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BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easton (William N. Howard). — Indian corn is an average 

 crop. Rowen is up to the usual average. Fall feed is in good 

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

 its present condition is good. Few onions are grown in this vicinity. 

 Potatoes are above normal in yield, and in quality, as a rule, are 

 excellent. Prospect for root crops is above normal; for other late 

 gai'den crops, excellent. Fruit, yield : apples, a little below the 

 average ; pears, grapes and cranberries, average. Fruit, quality : 

 apples, pears, grapes and cranberries, good. A very little damage 

 was done to cucumbers and cranberries by frost. Much interest 

 is being shown in better methods in the care of the apple orchard, 

 with better fruit as a result. 



Mansfield (E. Jasper Fisher). — Indian corn is about a normal 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the average. The usual 

 amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is in good condition. 

 Very few onions raised. Potatoes average a fair crop; the quality 

 is very good. Prospect is good for root crops, and likewise for 

 other late market-garden crops. Fruit, yield : apples, 65 per cent ; 

 pears, 40 per cent; grapes, 60 per cent; cranberries, 30 per cent. 

 Fruit, quality: apples, fine; gi'apes, good. There has been frost 

 but littfe damage to erojDS. There is quite an interest at the present 

 time in modern methods of pruning and caring for apple trees. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger). — The crop of Indian corn is about 

 normal. Fall feed and roAven are up to the usual average. The 

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

 tion. The potato crop is about average in yield and excellent in 

 quality. All the late market-garden crops are in good condition. 

 Fruit, yield: apples, small; grapes, good; cranberries, good. Fruit, 

 quality: pears, poor. No damage from frost. There is not much 

 interest in apples in this section. 



Dighton (Howard C. Briggs). — The corn crop is below the nor- 

 mal. Rowen is a one-half crop. The usual amount of fall seeding 

 has been done, and its condition is average. Potatoes are a one- 

 half crop of very fine tubers. Prospect for root crops is below the 

 average; for celery and other late garden crops, average. Our chief 

 crops, tomatoes and strawberries, showed an average yield. Fruit, 

 yield: apples, 50 per cent; pears, 100 per cent; peaches, good; 

 grapes, 100 per cent; cranberries, 75 per cent. Fruit, quality: 

 apples, poor; pears, 100 per cent; peaches, 10 per cent; grapes, 

 good ; cranberries, 75 per cent. There have been no frosts. Modern 

 methods of pruning and the general care of the apple orchard have 

 been given more attention, and larger yields of better fruit are the 

 results. 



