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Wilbraham (L. W. Rice). — Peaches, apples, cherries, pears, 

 strawberries and other small fruits do well here when well cared 

 for. Land for fruit culture is scarce, it being difficult to get large 

 fields owing to line fences. No new orchards planted. Eighty per 

 cent of peach buds wintered. Apples and pears showed a bloom of 

 100. The tent caterpillar, codling moth and San Jose scale are the 

 most troublesome insects. Spraying for San Jose scale is done by 

 the best growers, and a few growers spray for codling moth and 

 other fruit pests. The prospects for the strawbei'ry crop are 10 

 per cent. Peaches were greatly damaged by frosts, and apples and 

 strawberries to a large extent. 



Brim field (Edward S. Butterfield). — Apples and peaches do 

 best in this locality. Available land for fruit culture is plenteous, 

 and a fair extent of apple and peach orchards is being planted. 

 Fruit buds wintered as follows : early peaches, 100 ; late peaches, 10 ; 

 plums, 25; cherries, 100. Apples and pears showed a bloom of 100. 

 Codling moths and tent caterpillars are doing the most damage. No 

 San Jos^ scale has been found. Spraying for codling moth and 

 other fruit pests is practiced. Prospects for small-fruit crop are: 

 strawberries, 100; blackberries, 100; raspberries, 25; currants, 80. 

 Markets fair, most marketing being done through commission men. 

 On low lands apples have suffered considerably from frosts; peaches 

 slightly. ' 



Worcester County. 



Phillipston (Walter L. Mann). — -Apples, pears, peaches, plums, 

 cherries, grapes and berries do well in this locality. There is plenty 

 of available land for fruit culture, and new orchards — apple and 

 peach — and strawberry beds are being planted to quite a large 

 extent. Fruit buds wintered as follows: peaches, 85; plums, 65; 

 cherries, 90. Apples showed a bloom of 75; pears, 95. Spraying is 

 practiced for San Jose scale, codling moth and other fruit pests. 

 Tent caterpillars are most troublesome. Prospect for small-frait 

 crop is 75 per cent. Berries have suffered from frosts. 



Fitchhurg (Henry J. Andrews). — In this locality strawberries 

 and apples do best. Available land for fruit culture is plenteous, 

 and there is a large increase in the number of new orchards. Twenty- 

 five per cent of plum buds wintered and 75 per cent of cherry. 

 Apples showed a bloom of 100; pears, 125. The most troublesome 

 insects are tent caterpillars and brown-tail moths. Spraying for San 

 Jose scale, codling moth and other insects is practiced. Prospects for 

 small-fruit crop are 90 per cent. Markets good, most marketing be- 

 ing done through commission houses. On low land strawberries suf- 

 fered from frosts. 



Harvard (A. W. Bryant). — Apples, pears, peaches, currants, 

 blackberries, raspberries, cherries and strawberries do well in this 

 locality. There is plenty of available land for fruit culture, and new 



