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Framingham. — Winter apples promise a small crop and very 

 poor in quality. Acreage of meadow hind reseeded in the fall 

 increasing in this locality. Late potatoes are not over one-half 

 grown and the tops are dead and dried up. They are rotting 

 badly on moist land, but not so much on dry soil. Amount of 

 ensilage corn increasing in this vicinity. Plums are not ripening, 

 but are rotting and drying up on the trees. Melons are very poor. 

 Poor outlook for farmers. 



H. S. WlIITTEMORE. 



Hopkinton. — Poor prospect for winter apples. Acreage of 

 meadow land reseeded in the fall not increasing in this locality. 

 Poor prospect for a crop of late potatoes, as they are rotting badly. 

 Amount of corn grown for ensilage purposes is increasing in this 

 vicinity. The Learning variety is preferred. 



W. V. Thompson. 



North Reading. — Very few good winter apples. Acreage of 



meadow land reseeded in the fall not increasing in this locality. 



Potatoes are rotting badly. Amount of corn grown for ensilage 



purposes is increasing in this vicinity. The Early Canada is 



preferred. The fire blight is doing much damage to pear and 



apple trees. Cranberries are being gathered and the crop is ten 



days earlier than last year. 



N. B. Case. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket. — No winter apples of any amount grown here. The 

 potato crop is almost a total failure, on account of so much rain. 

 There is but one silo here and it is being filled to-day (31st). If 

 we have a week of hot weather the corn crop will be large. 



C. W. Gakdnei;. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 

 Dover. — Less than half a crop of winter apples of fair quality. 

 About the same acreage of meadow land reseeded in the fall. 

 Potato vines are dead. Dry weather may prevent the rot from 

 spreading. Most of the crop is still in the ground. Amount of 

 corn grown for ensilage purposes is greatly increasing. The large 

 varieties and Stowell's Evergreen are preferred. Crops generally 

 are failures owing to the unfavorable weather. Cranberries are 

 an entire failure as the meadows are on the river with high water 

 and no chance to drain. 



S. M. COLCOKD. 



