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average, but has improved since the recent rains. But little fall seeding 

 has been done. Onions are a good average crop. The prospect is that 

 root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops will be below the 

 average. Very few apples ; peaches a failure ; about an average crop 

 of pears, plums, grapes and cranberries. 



Millbury (C. H. Stockwell). — Indian corn is a very good crop. Fall 

 feed is not up to the usual average in condition, and very little rowen will 

 be cut. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done and it is doing 

 very well. Onions are an average crop. Potatoes are an average crop 

 in yield and quality. Root ci'ops are good Apples, pears, grapes and 

 cranberries will give partial crops ; no peaches or plums. Ensilage corn 

 made a very large growth. 



Douglas (J. M. Raavson). — Indian corn has eared out finely and is 

 above the average. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual aver- 

 age. About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is too 

 dry to determine its condition. Onions are about an average crop, but 

 are not largely planted. Potatoes are more than an average crop of ex- 

 cellent quality, though white grubs have worked badly in some fields. 

 The prospect for root crops is fairly good, but it has been too dry for 

 celery and other late market-garden crops. Apples few ; pears fair ;* no 

 peaches ; plums good ; grapes medium ; and cranberries good 



Blackstone (O. F. Fuller) . — Indian corn is not quite up to an aver- 

 age crop. There is onty about a one-third crop of rowen, and fall feed 

 is very short. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done. A good 

 yield of potatoes is reported and the quality is good. The prospect for 

 root crops is good, and late market-garden crops look finely. There 

 are very few apples and pears ; no peaches ; few plums ; a good yield 

 of grapes ; and the largest yield of cranberries for five years. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — Indian corn is about an average 

 crop. There is no rowen, and fall feed is very light. Less than the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done and it has been too dry for 

 it to be in good condition. Potatoes are an average crop of good quality. 

 The prospect is poor for root crops, celery and other late market-garden 

 crops. There are no apples ; few pears ; no peaches ; and no plums ; 

 but grapes are a good crop and cranberries a light one. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is about 90 per cent of a 

 full crop. Rowen and fall feed are decidedly not up to the usual aver- 

 age. No fall seeding has been done as yet, but the rains of the 20th will 

 improve the condition and seeding will be done. Onions are an average 

 crop for quantity and extra for quality. Apples are very uneven ; pears 

 80 per cent of a full crop; peaches 10 per cent; plums 10 per cent; 

 grapes 100 per cent. 



Sudbury (E. W. Goodnow). — Indian corn will be above a normal 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average of condition. 

 A great deal of fall seeding has been done, but owing to the dry season 

 it is not looking well. The onion crop is about normal in this section. 



