35 



July drop appears to have been least in Middlesex and 

 Essex, and greatest in Franklin and Worcester. Of fruit 

 set the percentage drop is : Barnstable, 50 ; ^ jSTorfolk, 50 ; - 

 Franklin, 48.7; Plymouth, 40;^ Bristol, 37.5 ;2 Hampden, 

 37.5; 2 Berkshire, 35 ; ^ Worcester, 31.4; Essex, 28.3; 

 Hampshire, 27.5; Middlesex, 21.8; Dukes and Nantucket, 

 no report; the State, 32.1. As further shown in the table 

 giving fruit-crop prospect, the drought is raising havoc with 

 most fruits. 



Fruit Prospect. 

 The following table compiled from both the general and 

 the special fruit returns gives a fairly accurate idea of the 

 prospect for fruit. In the last column the estimates of June 

 27 are given for comparison: — 



^ One report. 2 Two reports. 



