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per cent ahead of last year in yield. The promise is good for late 

 potatoes, with no blight or rot as yet. In some sections apples are 

 abundant ; pears plenty ; peaches a failure ; cranberries an abun- 

 dant crop. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats and barley 

 are about average crops as compared with former years. Cab- 

 bages never looked better and there is a large acreage. All crops 

 are a little later than usual. 



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

 will be better than an average crop. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is good, with no blight or rot. Apples and pears are about 

 half crops. Pasturage is in fine condition. Recent rains have 

 given the grass a good start for the second crop. Some peaches 

 are rough and small and will be good for nothing ; parts of some 

 orchards are fair and will make a good crop. Pears are not nearly 

 as heavy a crop as usual. 



Arlington (W. W. Rawson). — The condition of the onion crop 

 is very poor and not over half a crop will be secured. Celery 

 looks finely, but is not large for the time of year, continued rains 

 will improve it very much. Tomatoes look well. 



Weston (H. L. Brown). — Not much Indian corn is raised in 

 this locality. The prospect is that rowen will be much less than a 

 normal crop, owing to dry weather. Late potatoes promise a good 

 yield and I have not noticed blight or rot. There will be a fair 

 crop of apples and pears ; no peaches ; few grapes ; no cranber- 

 ries. Pasturage is getting dry and short. Oats and barley are 

 used as forage crops only and have been good. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Amesbury (F. W. Sargent) . — Indian corn is in fair to good 

 condition. Rowen will give a good crop where the first crop was 

 cut early. There is a good prospect for late potatoes and no 

 blight is noticeable. Apples and pears are full crops ; no peaches ; 

 plenty of grapes. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats 

 and barley are little grown except for cutting green. The season 

 is a generally productive one, with less of the usual drawbacks to 

 the farmer than we generally have. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen will be about a normal crop. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is good and I have noticed neither blight nor rot. Apples are 

 a good crop ; pears medium ; peaches none ; grapes plenty. Pas- 

 turage is in as good condition as is usual at the time of year. 



North Andover (Peter Holt). — Corn is in good condition 

 and bids fair to be a heavy crop. Rowen is light except on very 



