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are doing well, with no signs of blight or rot as yet. Thrifty 

 apple trees are well laden with fruit, and pears are doing fairly 

 well. Pastures are in very good condition. 



p:ssex county. 



Amesbury (Fred W. Sargent). — Indian corn is very back- 

 ward, and fully four weeks is needed for it to approach maturity. 

 Where the first crop was cut early there is a good crop of rowen, 

 but it is hardly normal, taken as a whole. Late potatoes are a 

 good crop, only one case of rot having appeared. Apples are 

 plenty, with the exception of Baldwins ; pears light ; some peaches ; 

 grapes plenty. Frequent rains and cool nights have kept pastures 

 better than for some years. Oats are above average crops ; very 

 little barley raised. Most unseasonable weather ever known, hay- 

 ing been hardly completed at this time. Salt hay is a light crop 

 and very green, but a large acreage has been harvested during the 

 past ten days. Much corn intended for grain will have to be siloed, 

 unless remarkable weather comes in September. Garden truck 

 plenty and prices generally low ; fall apples almost a drug on the 

 market. 



Neiohury (Geo. W. Adams). — Indian corn is very backward. 

 There will be a normal crop of rowen, but later than usual. Pros- 

 pect good for late potatoes ; a little blight, but no rot as yet. 

 Apples are one-fourth of a full crop; pears 20 per cent; peaches 

 and grapes full crops ; cranberries a three-fourths crop. Pastures 

 are in from fair to good condition. Oats are not a good crop, 

 hardly average. 



North Andover (Peter Holt, Jr.). — Indian corn is very poor 

 and late. There is a good prospect for rowen where the hay was 

 cut early. Potatoes are an extra good crop, with no blight or rot 

 as yet. There will be a large crop of apples, except Baldwins ; 

 also of pears, peaches and grapes. Pasturage is as green as in 

 June. Oats and barley are not grown except for fodder, and 

 much of that has been ruined by the wet weather. 



Andover (M. H. Gould). — Indian corn is a good crop for 

 fodder, but is late for earing. Rowen promises to be above an 

 average crop. The prospect is good for late potatoes, and no 

 blight or rot has appeared. Apples good; few pears; poaches 

 abundant; grapes and cranberries good. Pastures are above the 

 average in condition. Oats and barley are larger crops than in 

 former years. The cold nights of the last fortnight have kept corn 

 back badly. 



Wenhavi (N. P. I'kkkins). — Indian corn is not much grown, 



