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Fkuits. 

 By far the largest fruit crop harvested during the month 

 was pears, with l^orfolk, Hampshire and Bristol in the lead. 

 Winter pears are not yet picked. Fall apples are only a 

 little above a one-half crop. The peach crop is above nor- 

 mal in Norfolk and Plymouth counties, owing chiefly to lack 

 of frosts. The crops of the greatest peach-producing coun- 

 ties, namely, Middlesex, Worcester and Hampden, are much 

 below normal. The fruit yield estimates are given in the 

 subjoined table: — 



