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ent, in a principal onion growing town, reports that yields 

 of from five to six hundred bushels per acre are not un- 

 common, while some fields show eight hundred bushels per 

 acre. There are some complaints of small size, particularly 

 in eastern sections, but this complaint is not general. 



Potatoes. 

 Potatoes are estimated at from one-third to one-half of 

 a normal crop. Only occasionally does a correspondent re- 

 port more than the latter figure. Blight and the early 

 drought seem to be the principal causes of the shortage, there 

 being little complaint of rot. Many correspondents report 

 that the tubers are large and fair, but very few in the hill. 

 The quality of the crop is generally good, and the continued 

 fair weather has allowed it to be harvested earlier and more 

 advantageously than usual. 



Root Ckops, Celery, etc. • 



Root crops are hardly up to the normal, owing to the con- 

 tinued drought, which has checked their growth. Cape 

 turnips have perhaps done, fully as well as root crops in other 

 sections, and promise a fair crop. Celery is hardly up to 

 the normal, so far as reported on, though it may improve 

 with plentiful rains. Late market-garden crops are growing 

 slowly, because of the drought, and do not promise well as 

 a whole. Squashes are generally reported as an excellent 

 crop, and, indeed, vines of all kinds appear to have done 

 well this season. Late cabbage will be a light yield in most 

 sections. 



Fruit. 



Apples are a light crop, and ripened prematurely in many 

 cases because of the dry and hot weather. They are small 

 in many instances, particularly the winter varieties, but are 

 generally reported as fair and free from insect damage. 

 Pears are a rather better yield than was expected, and are 

 reported as being of very fine quality. Peaches are a light 

 crop, except in a few localities, many sections showing none 



