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Potatoes. 

 The potato crop is one of the poorest for many years, many 

 speaking of it as hardly worth digging. Rot is general 

 throughout the State on all but the lightest lands, and on 

 many fields has destro3'ed almost the entire crop. There is 

 also much complaint of the tubers being small and few, and 

 altogether the condition of the crop seems to be quite the 

 poorest of any recent year. 



EooT Crops, Celery, etc. 

 Root crops are at present in good condition and generally 

 promise full yields. Turnips are reported to be in fine con- 

 dition in the south-eastern portion of the State. Celery is 

 generally in fair condition although there is more or less 

 complaint of blight. Other late market-garden crops are 

 doing well and promise good yields. 



Fruits. 

 Apples have continued to fall ofi" in condition and only a 

 very light crop of winter fruit will be gathered. Pears are 

 very abundant and generally of good quality. Peaches 

 made a better yield than usual and were mostly of large size 

 and good quality. Grapes show a good yield, but are so 

 late in many instances that grave doubts are expressed as to 

 their ripening in good shape before they are cut ofi* by 

 frosts. Plums were generally a good crop though there was 

 quite a good deal of complaint of their rotting on the trees. 

 Cranberries are only a fair crop in the region of commercial 

 production, though perhaps their condition is a little better 

 than it was a month ago. 



