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a few Hew orchards are planted. These are largely apple, pear and 

 peach orchards. Ninety per cent of the peach buds wintered. 

 Apples showed a bloom of 50; pears, 75. Brown-tail moths are the 

 most troublesome. Spraying for San Jose scale, as also for the 

 codling moth and other fruit pests, is practiced. The small-fruit 

 crop prospect is 90 per cent. Markets good, products being disposed 

 of through the local stores. No damage by frosts. 



Lawrence (Fred E. Batcheller), — Apples, peaches, plums and 

 strawberries do best in this locality. Available fruit laud is plenteous, 

 but new orchards are not being planted to any great extent. The 

 principal crops planted are strawberries, apples and a few peaches. 

 Fruit buds wintered as follows: peach, 70; plum, 50. Apples 

 showed a bloom of 85; pears, 70. The most injurious insects are 

 caterpillars and gypsy and brown-tail moths. Spraying is being 

 done for San Jose scale, the codling moth and other pests. Pros- 

 pect for the small-fruit crop is 80 per cent. Markets are good, 

 and the most common methods of marketing are direct to consumers 

 and through local fruit stores. The damage from frosts was very 

 slight, some apple trees having suffered, 



Newbury (P. H. Ilsley). — The fruits thriving in this vicinity 

 are: apples, pears, peaches, plums and cherries. There is plenty 

 of available land for the cultivation of fruit, and the acreage is 

 rapidly increasing. Apples and peaches and some pears are grown. 

 One hundred per cent of peach, plum and cherry buds wintered. The 

 bloom of apples was 60 per cent; pears, 100 or more. Tent eater- 

 pUlai's are plenteous here, and the gypsy and brown-tail moths are 

 doing damage in some orchards. Spraying for codling moth and 

 other fruit pests is quite generally practiced, whUe it is done to a 

 limited extent for San Jose scale. The promise for small fruits 

 is 100 per cent. Markets are fair, most of the sales being made 

 through commission houses. No noticeable damage to fruits by 

 frosts. 



Rowley (Albert F. Tenney). — Strawberries, plums and peaches 

 do well in this locality, while apples do only fairly well. There is 

 much land available for fruit growing, but it is owned by permanent 

 residents, and new orchards are being planted only by a few of 

 the wealthy people; these are largely apple and peach orchards. 

 Fruit buds wintered as follows: peach, 75; plum, 85; cherry, 90. 

 Apples showed a bloom of 65 in most instances, but in my garden 

 showed only a 40 per cent bloom; pears, 80. Most serious injury 

 is done by tent caterpillars and brown-tail moths, while the San 

 Jose scale is spreading rapidly, and in June the gypsy mofhs do 

 considerable damage. Spraying for San Jose scale is becoming 

 more general, and spraying for the codling moth and other pests is 

 also practiced. Although the frost damage apparently is not yet 

 over, small fruits promise a 75 per cent crop. Markets although 



