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seem to have appeared in other sections. The quality of the 

 crop was generally reported to be good, except where attacked 

 by rot, with little damage from insects. 



Root Crops, Celery, etc. 

 Root crops were generally backward and not up to the nor- 

 mal, though considerably improved by the rains of September. 

 On the Cape the turnip crop seems to be nearly a failure, 

 owing to failure to germinate because of the drought of the 

 latter part of the summer. Celery is hardly up to the normal, 

 taking all sections into consideration, but is considerably im- 

 proved, and promises to yield a nearly average crop. Late 

 market-garden crops of all kinds are backward, but are coming 

 on rapidly since the rains, and with favorable weather promise 

 good yields. Prices have generally been higher than usual. 



Fruit. 



Apples are reported as somewhat better than was expected, 

 but still far from an average crop for the State as a whole, 

 even for an off year. As always with a light crop, the quality 

 is not of the best, and strictly No. 1 fruit is exceedingly 

 scarce. Pears are also a very light crop in most sections, the 

 poorest, indeed, for some years. Peaches are nearly a total 

 failure. Grapes are a fair crop, but there is some doubt as to 

 whether they will mature before killing frosts. Cranberries 

 are late in ripening, not being nearly all secured at the time 

 of making reports, the berries are of small size, and it is not 

 likely that the crop will be above two-thirds of the normal. 



Setting of Apple Trees. 

 The question as to the setting out of apple trees was asked 

 with a view to learning whether this particular branch of 

 orcharding was holding its own, increasing or falling behind 

 in the State. In Franklin County and southwestern Worces- 

 ter County the reports would indicate that rather more than 

 enough trees had been set out to make good the yearly loss of 

 old trees, in fact, that the industry was gaining ground. Else- 

 where, with a few local exceptions, the reverse seems to be 



