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will be above the average. Apples and cranberries half crops ; 

 pears, peaches and grapes one-fourth crops. Frost did consider- 

 able damage to cranberries and some field crops on September 14. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Indian corn is 85 per cent of a 

 normal crop. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. 

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

 condition. Potatoes are nearly a full crop, but there is some com- 

 plaint of decay. Turnips are very small in size. Apples are half 

 a crop ; pears very light ; peaches fair ; cranberries not over half 

 a crop. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Corn is just about a normal crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. Onions are 

 hardly a normal crop. Potatoes have made a very good yield, but 

 have been badly eaten by white grubs. The prospect for root 

 crops, celery and other late market-garden crops is very fair. 

 Fruit of all kinds is very much below the average. There is the 

 smallest crop of cranberries for many years. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — Indian corn is an average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are very good. There is an average amount 

 of fall seeding done, but it is too early to form an opinion as to 

 its condition. The onion crop is very small. Potatoes are about 

 an average crop. Turnips are looking fairly well; celery not 

 grown. Apples are a small crop ; pears and peaches less than 

 average ; cranberries about half a crop. The fruit worm destroyed 

 many cranberries, and the weather conditions have been unfavor- 

 able. 



Eastham (J. A. Clark). — There is a small acreage of Indian 

 corn, but what there is looks well. The rowen crop and fall feed 

 are very good. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, 

 and it is in good condition. Potatoes ai-e a fair crop. Turnips 

 are the principal root crop, and show some blight, but it is too 

 early to predict as to the crop. Apples light ; pears plenty ; no 

 peaches ; cranberries fair. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Indian corn is an average 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are about normal in condition. Not 

 much fall seeding is done here. Potatoes are below the average, 

 on account of rot. The prospect is good for root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops. The prospect is poor for all 

 kinds of fruit, and those harvested have turned out poorly. 



