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good. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done and is in good 

 condition. Potatoes have been seldom, if ever, a' better crop. Root 

 crops, celery and other late market-garden crops give promise of being 

 about average. Apples are one-fourth of a crop ; pears one-tenth ; no 

 peaches or plums ; grapes 100 ; and cranberries half a crop. 



Huntington (H. \V. Stickney). — Corn is better than an average crop 

 in this town. Rowen and fall feed are fully as good as usual. About 

 the usual amount of fall seeding has been done. The yield of potatoes 

 is more than average and the quality fine. The prospect is good for cel- 

 ery, root crops and other late market-garden crops. Apples, pears, 

 peaches and plums not half crops ; grapes a good yield of fine quality. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Chester (P. M. Adzima). — Indian corn is a good average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average in condition. Less 

 than the usual amount of fall seeding has been done on account of 

 dry weather. Onions are about an average crop. Potatoes are good in 

 yield and quality. There is a fair crop of all kinds of fruit. 



Blandford (E. W. Boise). — Indian corn is fully 5 per cent above an 

 average crop. There is hardly any rowen to be cut, and pastures are 

 very bare and dry. Potatoes are the largest crop in years and the tubers 

 are very large and of fine quality. Root crops, celery and other late 

 market-garden crops do not promise more than three-fourths crops at 

 present, though the rain of this date may improve them. Pears, plums 

 and cranberries are good crops ; apples about half a crop, but are fair 

 and hang well on the trees. 



Tolland (E. M. Moore) . — Indian corn is a full average crop. Rowen 

 and fall feed are not up to the average except on rich, moist land. Fall 

 seeding is not in very good condition from lack of rain. Potatoes 

 are a good average crop and of fine quality. Root crops will be about 

 average. Apples, pears, peaches and plums are about half crops; 

 grapes and cranberries above the average. 



Russell (E. D. Parks). — Corn is as good a crop as is commonly 

 harvested. Both rowen and fall feed are very poor, owing to dry 

 weather. Not as much fall seeding as common has been done. Pota- 

 toes have been a very good crop. The prospect is fair for root crops, 

 celery and late market-garden crops. The fruit crop is not very good 

 as a whole. Potatoes are selling at from 40 to 50 cents a bushel. 



West Springfield (N. T. Smith). — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 There is but little rowen except on a few low fields, and fall feed is un- 

 usually poor. It has been too dry to plough and less than the usual 

 amount of fall seeding has been done, and what has been sown has 

 grown very slowly, if at all. The acreage of onions is much decreased, 

 owing to difficulty in securing a good stand in the spring, but where this 

 was had the crop is above the average. Potatoes are a good crop, 

 with tubers large and smooth and of good quality. Root crops are 

 promising, with the exception of turnips. There is a large acreage of 

 celery, which is suffering somewhat from rust. Apples are a very 



