, Conn.—June wet and cloudy, retarding farm work, but went out 
with fair weather. 
Waterbury, Conn—Quinces flowered on 6th; strawberries ripen on 10th, 
same day last year; Syringa and Antwerp raspberries in flower on 15th. 
South Hartford, N. Y—First part of June cool; since warm, and now crops 
need rain. 
Garrisons, N. Y.—First part of June very wet, and hindered planting, but 
now grass and grain never looked better. 
North Hammond, N. Y—June closes warm and dry. 
South Trenton, N. ¥—White frost on 10th, but no injury. 
Palermo, N. Y.—Slight frosts, 2d and 3d. Lilac blossoms 3d; locust trees 
16th. Thunder on 4th, 5th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 23d, 24th, 27th, and 30th. 
Nichols, N. Y—Many farmers planted corn from 2d to 6th. Very warm 
from 13th to 20th, and three or four severer thunder-storms than usual. 
Newark Valley, N. Y—Crops looking well; corn rather backward. Hay- 
ing begun. 
Buffalo, N. Y.—Ontario and Isabella grape blossomed, 25th; 30 days from 
opening leaf. Strawberries ripe, 22d; 33 days from blossom. Haying began 
30th ; crop heavy. . 
Newark, N. J—Mean temperature of June nearly 2° below the preceding 
25; rain fell nearly 2.5 inches greater than in the same 25 Junes. 
Elwood, N. J—First ripe (Metcalf’s early) strawberry of 47 varieties, on 
May 31st. Cut clover forhay, 6th. On 30th, ground dry but vegetation grow- 
ing finely. 
Dover, N. J—Fruit badly affected by wet and want of sunshine. Bees did 
not swarm in season, having lost the spring flowers and the “ shining hour.” 
