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Potatop:s. 

 Potatoes are a very light crop in almost all sections. They 

 are reported as being small and few in the hill, and there is 

 some rot, though it is by no means generally prevalent. The 

 quality, where the crop has escaped the rot, seems to be ex- 

 cellent in almost all cases. We desire to again impress upon 

 our farmers the necessity of spraying potatoes as faithfully 

 as fruit trees should be sprayed, if the rot and other fungous 

 diseases are to be escaped. As with onions, drought seems 

 this year to be the principal cause of the shortage. 



Root Crops, Celery, etc. 

 Root crops are generally said to be in good condition. The 

 recent rains have brought them forward very rapidly. There 

 is some complaint of poor stand, due to faulty germination, 

 but this is by no means general. Celery promises well, so 

 far as reported on, though there are some reports of decreased 

 acreage. Other late market-garden crops generally promise 

 well, having come forward with the rains of the month. 

 Warm weather and sunshine are needed to mature them. 



Fruit. 

 Apples are a light crop in most sections, and for the State 

 as a whole will be under half a crop. The drop has been 

 very severe in many sections and they also did not set well. 

 The quality is excellent where they have been sprayed, but, 

 as always when the crop is short, the quality of the unsprayed 

 fruit is below the normal. Pears are generally abundant, 

 and the crop of peaches is larger than usual. Grapes were 

 a heavy crop and were generally gathered in advance of the 

 frost. Cranberries are a light crop on the Cape, and suffered 

 considerable damage from frost in Plymouth and Bristol 

 counties, although the Cape Cod correspondents report that 

 their towns escaped. 



Injury fro:m Frosts. 

 Frosts on the 13th, 14th and 15th of September did a 

 sreat deal of damage throughout the State, cutting corn, 



