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Wakefield (Chas. Talbot). — Indian corn is not more than 70 

 per cent of a normal crop. Rowen is a long way beyond anything 

 for years. Very little seeding has been done as yet and some are 

 breaking up land now for the purpose. Onions are rather late and 

 about 80 per cent of the usual crop. There is a large crop of good 

 potatoes with very little rot. Root crops, celery and other late 

 market-garden crops promise to be fully up to the average. Apples 

 scarce ; pears plenty ; peaches small crop ; grapes half a crop ; 

 cranberries 75 per cent of usual crop ; fruit running small. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Indian corn is not much raised. 

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

 amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is too early to state 

 as to condition. Onions are about half a crop. Yield of potatoes 

 good and quality good, but there is some rot. The prospect for 

 root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops is fair. 

 Apples poor ; pears good ; no peaches ; grapes poor. 



Arlington (W. W. Rawson). — Rowen and fall feed are up to 

 the usual average. Onions are a fair crop. Potatoes are a very 

 poor crop in yield and quality. The prospect is good for root 

 crops, celery and other late market-garden crops. There is a poor 

 crop of apples, pears, peaches and grapes. If the fall is late 

 such crops as remain will be up to the average. 



Weston (H. L. Brown). — Corn is very poor, some fields will 

 give half to two-thirds of the normal crop and others hardly any. 

 On early cut fields there is a good crop of rowen, but much of the 

 haying was late and will not give rowen worth cutting ; fall feed 

 fairly good. Little seeding has been done as yet, but what I have 

 seen is looking well. The yield of potatoes is on the whole below 

 the normal and they are rotting. Roots are rather late owing to 

 cold, as is celery, but both are looking well. Apples a very poor 

 crop ; pears a fair crop ; no peaches ; few grapes. Corn for the 

 silo is not much more than half a crop. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — Indian corn will not be 

 more than half a crop unless frost holds off very late. Rowen and 

 fall feed are above the usual average. Not much fall seeding has 

 been done in this vicinity. Onions are little raised. Potatoes are 

 about two-thirds of a normal crop in yield but are of good quality. 

 Cabbages and turnips are looking well ; celery not much raised. 

 Apples are better than usual for an off year ; pears good ; peaches 

 none ; grapes and cranberries very few. Potatoes are rotting 

 somewhat, about 25 per cent in some fields, not so much in others. 



