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already done on the following crops: asparagus, 10; bean, 75; beet, 

 50; cabbage, 10; carrot, 100; cauliflower, 10; celery, 0; sweet corn, 

 25; cucumber, 100; dandelion, 100; eggplant, 100; endive, 100; man- 

 gel-wurzel, 0; muskmelon, 100; onion, 0; parsley, 100; parsnip, 100; 

 pea, 100; pepper, 0; radish, 100; rhubarb, 100; spinach, 100; 

 squash, 100; tomato, 25; turnip, 25. Owing to frosts and rains 

 gardens are very late. 



W. D. Forbes^ Buckland {Franklin County). — Onions kept fair in 

 storage, with none on hand May 1. Spinach lived over in the open, 

 protected by covering. Its condition May 1 was 75, and on May 20 

 there was 90 per cent on hand. Average per cent of outside planting 

 already done is as follows: asparagus, 0; bean, 25; beet, 90; Brus- 

 sels sprout, 0; cabbage, 25; carrot, 10; cauliflower, 75; celery, 

 sweet corn, 5; cucumber, 5; dandelion, 0; eggplant, 0; endive, 

 leek, 0; mangel-wurzel, 0; muskmelon, 0; onion, 100; parsley, 100 

 parsnip, 100; pea, 95; pepper, 75; radish, 90; rhubarb, 0; spinach, 

 100; squash, 0; swiss chard, 100; tomato, 10; turnip, 25. Two 

 severe freezes damaged all garden truck during second and third week 

 in May. 



John Dalrymple, Plainfield {Hampshire County). — Carrots kept 

 poorly in storage, there being about 2 per cent on hand May 1. Un- 

 protected parsley did not live over in the open. The amount of 

 manure on hand April 1 was 75 per cent of normal. Per cent of 

 average outside planting already done is as follows: bean, 10; beet, 

 1; cabbage, 0; carrot, 1; cauliflower, 0; celery, 0; sweet corn, 25; 

 cucumber, 1; mangel-wurzel, 1; muskmelon, 1; parsnip, 2; pea, 50; 

 radish, 95; squash, 2; tomato, 0; turnip, 1. From past experience 

 we are satisfied that it does not pay to plant much before the last 

 week in May or the first week in June, 



W. H. Closson, Easthampton {Hampshire County). — Onions 

 kept poorly, and on May 1 there was about 10 per cent on hand. 

 Parsley lived over in the open without covering. Ninety represents 

 the amount of manure on hand April 1. Per cent of outside plant- 

 ing already done is as follows: asparag^is, 90; bean, 95; beet, 80; 

 cabbage, 110; carrot, 80; sweet corn, 120; mangel-wurzel, 95; musk- 

 melon, 0; onion, 80; parsnip, 90; pea, 120; radish, 100; rhubarb, 

 100; squash, 85; swiss chard, 95; tomato, 110; turnip, 50. 



Arthur L. Pease, West Springfield {Hampden County). — 

 Eighty per cent of onions kept in storage, and there was about 25 

 per cent on hand May 1. Seventy-five per cent of celery kept in 

 storage and on February 1 sold for $1 per dozen. Seventy-five per 

 cent of carrots kept in storage, and on May 1 there was about 20 

 per cent on hand. Fifty per cent of spinach lived over in the open 

 and was all sold by the 20th of May. Amount of manure on hand 

 April 1 was about normal. Per cent of average outside planting 

 already done on following crops : bean, 100 ; beet, 100 ; cabbage, 80 ; 



