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looking well. Potatoes show a fair yield, but are rottiiig some- 

 what. Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops are 

 all looking well. Apples are a poor crop; pears, peaches, grapes 

 and cranberries fair. 



Concord ("Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn is fully up to the 

 average. Rowen is up to the normal, the only trouble being that 

 there has been so much rain lately that it is difficult to get it. 

 About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is 

 looking well. Yield of potatoes light, with some rot appearing. 

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

 crops is good. We have had a fair quantity of early apples, but 

 winter varieties are few ; pears a little below average ; peaches 

 fair ; grapes average. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Indian corn is below the normal. 

 The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is in good 

 condition. Potatoes are very much below the normal in yield. 

 Apples and pears are poor ; grapes good. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). —Indian corn is not raised here- 

 abouts. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. The 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is in first-rate 

 condition. Onions are small, and not up to the normal in yield. 

 Root crops are not as good as usual; celery will be a good crop. 

 Apples scarce ; pears a light crop ; peaches a heavy crop, but 

 they all ripened at one time, and the market is glutted. 



Weston (Henry L. Brown) . — Indian corn is not grown to any 

 extent in this locality. There is little rowen, but fall feed is good. 

 Seeding is being done now ; but little was done before the rain. 

 Onions are not grown. Potatoes are a very small crop, not over 

 a quarter of a normal yield in many places. Roots are doing well ; 

 celery only grown for home use, but is looking well. Fall apples 

 have been quite plenty, not many winter ones ; peaches not as 

 good as usual ; few grapes grown, and no cranberries. Grass is 

 looking finely, but not much will be tall enough for cutting, as it 

 was so late in starting. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Amesbury (F. W. Sargent). — Corn is generall}' heavy, and 

 will be a large crop if frost holds off a while longer. Rowen is a 

 good crop except where timothy roots were injured by drought 

 after early cutting of first crop. Fall seeding is in good condi- 

 tion, but seems to need sunshine to give it a start, most land being 

 wet and cold with the frequent rains. Onions are fully a normal 

 crop, and of good quality. Potatoes are hardly a full crop, and 



