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number of others ealling it a total failure. Even where 

 apples set well the "drop" was very severe and still con- 

 tinues. Pears promise a fair crop, though hardly up to the 

 average in most sections. Peaches promise well generally, 

 though light crops are reported by some correspondents. 

 This is hardly a general fruit crop in this State, and many 

 fail to mention it altogether. Grapes generally promise a 

 good crop, and in many cases correspondents refer to the 

 prospect as excellent. Cranberries set well and promise a 

 full crop, one correspondent speaking of it as enormous. 

 Other berries have generally yielded fairly well. 



Pasturage. 

 The condition of pastures varies much in different locali- 

 ties, local showers having kept them up in some sections, 

 while in others comparatively near at hand they are brown 

 and dry. However, the majority of correspondents speak 

 of them as either dry, injured by drought or very dry. 

 This condition must not be considered as universal, as many 

 report them to be in good or excellent condition. Rains in 

 the near future would probably revive many of those now 

 suffering from drought. 



The Rye Crop. 



The rye crop was generally satisfactory, and may be con- 

 sidered as, on the whole, rather better thin an average crop. 

 Many correspondents state that rye is but little grown in 

 their localities except for fodder. 



