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ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — There is more than a normal 

 crop of Indian corn, and it is extra large. There is perhaps less than 

 the usual average of fall feed, on account of drought. Not much fall 

 seeding has been done this season, and it is not looking well, on account 

 of dry weather. There is a good normal yield of potatoes, with no rot. 

 Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops are about 

 average with other years. Apples very light; pears fair; peaches 

 good; grapes good; cranberries good; plums poor. On the whole, 

 rowen is a good average crop, heavy on early cut fields and light on 

 late. 



Haverhill (Eben Websteu) . — The corn crop is fully up to the 

 normal. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. Less than 

 the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, owing to drought. 

 Onions are a good normal crop. Potatoes are good in both yield and 

 quaUty. Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops are 

 looking well. Apples and pears are about normal crops; peaches light; 

 grapes fair. 



Andover (Mild H. Gould). — Indian corn compares favorably with 

 the normal. Rowen and fall feed are above the average. Not as much 

 fall seeding has been done as usual, and the dry weather has hurt that 

 which was done. Onions are below the average, and are rotting some- 

 what. Potatoes are a good crop and of good quality. Celery is a poor 

 crop, on account of blight; other late market-garden crops promise 

 well. Apples are an average crop ; pears plenty ; peaches good ; grapes 

 good; cranberries below average. 



Newbury (George W. Adams). — There is a good average crop of 

 corn. Rowen and fall feed are at least 10 per cent above the usual 

 average. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is 

 backward. Onions are three-fourths of a normal crop. Potatoes are 

 a good crop in both yield and quality. Root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops have suffered too severely from drought to 

 recover fully. There are very few apples; pears abundant and poor; 

 peaches 60 per cent of a full crop; grapes a failure; cranberries below 

 average. 



Rowley (D. H. O'Brien). — Indian corn compares favorably with 

 a normal crop. Rowen and fall feed are al)()ve the average. The usual 

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

 tion. Onions are below an average crop. Potatoes have yielded fairly 

 well, and are of normal quality. The prospect for root crops is good; 

 celery poor. Apples fair; pears, peaches and grapes good ; cranberries 

 poor. Strawberry beds are looking extra well. 



Wetiham (N. P. Perkins). — Not much corn is grown except for 

 the silo. There is more rowen than last year, but not as much as was 

 expected. Less than the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, 



