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Fruit, quality : apples, pears, peaches and grapes, good. Frosts 

 occurred on August 28 and 29, damaging beans, squashes, pump- 

 kins, and, in some cases, corn. The damage to corn on very low 

 lands was considerable. There has been much spraying done and 

 the quality of fruit is excellent. Where trees have not been sprayed 

 the fruit is inferior in quality and size. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Indian corn has done well and is 

 a good normal crop. The rowen crop is below the average; fall 

 feed is good. A small amount of fall seeding has been done. 

 Onions are raised principally for home use. Potatoes are a much 

 lighter crop than was expected, and medium in quality. As a whole, 

 root crops have done fairly well; very little celery or other late 

 market-garden eroj^s raised. Fruit, yield : apples, not half the 

 average; pears, none; peaches, none; grapes, plenty; cranberries, 

 medium. Fruit, quality: apples and grapes, good; cranberries, 

 some frost-bitten. Frost occurred on August 30, doing very little 

 damage, and this to cranberries principally. Modern methods of 

 pruning and caring for orchards have not reached this vicinity to 

 any great extent. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — The Indian corn crop was never 

 better. The rowen crop is better than for the last three years. The 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done and its present con- 

 dition is good. Potatoes are above the average in yield. Fruit, 

 yield: apples, a two-thirds crop; pears and peaches, none. No 

 frost damage. The awakened interest in modern methods of prun- 

 ing and the general care of the apple orchard has been made mani- 

 fest in larger yields of better fruit. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Indian corn is above normal in 

 quality, but much of it is very late and may get fi'osted. The 

 rowen crop is up to the usual average in general, although some 

 fields are light. Fall feed in mowings is good; pastures are short. 

 About an average amount of fall seeding has been done; condition 

 good. Onions are a little short in this section. Potatoes are about 

 an average in yield and quality. Prospect for root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops is good. Fruit, yield : apples, 75 

 per cent; pears, none; peaches, short; grapes, 100 per cent; cran- 

 berries, average. Fruit, quality: apples, many show scale; pears, 

 none; peaches, short; grapes, 100 per cent; cranberries, avera'ge. 

 Frost on August 31 did very light damage to squash, tomatoes and 

 potatoes. There has been much more interest shown in pruning 

 and sj^raying within the last few years, and all who are doing it 

 agree that the more spraying and pnming are done, the more 

 profit from the orchards. 



