the average production of beans compared with a full crop 

 82 ; the average production of asparagus 22 ; the average 

 production of cabbages 89 ; the average production of onions 

 82 ; the average production of tomatoes 89 ; the average 

 condition of apples 62 ; the average condition of grapes 86 ; 

 the average condition of cranberries 73 ; and the average 

 production of watermelons 78. 



Massachusetts Weather, 1906. 



[Furnished by Wkather Bureau, Boston.] 



The weather of January was generally unseasonable, with 

 few storms and high temperatures throughout the mouth. 

 The mild weather caused buds to start, and ice disappeared 

 on streams. The greater part of the precipitation occurred 

 as rain, and was fairly well distributed over the month. The 

 snowfall was light, and at the close of the month there was 

 little on the ground. 



February weather was less severe than the normal. On 

 the 9th there was a general and quite heavy snowfall, except 

 on the immediate coast, where rain fell. The month closed 

 wnth a storm of moderate energy, both rain and snow fell, 

 followed by a decided fall in temperature, with high winds 

 and gales. 



]\rarch was unseasonably cold as a whole, the temperature 

 ranging at or near zero to an unusually late date. The 

 snowfall was greatly in excess of the March average, gen- 

 erally exceeding the fall of the preceding three months. 

 After the 26th the temperature was decidedly higher, and 

 the snow rapidly disappeared, with rain on the closing days 

 of the month. 



April was a seasonable month, no marked departures from 

 the normals occurring in any of the elements. The preci imi- 

 tation w^as well distributed through the period and over the 

 State. The month as a whole Avas pleasant, and the season 

 near the average at its close. 



May was characterized with much ])loasant weather, there 

 being an average of thirteen clear days, eleven days when the 

 sky was partially obscured, and but ten days without sun- 

 shine. The total rainfall was, however, considerably in ex- 



