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CUKEANTS. 



The currant crop appears to have been better bj 5.8 points 

 than anticipated on June 27. As compared with normal, 

 the crop was : Hampshire, 100 ; ^ Hampden, 100 ; ^ Frank- 

 lin, 97.5; Bristol, 87.5 ; ^ Plymouth, 86.6; Essex, 82; 

 Worcester, 80.5; :N"orfolk, 80; Berkshire, 58.3; Middlesex, 

 53.3; the State, 78.5. Frosts and drought are given as the 

 chief causes of the small crop. The former did most dam- 

 age in Middlesex. There appear single reports of scale, 

 aphids, and frost and rain at time of blooming, and two cor- 

 respondents name light bloom and cutworms as the most 

 detrimental to a normal crop. 



Prices, on the other hand, have been high, which fact has, 

 in part, recompensed growers for the small yield. As com- 

 pared with normal, prices have been : Berkshire, 125 ; ^ 

 Bristol, 112.5;- j^^orfolk, 110 ;2 Worcester, 110; Middle- 

 sex, 108.5; Plymouth, 106.6; Essex, 103.3; Hampshire, 

 100; 1 Franklin, 100; ^ the State, 108.2. 



Raspbeeries. 



Twenty-five, or 59.5 per cent, of the correspondents re- 

 porting on this crop, state that it has been wholly or mostly 

 harvested; 12, or 28.6 per cent, that it has been partly har- 

 vested; and 5, or 11.9 per cent, that it has not been har- 

 vested. Enough of the raspberry crop has been picked to 

 allow a fair estimate of the yield, as follows: Middlesex, 

 9]. 2; Worcester, S8.5 ; Essex, 78; Berkshire, 75; N'orfolk, 

 75 ; 2 Bristol, 75 ; ^ Plymouth, 70 ; 2 Franklin, 66.6 ; Hamp- 

 shire, 62.5 ; •- Hampden, 62.5 ; - the State, 79.6. This is 6.2 

 points lower than the prospect estimate for the State on 

 June 27. 



Drought has injured raspberries more than has frost, dry- 

 ing some fruit on the bushes and ripening other fruit before 

 growth had been completed. 



As in the case of currants, these berries have brought bet- 

 ter prices than usual. The percentage prices have been: 



1 One report. 2 Two reports. 



