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the rains. No fall seeding has been done about here. Onions are 

 about half a crop. Potatoes are half a crop in yield but of good 

 quality. The prospect for root crops, celery and other late market- 

 garden crops is very poor. There was a good crop of apples 

 before the gale blew them off; two-thirds of them are now on the 

 ground and are being made into cider for vinegar. Pears, plums 

 and grapes are full crops ; peaches and cranberries half crops. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Indian corn is not over a three- 

 fourths crop. Rowen and fall feed are much below the usual 

 average. Very little fall seeding has been done. Onions are about 

 half a crop. Potatoes are not more than half a crop, of fair quality. 

 Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops do not prom- 

 ise to be more than from half to three-fourths crops. Nearly all 

 the apples were shaken off by the gale of the 12th. There are 

 fairly good crops of pears aud grapes ; cranberries about 30 per 

 cent of an average crop. 



Orleans (F. E. Snow). — Corn is much injured by dry weather. 

 Rowen and fall feed are very short. Potatoes are not a normal 

 crop, being cut short by drought in most cases. The apple crop 

 here was abuudant before the gale ; since then some have been 

 sold in neighboring towns. Pears abundant and good ; cranberries 

 hardly an average crop, except in a few bogs ; other fruits little 

 raised. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Indian corn is below the 

 average crop. There is no rowen and fall feed is very poor. 

 Some fall seeding has been done, but it is very late on account of 

 drought. Potatoes are below the average in yield but of good 

 quality. Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops 

 promise poorly. The apple crop was large, but the gale blew off 

 a great many ; in some cases cider is made or drying done, but 

 most of them lie on the ground. Pears, peaches, plums and grapes 

 are very good crops. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket (C. "W. Gakdnek). — Indian corn is about a two- 

 thirds crop. Rowen and fall feed are all dried up. No fall seed- 

 ing has been done as yet. Onions are not more than half a crop. 

 Potatoes are hardly a one-third crop. Root crops, celery and 

 other late market-garden crops promise well. There are no cran- 

 berries. Much salt hay is cut to help carry the stock through the 

 winter. 



