and potatoes improving rapidly ; haying delayed in hopes 

 of better crop and time needed for cultivation ; hoed crops 

 and corn improving, but still poor ; apples dropping, but 

 balance will be of better cjuality ; pears, peaches, plums 

 and cherries light crops ; beans rusting ; tobacco growing 

 well. 



Week ending Juhj 13. — New England. Boston: Ex- 

 ceptionally favorable weather ; potatoes in good condition, 

 growing well ; gardens improving, but late ; considerable 

 haying in south, better yield than anticipated ; small grain 

 improving ; rye being harvested in south ; corn making fast 

 growth but poor ; raspberries good ; blackberries promising ; 

 cranberries below average ; apples uneven, below average ; 

 tobacco good. 



T^eeA; ending July 20. — New England. Boston : 

 Weather favorable for most crops ; haying somewhat de- 

 layed by showers and cloudiness, but much cut, average 

 yield, excellent quality ; oats and rye excellent ; half crop 

 rye cut ; potatoes and garden vegetables making good 

 growth ; corn improving and if frost holds off will be a fair 

 crop ; apples growing fast, some dropping ; raspberries fine ; 

 blackberries promising ; cranberries below average ; tobacco 

 excellent growth and condition. 



Weather of July, 1903. 

 The weather of the month, generally speaking, was un- 

 eventful, and, for the greater part, of the mid-summer type. 

 The opening days were overcast, with occasional showers 

 and seasonal temperatures. These were followed by sev- 

 eral sunny days but with somewhat lower temperatures, the 

 nights especially ])eing cool. Little rain fell from the ()th 

 to the IStli, and the skies were generally clear to partly 

 cloudy. From the (Stli to the 12tli, inclusive, a warm wave 

 of considerable intensity prevailed, during Avhicli the maxi- 

 mum temperatures ranged in the 90s. The chief storm of 

 the month began on the 18th and continued throughout the 

 following day, giving general and quite heavy rains. A 

 season of showers and local storms followed the general dis- 

 tm'bance, lasting through the 2(lth. In some sections the 



