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Cucumbers have given a light crop, but cantaloupes have given 

 better returns than usual. Prospects for late market-garden crops 

 as a whole are good. Fruit, yield: apples, good; pears, poor; 

 peaches, light; grapes, good. Fruit, quality: apples, fair; pears, 

 poor; grapes good. 



Soutlihorough (Edward T. Collins). — Indian corn is 80 per 

 cent of a normal crop. Rowen and fall feed are 90 per cent of 

 normal crops. Very little fall seeding has been done as compared 

 with three or four years ago; condition is fair. Few onions raised. 

 There is a good crop of potatoes, above the average in quality. 

 Fruit, yield: apples, 50 per cent; pears, very few; peaches, none; 

 gxapes, 100 per cent. Fruit, quality : apples, good where cared for. 

 No frosts up to time of making returns. There are not more than 

 five orchards in town which are properly cared for. This town was 

 once a great apple-growing community, but I think there will be 

 few apple trees of any value within three or four years. 



Leicester (Henry H. Kingsbury). — Corn was late in maturing, 

 finally making an average crop of grain and stover. Rowen crop 

 shows a very good yield although shortened perhaps by the June 

 drought. Fall feed is in excellent condition. The weather has 

 favored fall seeding; rather more than usual has been done and 

 the condition is fine. Potatoes are a good crop, fully up to the 

 average in quality. Root crops are apparently doing well, and the 

 weather just suits celery. Fruit, yield: apples, 100 per cent; pears, 

 100 per cent; peaches, none; grapes, 100 per cent; cranberries, 

 none. Fruit, quality: apples, pears and grapes, 100 per cent; 

 peaches and cranberries, none. No damage from frost. There is 

 emphatically an awakened interest in modern apple growing which 

 has resulted very noticeably in larger yields of better fruit. 



Southbridge (E. T. Torrey). — The corn crop is rather better 

 than normal. The rowen crop is fully up to the usual average, 

 and fall feed is very good. Fall seeding is in very good condition, 

 with the usual amount done. Potatoes are better in yield, and 

 good in quality. Prospect is favorable for root crops; all other 

 late market-garden crops promise well. Fruit, yield: apples, bet- 

 ter; pears, rather below; peaches, good; grapes, average. Fruit, 

 quality : apples, quite as good ; peaches, as usual. Frost damage has 

 been very slight. Quite a number of growers are talking modern 

 methods of orcharding, but only one has done much, and his yield 

 was very much better in qiiality. 



Uxhridge (Everett D. Robinson). — Indian corn is a little below 

 normal. Rowen is up to the usual average, but not so with fall 

 feed. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and the 

 crop is in very good condition. Potatoes are good in yield and 

 quality. Prospect for root crops is good. Fruit, yield: apples, 

 short; pears, good; peaches, far below average; grapes, good. 



