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ping;" "Fruit of all kinds dropping freely;" "Cherries are rot- 

 ting on the trees;" "Some apples and pears dropping;" "Early 

 cherries decaying." 



June 2 1st — "Apple, peach, pear and quince trees were greatly 

 injured by the severe winter weather, also blackl^erry and rasp- 

 berry bushes;" "Fruit dropping badly past two weeks;" "Apples 

 and pears dropping;" "Bartlett pears are affected by blight." 



June 28th — "Apples dropping;" "Plums dropping badly;" 

 "Peach trees look bad;" "Apples and pears dropping." 



July 5th — "White cherries rotted on the trees;" "Apples, drop 

 light ;" "Apples dropping." 



July 1 2th — "Apples and pears dropping badly;" "Early 

 peaches are rotting on trees;" "Some apple and pear trees 

 affected by blight." 



July 19th — "Ap])les dropping badly." 



July 26th — "AjDple trees showing leaf blight;" "Early grapes 

 rotting slightly;" "Early plums rotting;" "Grapes in vicinity 

 of Egg Harbor and Hammonton are not so promising, rot 

 causing unusual damage; even the 'Ives' are affected;" "Apples 

 dropping badly;" "Beans blighting." 



Ausgust 2d — "P'otatoes l^eing dug, much scab noticed;" 

 "Potatoes affected with scab;" "Plums rotting badly;" "Grapes 

 rotting;" "Plums rotting badly :" "Grapes rotting;" 'Grapes are 

 rotting badly." 



August 9th — "Potatoes show some blight;" "Apple trees con- 

 tinue showing leaf blight;" "Potatoes showing some signs of 

 blight;" "Potatoes, some blight noticed;" "Apple crop light and 

 dropping badly;" "Potatoes rotting in low fields;" "Corn some- 

 what scalded;" "Grapes rotting badly;" "Potatoes l^egin to rot;" 

 "Corn is scalding;" "Lima beans being injured by mildew;" 

 "Grapes rotting badly.' 



August 1 6th — "Potatoes show signs of rot;" "Pears are drop- 

 ping badly;" "Potato crop in danger of total failure from rot;" 

 "Plums rotting;" "Grapes rotting;" "Early and late tomato 

 vines badly scalded, some late patches worthless ;" "Apples drop- 

 ping;" "Grapes rotting in some vineyards;" "Potatoes rotting;" 

 "Potatoes and tomatoes rotting;" "Potato digging advancing 

 rapidly; vines mostly dead;" "Considerable tomato leaves 

 blighted ;" "Corn scalded in places ;" "Tomato and asparagus 

 blight very prevalent ;" "Potato rot not serious ;" '"Jwima beans 

 affected by mildew;" "Grapes rotting some;" "Mildew spread- 

 ing rapidly over lima beans;" "Vines of late tomatoes badly 



