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though many complaints are made of the seed starting 

 slowly on account of lack of rain. Most correspondents 

 agree that rain is needed at the present time, and unless the 

 drought is broken soon, fall seeding will show a material 

 falling off in condition. 



Onions. 



All reports go to indicate that the present crop of onions 

 is one of the largest, if not the very largest, ever raised in 

 the State. This is particularly true of the sections of com- 

 mercial production, from all of which unusually heavy crops 

 are reported. The quality is generally excellent, although 

 there is some little complaint of thick necks in some sections. 

 Prices rule very low ; sales as low as 25 cents per bushel 

 being reported. 



Potatoes. 



For the State as a whole potatoes appear to be more than 

 an average crop, many correspondents speaking of them as 

 above average and only a few as below. The quality is 

 generally reported to be good, tubers being large and free 

 from scab. Rot has appeared in many localities, and in 

 some has operated to materially reduce the crop both in 

 yield and quality. However, rot cannot be said to be gener- 

 ally prevalent to a dangerous degree. 



EooT Crops. 



Root crops promise to be good in nearly all sections of the 

 State. There is some little complaint of turnips suffering 

 from blight and from the excessively hot weather of the 

 latter part of the month, but this will not materially affect 

 the crop as a whole. 



Fruits. 



Apples are a very light crop in all sections, and many 

 complaints are made of inferior quality in the fruit. Prob- 

 ably one-fourth of an average crop would be a sufficiently 

 high estimate for the State at large. Pears and peaches are 

 considerably in excess of average crops and generally of good 

 quality. Grapes are a good average crop of good quality. 

 Cranberries are not quite an average crop though nearly up, 

 good crops being reported in many towns. 



