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are above the normal in condition. Celer}^ and late market-garden 

 crops are looking well. 



BiUerica (E, F. Dickinson). — Corn is looking well since the recent 

 rains!. There will be about a third of a normal crop of rowen. The 

 promise is for a medium crop of late potatoes; no blight or rot. Apples 

 are a two-thirds crop ; pears a full crop ; peaches a small crop ; quinces 

 light. Pasturage is in better condition than a month ago, but barn 

 feeding is general here in summer. Oats and barley are normal crops. 

 Celery and other late market-garden crops are hardly ujd to the aver- 

 age. Showers during the past month ha^'e done much for all vegeta- 

 tion. 



Le.Tin^ton (Howard M. Munroe). — Corn on moist soils looking 

 well, but on light, dry lands suffered from drought. There will be 

 veiy little rowen cut except on moist, low land. Late planted pota- 

 toes look better than the early ; no blight or rot as yet. Early apples 

 are more than a full crop, but of small size, owing to dry weather; 

 late apples not as good. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Oats 

 and barley are fully up to the average of former years. Late celery 

 is very small, owing to dry weather; also late cabbage and cauliflowers. 

 The dry rot is causing quite a loss to the tomato crop. Squashes 

 promise only a light crop. 



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

 will be very little rowen. There is no blight or rot on potatoes, but 

 the tubers are very small. Pears are a good crop; all other fruit 

 light. Pasturage is all dried up. Oats and barley are not raised here. 

 The ground is chy so deep that plants and trees do not get enough 

 moisture. The light rains have only laid the dust. Celery is very 

 small. 



Newton (G. L. ^Marcy). — Corn is a good crop, but is little grown. 

 Rowen is below the average. There are few potatoes grown here. 

 The prospect is good for apples, pears, peaches, grapes and quinces. 

 Pasturage is in poor condition. Oats and barley are good crops. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill) . — Corn is looking well, except on 

 very high ground. Rowen will be a very light crop. Late potatoes 

 will give a fair but not a large crop; no blight or rot. Winter apples 

 will be a light crop; fall apples good; pears good; peaches very light; 

 grapes light; cranberries fair. Pastures are in poor condition. It is 

 rather drj^ for most garden crops. 



.l/e^/iMe?i (Frederick A. Russell). — Indian corn is about an 

 average crop. Rowen is good where the first crop was cut early. 

 Late i^otatoes are rather below the average, with no blight or rot. 

 Apples and pears promise a heavy crop where trees have been spra}^ecl. 

 Pastures have improved with the recent rains. Oats and barley are 



