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never looked greener, but we need rain to keep them so, as they 

 are now getting dry. Beans and tomatoes have blasted, and are 

 killed outright ; squashes are much the same, although the process 

 is not so complete with tliem. Japanese plums are rotting on the 

 trees just as they commence to color, and earl}' peaches have done 

 the same ; the later ones look finely now. 



Maslipee (W. F. Hammond). — Indian corn is below the average 

 in condition. Rowen will be above an average crop. The pros- 

 pect is good for late potatoes ; have not heard of blight or rot. 

 There will be an average crop of apples, pears and grapes, and a 

 two-thirds crop of cranberries. Pasturage is above the average in 

 condition. There has been an average crop of oats. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Indian corn is very small. 

 There will be no rowen at all. The prospect for late potatoes is 

 good, with no blight as yet. Apples will be an average crop ; 

 pears light ; peaches fair ; grapes good ; cranberries light. Pas- 

 turage is very short. Oats are much more than an average crop. 

 It has been very dry here since the middle of July. Cranberries 

 will probably not be over one-third of the crop of 1901. 



Harwich (A.N. Doane). — Indian corn is in fair condition. 

 The prospect for the rowen crop is unfavorable. Late potatoes 

 are in fine condition, with neither blight nor rot. Apples good ; 

 pears poor ; peaches fair ; grapes good ; cranberries half a crop. 

 Dry weather has about destroyed the pasturage. Oats and barley 

 are about average crops. The fruit worm is doing considerable 

 damage to cranberries, and the crop in Barnstable County will be 

 much smaller than last year. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — Corn is somewhat backward, owing 

 to the cold season. Rowen will be somewhat less than an average 

 crop. Late potatoes are looking finely, with no blight or rot. 

 Apples, pears, peaches and grapes will be average crops, but cran- 

 berries will be below the average. Pastures are somewhat dry, 

 but otherwise in fair condition. Oats are more than an average 

 crop ; barley, very little raised here. There is some complaint 

 among the cranberry growers that a new worm, large in size, is 

 attacking their bogs, taking vines and fruit. The sections taken 

 are ruined, as they eat everything clean to the ground. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Indian corn is backward. 

 Rowen promises to be above an average crop. The prospect for 

 late potatoes is that there will be a large crop, although there is a 

 slight amount of blight and rot. Grapes and apples are good 

 crops. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 above average crops. 



