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average crop. Rowen is fairly good and fall feed beats the record 

 in condition. Fall seeding is only partly completed and most of 

 it is not up yet. Potatoes are not a good crop in either yield or 

 quality. Apples a one-fourth crop ; pears half a crop ; peaches and 

 grapes three-fourths crops. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — Notwithstanding its rapid 

 growth corn will not compare favorably with an average crop in 

 this section. The rowen crop is above the average. Onions 

 generally blighted and ripened off under size. The quality of the 

 potato crop is very good and the yield an average one. Celery is 

 not much grown, but parsnips, carrots, beets, turnips, cabbages 

 and peppers are looking well. No apples to mention ; pears, 

 peaches and grapes good paying crops. Squashes are a very light 

 crop. Tomatoes have been a profitable crop in this section. 



Stow (G. W. Bradley). — Indian corn is about the same as in 

 former years. Rowen and fall feed are better than for a number 

 of years. About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done 

 and most of it is looking well. Not as many onions were raised 

 as usual, but they are of good quality. The yield of potatoes was 

 not as heavy as usual and there is considerable complaint of scab 

 and rot. Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops 

 are not raised to any extent. Apples are of poor quality and 

 dropping badly ; other fruits quite plenty and good. 



Townsend (G. A. Wilder). — Indian corn is about the same as 

 usual. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. The 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done and it is in normal con- 

 dition. Onions are 25 per cent less than a normal crop. Potatoes 

 are a normal crop with the quality above the average. The pros- 

 pect for root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops is 

 above the average. Apples, peaches and cranberries are less than 

 average crops ; pears average ; grapes above average. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Indian corn is better than an aver- 

 age crop. Rowen and fall feed are above the usual average. But 

 little fall seeding has been done, but that which is in is in good con- 

 dition. The onion crop is very light. The potato crop is very un- 

 even and as a whole below a normal crop ; in quality they are very 

 good. The root crop is very good ; not enough celery and other 

 late market-garden crops to make mention of. Apples are a light 

 crop ; pears light ; no peaches ; grapes a normal crop ; cranberries 

 very light. 



Chelmsford {V. P. Perham). — Indian corn is a good average 

 crop. The rowen crop is a very large one and fall feed is above 

 the average. The onion crop is better than normal both in quantity 

 and quality. Potatoes are much below an average crop and of very 



