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far the season has been almost perfect for light soils. If some of 

 the correspondents would give the reason why the vines of the finer 

 varieties of squashes wilt and die about the time they come into 

 blossom, and also a reliable remedy therefor, thej' would confer a 

 great favor upon a good many. 



L. Iv. Daniels. 



Leominster. — Corn backward, but doing find}'. Potatoes 

 promise well. Although our crops, excepting grass and potatoes, 

 were at a stand-still last month, June has had some fine, sunshiny 

 days, wiiich have advanced vegetation rapidly. Oats and barley 

 are rathoi- inferior. Mowing lands that have been well tilled are 

 producing very heavy crops. Apples and pears are dropping badly 

 from the trees. Cherry trees are troubled with the aphis, which 

 will injure the fruit. Rainfall for the month, 2. CO inches, a trifle 

 in excess of the average for the past seven years. 



W. P>. IToSMER. 



Worcester. — Corn, though b.ackward. is now doing well. For 

 two weeks we have had warm, dry weather, with more than the 

 average amount of sunshine, and all farm and garden crops are 

 doing well. The hay crop will be some better than the average. 



S. A. BUKGESS. 



