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Onions a large crop where sown. Potatoes a large yield ; some 

 pieces rotted badly, others sound and good. Apple crop not worth 

 much ; other fruit crops good. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



HopTcinton (W. V. Thompson). — Corn is more than an average 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. The 

 average amount of fall seeding has been done. Potatoes are an 

 average crop in yield and quality. The prospect for root crops is 

 good. Apples a very light crop ; pears plenty ; peaches good ; 

 grapes fair. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is 10 per cent above 

 an average crop. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. 

 Not much fall seeding has been done this year. Very few onions 

 raised here. Potatoes would be an average crop but for blight. 

 Root crops promise to be excellent. Pears abundant ; peaches 

 abundant; grapes half a crop ; and apples 10 percent of a full 

 crop. 



Littleton (G. W. Sanderson). — Corn is a full average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. A large amount 

 of fall seeding has been done and considerable ground is now in 

 prepax'ation for sowing ; what has been sown is looking well. 

 Onions a good crop but few raised here. Root crops are very 

 good ; turnips looking especially well. Apple crop light ; pears 

 and peaches good ; grapes and cranberries not average. 



Westford (Arthur Wright). — Indian corn is a large crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. The average 

 amount of fall seeding has been done and it is in good condition. 

 Onions are about three-fourths of an average crop. Potatoes are 

 a better crop than for some years and are average in yield and 

 quality. Roots will be good average crops. The apple crop is 

 very light ; pears and peaches fair. 



Winchester (Marshall Symmes). — Indian corn is not grown in 

 this section. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. 

 The usual amount of fall seeding has been done ; it came up first 

 rate but now needs rain badly. Onions are more than an average 

 crop. Potatoes are an average crop in yield and quality. Very 

 few apples ; good pear crop ; no peaches grown ; grapes more than 

 an average. 



Arlington ("VV. W. Rawson). — Rowen and fall feed are up to 

 the usual average. Fall seeding is at present in good condition. 

 Onions are a very large crop. Potatoes are a good yield, but the 

 quality is poor. Root crops promise to be extra good. All kinds 

 of produce are very large crops, with quality poor and prices low ; 

 a heavy frost early would be a good thing. 



