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12th shook one-half or more from the trees, the principal part of 

 which will remain where they dropped. No pears ; peaches a good 

 crop ; plums light ; grapes and cranberries an average crop. 



Tewksbury (G. E. Crosby). — Indian corn is a fairly good crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average. There has 

 been less seeding than usual done and it is not in good condition. 

 Onions are a fairly good crop. Potatoes are a normal crop in 

 quality, but not in yield. Root crops, celery and other late mar- 

 ket-garden crops are somewhat under the average in condition. 

 The gale thinned out the apples on the trees, but those remaining 

 will be later and larger. The apples shaken off are mostly left on 

 the ground, though a few have been sent to the cider mill. Other 

 fruits are very light in this vicinity. 



Bedford (Henry Wood). — Indian corn is not an average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are not within 50 per cent of the usual crop. 

 It has been too dry for fall seeding and a great deal of the early 

 sown must be sown again. Onions are a very fair crop. Potatoes 

 are a rather light crop but of fine quality. Root crops, celery and 

 other late market-garden crops are looking well since the rains. 

 About three-fourths of the apples were shaken off by the gale and 

 are selling for 50 and 75 cents per barrel in the Boston market. 

 There was a fair crop of pears ; plums not plenty ; grapes plenty. 



Wobum (W. H. Bartlett). — Sweet corn is only a medium 

 crop. Hardly any rowen has been cut. Less than the usual 

 amount of fall seeding has been done, as the ground has been too 

 dry. Onions are small, not over 75 per cent of an average crop. 

 Potatoes are small and few, quality poor. Root crops promise 

 fairly ; celery looking well, less rust than usual ; squash very 

 light, failed to set any fruit. Apples are coloring ; picking hardly 

 commenced ; small size ; the gale blew off about two-thirds of 

 them, which are rotting on the ground, as they are too green for 

 cider and there is no sale for them at any price. Pears were a 

 fair crop, but sold very low ; peaches few ; plums a good crop. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Rowen and fall feed are not up to 

 the usual average. The usual amount of fall seeding has been 

 done and it is in good condition. Onions are a three-fourths crop. 

 Potatoes are about half a crop, of good quality. Root crops, 

 celery and late market-garden crops are rather backward. The 

 apple crop was good before the gale, but the wind stripped the 

 Baldwin trees, though the Hubbardstons did not suffer much. 

 Pears are a good crop and grapes a fine crop. 



Weston (H. L. Brown). — Indian corn is au average crop as 

 far as I have seen. Little rowen has been cut and fall feed has 

 been very short but is growing now. Less than the usual amount 

 of fall seeding has been done as none was done until after the rain. 



