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blight. Apples will be a light crop; other fruit quite plenty. 

 Pastures have improved a good deal since the rain. Oats and barley 

 will be average crops. Celery and other late market-garden crops 

 are looking finely. 



Lexington (Howard M. Munroe). — Indian corn promises to 

 be an average crop. The rowen crop will not be over two-thirds of 

 the average. There is very little blight or rot on late potatoes, but 

 the crop will be very light on most fields. Apples promise a light 

 crop; pears, peaches and grapes will be more than full crops. Pas- 

 turage is about average for the time of year. Oats and barley were 

 about average eroj)s. Celery is looking quite well, but the acreage 

 is smaller than usual. Recent rains have improved the condition 

 of late market-garden crops. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). — Indian corn is not grown here. 

 The rowen crop is about normal. Potato vines are still green and 

 the tubers small and growing. Apples are a very small crop; 

 pears a good crop. Pasturage is good since the rains came. Celery 

 is very small, just beginning to grow. Recent showers have started 

 things, but the ground is very dry to a considerable depth. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — The prospect for the rowen crop is 

 poor. Late potatoes wiU not give a good crop, although neither 

 blight nor rot has appeared. Apples, pears, peaches and grapes 

 are good crops. Pastures are dry. Celery and other late market- 

 garden crops are in fair condition. 



Weston (Henry L. Brovs^n). — Most fields of corn are in good 

 condition, but it is not much grown in this localit5\ There will be 

 very little rowen. Potatoes are looking well, although some com- 

 plain that the hills contain no tubers when dug. There is a good 

 ci'op of fall apples and some pears; other fruits not grown to any 

 extent. Pasturage is very dry, Oats and barley are not grown 

 except for fodder. Celery and other late market-garden crops are 

 backward, but look well. Most fall crops are looking well, notwith- 

 standing the dry weather. 



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Merrimac (S. Bixby Sargent). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion. Rowen is fairly good where the first crop was cut early. 

 There is a light crop of potatoes, but I have not seen any rot. 

 Pears are plenty and apples a light crop. Feed is very short in 

 pastures, Oats and barley are not raised for grain; but give two- 

 thirds of a crop for fodder. 



Methuen (Frederick A. Russell), — Com is looking well. 

 Rowen will be a very light crop. The prospect for late potatoes 

 is poor, with no blight nor rot. Apples few; pears plenty; peaches 

 average. Pasturage has been very poor throughout the season. 



