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are raised only on a small scale. Potatoes are proving a better crop 

 than has been expected, and are of good quality. There is little 

 market gardening here; root crops are about normal. Grapes and 

 cranberries are good crops; other fruit light. There was a frost on 

 the morning of August 31 that did some damage to the principal 

 crops, and another on September 20 that affected squash vines. 



Billerica (E. F. Dickinson). — Indian corn is fully a three-fourths 

 crop. There is but a moderate crop of rowen; fall feed fair in condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding is late, hardly begun as yet. Potatoes are a good 

 crop in yield and quality. Root crops, celery and other late market- 

 garden crops promise well. Apples are better than was expected; 

 pears a light crop; also peaches. There was slight injury from frost 

 on August 31. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn will be below the average. 

 The rowen crop is light, but fall feed has been helped by the recent 

 rains. The average amount of fall seeding has been done, and it looks 

 fairly well. Potatoes are of good quality, but the yield is below the 

 normal. Celery is looking well, and other market-garden crops are 

 below the normal. Apples are not half a crop; pears not a full crop; 

 other fruits average. There has been no injury from frost as yet. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley) . — Very little Indian corn is raised. Rowen 

 and fall feed are not up to the usual average. The usual amount of 

 fall seeding has been done, and it is in good condition. Potatoes are 

 a fair average crop in quantity and quality. Apples are a good crop ; 

 pears fair; peaches and grapes heavy. There has been no injury 

 from frost. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). — Indian corn is not raised here. Rowen 

 is still growing, and feed is getting better. The usual amount of fall 

 seeding has been done, and it is in fine condition. Onions are a fine 

 crop. Late potatoes are fine. The prospect is good for root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops. There are very few apples ; 

 peaches fine; no cranberries. The apple crop is the lightest in many 

 years. There has been no damage from frost. The leopard moth is 

 working in many sections of the town. 



Weston (Henry L. Brown). — Indian corn is not much grown, but 

 is well eared. There is a small crop of rowen, and feed in pastures is 

 short. Seeding is late, on account of dry weather. Potatoes are 

 below a normal yield, but of good quality. Roots are late, owing to 

 dry weather, as are most other crops. There is a fair crop of fall 

 apples, but very few winter apples; pears and peaches about normal. 

 There has been no injury from frost. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — Sweet corn is below an average crop. 

 There is little rowen, but fall feed is good. Onions are not grown to 

 any extent. Potatoes are below the normal in both yield and quality. 

 Fruit of all kinds is below an average crop. There has been no injury 

 from frost as vet. 



