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but of good quality. Root crops are little raised; turnips look well. 

 Apples medium crop and good quality, with size above average ; pears 

 poor; peaches good quality, but not a heavy crop; grapes a good crop, 

 but with some blight. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — There is a normal crop of Indian 

 corn. Rowen made a heavy growth, but the dry weather injured fall 

 feed. The usual acreage has been seeded, and it is looking as well as 

 could be expected, with weather conditions as they have been. Onions 

 blighted somewhat. The jiotato crop is 80 per cent of a normal crop. 

 All kinds of roots are very good, as a rule; celery has made good growth 

 and promises well. Apples turned out better than was expected; good 

 crops of peaches and grapes; pears not as good quality as usual. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is 90 per cent of a full 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are better than usual. Not much fall seeding 

 has been done, because of dry weather. The onion crop is three-fourths 

 of a normal crop. Potatoes are 75 per cent in peld and quality, and are 

 rotting badly. Celery is rusting badly. Apples 60 per cent; pears 50 

 per cent ; peaches 25 per cent ; grapes 75 per cent. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Corn will average better than for some 

 years. Rowen is a good crop, but fall feed has suffered from drought. 

 On low ground fall seeding looks well, but not on high ground. Some 

 fields of potatoes are yielding well, and are of good quality. Root crops, 

 celery and late market-garden crops are not raised. Apples and pears 

 are very good crops. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Indian corn is above the average in 

 yield and quality. The rowen crop is extra good on early cut fields. 

 About the average amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is some- 

 what backward, owing to nearly a month of dry weather. The onion 

 crop is above the average in this locality. Potatoes promise a good 

 crop, with quality excellent. Root crops are about average ; celery and 

 late market-garden crops will be above normal. Fruit of all kinds is 

 about an average crop; apples are a little earlier than usual, and of 

 extra good quality, yield much larger than expected, and selling well. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). -^Corn is mostly raised for the silo. 

 Rowen and fall feed are above the usual average. Fall seeding is 

 backward. But very few onions are raised as a market crop. Pota- 

 toes compare favorably with the normal in yield and ({uality. The 

 outlook is good for root crops, celery and other late market-garden 

 crops. Apples are a fair average crop in most localities; pears very 

 good; grapes and cranberries not average. 



Townsend (G. A. Wilder). — There is a normal crop of Indian -corn. 

 Rowen antl fall feed are not up to the usual average, owing to ilry 

 weather. About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done. There 

 is a normal crop of onions. Potatoes are not up to the average in 

 yield, and are only fair in quality. The jirospect is good for root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops. Ajjples are a full crop 



