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there is considerable blight. There are few winter apples and 

 grapes ; peaches in abundance. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster), — Indian corn is fully up to the 

 normal. Fall feed is good, but rowen is a little short. About the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is looking well. 

 Potatoes are light in yield and fair in qualit}^ Root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops promise about normal crops. 

 Apples half a crop ; pears one-fourth ; peaches good ; grapes fair. 

 "We have had a week of damp weather, with some rain ; good for 

 the pastures, but bad for curing the rowen crop. 



Groveland (A. S. Longfellow). — Indian corn is better than 

 an average crop. Rowen is a light crop. Not as much fall seeding 

 as usual has been done, on account of heavy rains. Potatoes are 

 rather light, and are rotting somewhat. The prospect is very good 

 for root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops. Fall 

 apples scarce, winter apples a good crop for an off year ; peaches 

 quite plenty. 



Andover (Milo H. Gould) . — Corn is late and rather backward. 

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

 of fall seeding has been done, and it is looking well. Onions are 

 not raised in this section. Potatoes are below the normal in yield, 

 and are rotting badly. The prospect is good for root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops. There is a half crop of apples ; 

 pears the same ; peaches good ; grapes were destroyed in the spring 

 by rose bugs ; cranberries about half a crop. 



Rowley (D. H. O'Brien). — Indian corn is better than an average 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. No fall 

 seeding has been done as yet. Onions are an average crop. 

 Potatoes are a small yield, and of poor quality. The prospect is 

 good for root crops, celery and other late market- garden crops. 

 Apples are below average ; pears a full crop ; peaches fair ; grapes 

 medium ; cranberries poor. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — All the corn raised here is sweet corn 

 or southern corn for the silo, and there is a fair crop of both. 

 Rowen is not quite as good a crop as usual. The usual amount 

 of fall seeding has been done, and it is in good condition. Not 

 many onions raised, and crop below average. Potatoes show a 

 fair yield, but are rotting considerably. The prospect is fair for 

 root crops, celeiy and other late market-garden crops. Apples 

 and pears are of poor quality ; peaches good ; cranberries injured 

 by the rains. 



Hamilton (George R. Dodge). — What few fields of Indian 

 corn there are seem to be fully up to or perhaps better than 



