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Fruit. 

 Apples are holding on the trees well, and promise a good 

 crop, though not an extra one ; but Baldwins will not yield 

 as well as other varieties. The qualit}^ of the fruit promises 

 to be very good indeed. Pears will be a very light crop. 

 Peaches are, as usual, somewhat uneven, but the crop as a 

 whole will not be far from an average one for this climate. 

 Grapes continue to promise very well indeed. Cranberries 

 are a light crop in the south-eastern sections of the State, 

 particularly on the Cape, with more than usual complaint 

 of damage from the fruit worm. 



Pasturage. 



Pastures are generally in excellent condition, frequent 

 showers having kept them green and growing. The only 

 exceptions are on the Cape and a strip a few miles wide on 

 the immediate south-eastern coast, where they are greatly 

 in need of rain. 



Oats and Barley. 



Oats are an exceptionally good crop, and promise to yield 

 heavily in all sections. There is considerable complaint of 

 lodging, making harvesting diflScult. Barley is but little 

 raised, except for forage. As a grain crop it does not 

 appear to be more than average. Both are doing well as 

 forage crops. 



