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been clone, but what there is is looking well. Onions are not as 

 good a crop as usual, owing to maggots and poor seed. Potatoes 

 are yielding fairly well, but some rot is reported. Root crops are 

 yielding well. Apples are turning out well ; pears good ; no 

 peaches ; a few grapes and cranberries. Squashes were raised 

 quite extensively and most of them ripened before the frosts. 



Oroton (Geo. S. Knapp). — Corn is a good crop, except that 

 late planted fields are not fully ripe. Rowen and fall feed are up 

 to the usual average. Hardly the average amount of fall seeding 

 has been done and it is backward. Potatoes are a good crop in 

 yield and quality. The prospect is good for root crops, celei'y 

 and other late market-garden crops. Apples are plenty ; pears 

 fair; peaches a light crop. We had a heavy frost on the 23d. 



Pepperell (Frank W. Ames) . — Indian corn is a better crop 

 than for two years past. In this section rowen and fall feed have 

 been better than usual. Not as much seeding has been done as 

 usual, because of dry w^eather, but much will be done later. The 

 yield and quality of potatoes are better than for some time. Cab- 

 bages and squashes are excellent and all root crops are fine. 

 Apples are two-thirds of a good crop : pears fair ; grapes and 

 cranberries raised only for home use, and were injured by frost. 

 Some potato rot is reported, but it has not proved as serious as 

 was feared. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — The crop of corn is about up to 

 a normal crop. Rowen and fall feed are above the average. A 

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

 The onion crop is somewhat lighter than usual. Potatoes are a 

 good crop of good quality. The prospect for root crops is good ; 

 late market-garden crops raised only in a limited way. The apple 

 crop is large ; pears and peaches light ; grapes and cranberries 

 abjove the average. 



Chelmsford (P. P. PEiiHAnr) . — Indian corn is more than an 

 average crop. Fall feed is abundant and a large crop of rowen 

 has been secured. The usual amount of fall seeding has been 

 done, with a good catch. Very few onions are grown here, but 

 what there are are a good crop. A large crop of potatoes of ex- 

 cellent quality has been secured. Root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops all promise well. There is a light crop 

 of winter apples ; very few peaches ; grapes plenty ; cranberries 

 damaged by frost. 



Billerica (Geo. P. Greenwood). — Rowen and fall feed are up 

 to the usual average. Potatoes are below the normal in yield. 

 The prospect is good for root crops, celery and other laic market- 



