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Potatoes. 

 The potato crop appears to be considerably better than 

 earlier reports have indicated. Harvesting is not nearly com- 

 pleted, as this crop is backward, like all others; but the re- 

 ports generally indicate that there is a fair average crop of 

 good-sized tubers. There are very few complaints of rot, and 

 blight does not seem to have shortened the crop to any extent. 

 There are some complaints of scab, but no more than usual. 

 The quality of the tubers is generally reported as excellent. 



Root Crops, Celery, etc. 

 Root crops are hardly up to the normal, and are backward 

 because of drought and cool weather. With rain and season- 

 able fall weather they should generally develop well. Celery 

 is hardly up to the normal, but it is not too late for substan- 

 tial improvement, if the fall rains are plentiful. Late mar- 

 ket-garden crops have been checked by the partial drought, 

 and are not in very nourishing condition, but, like celery, 

 may come forward well with rain. Cabbages are reported to 

 be generally a good yield. Vines have not done especially 

 well this season, but neither do they show many failures. 



Fruit. 

 Apples are a light crop in almost all sections, and gen- 

 erally small in size. Where sprayed, the fruit appears to be 

 smooth and fair; but unsprayed fruit shows more than the 

 usual amount of insect damage, owing probably to the short 

 crop. Well-cared-for apple orchards have done well, but there 

 are not enough of such orchards to materially affect the gen- 

 eral crop. Pears are a good average crop. Peaches are a 

 good crop in most localities, but there are considerably fewer 

 trees in the State than several years ago, and the total crop 

 will therefore be smaller. Grapes are generally a heavy 

 crop, and have matured without injury from frost. Cran- 

 berries are a light to medium crop on the Cape. Consider- 

 able injury from frost on August 30 is reported from other 



