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peaches, grapes and cranberries, 1€0 per cent. No frost damage. 

 Interest in modern apple growing is just beginning. 



South Sudbury (Edgar W. Goodnow). — Corn is above the aver- 

 age. A good crop of rowen is being harvested; fall feed is look- 

 ing well. An unusual amount of fall seeding has been done, and 

 the crop is looking well. Potatoes are above normal in yield and 

 quality. The prospect for root crops is good; all late market- 

 garden crops are looking well. Fruit, yield: apples, below average; 

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

 normal. Fruit, quality: apples and pears, good; peaches, poor. No 

 damage has been done by early frosts. Much interest has been 

 shown in pruning and the general care of apple orchards, and it 

 is manifest in larger yields of better fruit. 



Weston (Edward P. Ripley). — The crop of corn is 80 per cent 

 of a normal. Rowen is up to the usual average. Fall feed is fair. 

 As much fall seeding has been done as usual, but it needs rain. 

 Potatoes are good in quality, and in yield 75 per cent of a normal 

 crop. A good prospect is offered for root crops. Fruit, yield: 

 late apples, heavy; pears, none; grapes, good. Fruit, quality: 

 apples and grapes, good. Early frosts have done no damage. 

 Orcharding is receiving much attention, with the result of more 

 fruit of much better quality. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — The corn crop will be large, 

 provided frosts hold off a little longer to give it time to ripen. 

 Rowen is more than an average crop, largest for years. Fall feed 

 is good, better than usual. Not much fall seeding has been done. 

 Not many onions raised in the immediate vicinity. Potatoes show 

 a large yield, of good quality. All late market-garden crops are 

 looking well. Fruit, yield: apples, a good average; pears, light; 

 peaches, light; gi'apes, large; cranberries, fair. Fruit, quality: 

 apples, good, very large; pears, average for a light crop; peaches, 

 fair for a light crop; grapes, good. No frosts. We take better 

 care of our orchards than formerly, especially in the matter of 

 spraying. Everybody sprays, and the result is that we get more and 

 better fruit. The apple crop is a good fair one and quite equal 

 to last year. 



Merrimac (S. Bixby Sargent). — Corn is a good crop, but late. 

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

 amount of fall seeding has been done, and its condition is very 

 good. Potatoes show an average yield, of very good quality. Root 

 crops and other late market-garden crops offer a good prosj^ect. 

 Fruit, yield: apples, a one-half crop; pears, light; peaches, very 

 few; grapes, heavy. Fruit, quality: apples and grapes, good. No 



