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Barnstable County. 



West Barnstable (William F. Makepeace). — In this locality 

 apples, pears, peaches and strawberries do best. Some land obtain- 

 able for fruit culture, and there is an increase in the number of new 

 orchards planted, which are mainly apple and peach orchards. 

 Fruit buds wintered as follows: peach, 80; plum and cheriy, 100. 

 Apples showed a bloom of 110; pears, 90. The canker and leaf 

 worms are doing the most serious damage. Fruits are sprayed for 

 codling moth and other pests, but very little is done to prevent in- 

 festation by San Jose scale. Small fruits promise a 100 per cent 

 crop. Markets are good, sales being made direct to consumer. Very 

 little damage by frosts. 



Truro (M. F. Corey), — Apples, peaches and strawberries do best 

 in this vicinity. Available land for fruit culture is not abundant, and 

 there is only a moderate acreage of new orchards. Apples, peaches 

 and pears are the principal crops. Fruit buds wintered as follows: 

 peach, 75; plum, 10; cherry 100. The bloom of apples and pears 

 was 100. The greatest damage is done by the brown-tail moth and 

 tent caterpillar. Spraying is done to a limited extent for San Jose 

 scale, and is also practiced for the codling moth and other insects. 

 Strawberries promise a 75 per cent crop. Markets are fair, and 

 the most common method of marketing is direct to consumer. Plums 

 suffered from frosts. 



