one-half of a crop. A large number of correspondents refer 

 to the quality as good or fair. Some complain of potatoes 

 rotting, particularly in the western part of the State. A 

 correspondent in Worcester County writes of many fields 

 being "all rotten." The rot does not appear from the 

 returns to be of a general character, but to be confined to 

 localities or spots. 



Root Crops. 



Most of the correspondents refer to the prospect for root 

 crops as being either average, good or fair. 



Apples. 

 Quite a number of correspondents refer to the crop as 

 better than was expected earlier in the season. A number 

 speak of it as very good, others as fair. Many, however, 

 refer to it as either below an average, two-thirds, one-half, 

 light or very small. A number state that high winds the 

 last week in September blew off very many apples, particu- 

 larly in the central and western sections. It is thought that 

 the quality, as a whole, is a full average, and that the total 

 crop will be much larger than has been expected. 



Tobacco. 

 Correspondents in the four western counties where tobacco 

 is grown report the crop as satisfactory in yield and quality, 

 and that it is curing well. The census of this crop recently 

 made and published by the "New England Homestead' 

 shows a material increase both in acreage and the number of 

 growers,' while the sales show that the tobacco market is 

 fully sustained. 



Cranbeeries. 



Since the publication of Crop Bulletin No. 4,* the following 

 returns have been received in response to our circular letter. 

 Sturbridge (Worcester County) reports about five acres ; 

 no increase; estimated yield, thirty barrels ; fair quality; 

 crop not considered profitable. North Reading (Middlesex 

 County), about sixty-five acres; no increase; estimated 

 yield, five hundred barrels ; crop a fair average ; quality 

 fair ; crop considered profitable ; drawbacks this year, early 



*2Report on Cranberries, pp. 22-27. 



