Avaust 6, 1864.) 
‘THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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THE PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE CROPS$-q( Continued). 
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COUNTY. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. | BEANS. PEAS. POTATOS. HAY. crops. |HARVESTBE|NAME AND ADDRESS. 
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ND. | 
Pcs: et d 
— sores O ver average Over average | Over average |Much blighted; Fair crop "E gu no races cde ID Ve M k- Aug. 8 J e pora Lawes, 
A good crop good crop, Short straw, Injured by | No complaint Verssigt ed ;| Unpromising | . Aug. 1 George Webb, Redbourn 
ripening prema- light cut green-fly ; 
vir E Loa els as Hewitt, Cran- 
MIDDLESEX ... Red, average ; verage Under Very bad [ Under Average eer rs Aug.1 — ewitt, 
White under | partial 
Dixon, Witham 
SBEX ...... cope es ]. bo e;{ Not average | Notaverage; | Half a crop; Free from Well got up, but Mangels Aug.lto7 |Henry ` 
yes ng enc " culis | - infested with — by Meno. Aci a light yield various ; 
below collie: tubers H S edes,a gr 
not avi "ipe failure ; 
Ere Turnips, none | 
Below average Good About average |Under average Light Small, but good|Short; got well It Aug. 4 p en Great Dun- 
defective|Scarcely an aver-| Bad generall. Winte! Generally |Bad ; very small ort cro| MangelWurzel Aug.1  |Wm. Fieher Hobbs, Box- 
e at ments crop, E 4 failure; spring, light r rp tead Lodge, Colchester 
12 Tachels per | “especially — late sown good ; suffer- 
acres below last|sown, „and ripe pen uch blighted ing dreadfull y 
ti 
ited andor j emm Underaverage |Underaverage| Average Half crop Short, but good | — Turnips, Aug.1 A. Hardy, Sen., Maldon 
average failure Ld 
gels, à 
Good Excellent |Three-fourth ofal Half a crop | Half a crop Half a crop |Three-fourths of| Half "a crop Aug. 5 Collinson Hall, Romford 
crop Boum P d 
Near average Over average | Under average Average  |Under average|Good, but small Failure Tan 1 DU H ug.2 J. J. Mechi, Tiptree Hall 
i aad i á 
BOUSRET Voces Ls. General appear.| Good, over Crops light Very much | Early Suffering from Verylight  |Mangel look- Aug. 1. Edward Hilder, Woking 
ance good; but average blighted 2: remp; ; Y drought, A inferi indecl well ing well, 
some prema- ry bad| very small secured Swedes 
— ripe, and jured by 
‘oot-faller. b, Turnips 
failure 
About 8 bushels|Early sown, an|Whitean average Nearlya  |SameasBeans|Good, but very| Short crop, but} Nearly a Aug. 1 William Willis, West 
- er i ri keeper crop; rg very eru y Es —— well secured failure Moulsey 
averag attack. ai by 
A Short, well wah indiff t Ear lies rer Short M: i Aug. 4. J A Wood 
verage, very ort, wi one grown |An ‘erent r very crop angels ug. 4. ames Arnot, cote, 
-— e corned v crop small ; inte look promising ; Carshalton 
places healthy Turnips ey 
m e 
BERKS e| Under average | Under average | Under average | Short crop Very bad {Sound but small|S hort ; got} Unpromising Aug. 2 JohnAdnams,Tbatcham, 
iis d . near Newbury 
Various; hardly|Burnt up on all| Same as roots rove Half crop  |One-fourth crop Bad Never worse July 27 James Williams, Abing- 
average ede sme blighted don 
Scarcely average} About Under average A bad: | Very much Exceedingly | Very deficient | Very variable Aug.1  |Thos. Owen, Hungerford 
blighted blighted variable à very 
smal 
Barely Early, good ; |Early fair; late|Blighted very|Blighted very|Good, but t| Short in quality;| Suffering for Aug. 4 E. W. Moore, Coleshill 
blight eae late bad” bad’ seriously " badly large crop well made want of iin zl “a 
more or le: 
Ave: Average One-third less Complete |Under average|Half an average| Very good in Very bad Aug.4 Stephen M. Plummer, 
than average failure quality ; halfa Peasemore 
K crop 
SOMERSET........ Good Very good figi ; straw Excellent gioi a ; TOTO ddle of Aug Collyns, Dul- 
well got O6! 
About average;|Earlysown good; A poor crop | Winter Beans |In most cases| Early planted | A light erop : The took crop Aug. 3 Waltes Var thing, Stowey 
bunden light, lato m VB are partially | cut and made| good ap pper good ill be very Court, Bridgewater 
but yield good. m the whole, gu Spring| into fodder ance, but the ; the early 
ME plc The will i be late and 
clays and badly | “ stiff straw, S have 
farmed lands. | new sort to the done pretty 
Spring sown bad| neighbourhood, well 
WILTS for want on rain| is very bad oA 
TTE Average Average rly heavy ; Average Sainfoin plant, Aug.8 |Thomas Chand Ald- 
late light Others light’ now eana hee 
Average a ert jue Total failure Blighted Good Short, but good| Backward Aug.9 |J. Pearce Brown, Bur- 
ndifferen quality 
Full averag rage Under average |Ivj Sea me Moderate |Moderate; good] Under average | In ina of Aug.1 Thomas Arkell, Swindon 
pna ds 
Good average | Good average | Good average Very much | Not half a cro Very light; Very back- Aug. 9 G. Bro i ham 
aeS. blighted T1 add Cal 4 - VACUNA 
Good 2: except Average Much blighted| Very bad Pt Short crop bad Aug. 1 —, Wilt 
ate sown sm: 
Average A full av Below average ded | Two-thirds of|Sound and good} Deficient, but |Mangels good; Aug. 1 Joseph Stratton, Man- 
failure average good Turnips bad ningford Bruce 
RENT 3.25 + | Good average | The best crop | Not balfa crop | Under an Not balfan |Nothalfthecrop| Not halfacrop| Very bad Aug. R. Matson, Wingham 
for many AT avera average of last year id 
An average crop Above Three-fourths of} Halfan An average | Early Pota! Well secured, |Good, but suf- Aug. 3 Wm. Manser, Dumpton 
vue. an average average small ron light fering ; 
Average ver: Short stra ves Good crop Looking well Bhort crop king well | Second week |M. ford, Martin, 
in A t Do 
BUBSEX ..... 02€ Averago Average Under average abr od X under edid Inferior Pr d H Scot Vott Hayward, Folk- 
Average A ly sown Not grown Blighted Pied, am up, but |Generally light ; 1 - Aug.1 H. E Sadi Mid La 
good ; late sown ee from disease} well made [rally sicher i Chichester a 
light crop bie: e a 
wai 
Earlysownaver-| Early so — 80 Early sown |Bad;farunder| Healthy; Short, but well | Suffering ; Aug. 1 Fred. F. Hallett, The 
age; late sown | average; Tite average ; late | average; late average average ot Mangels bad; ouse, 
thin and under | sown under M. far tinder sown under i um — Brighton 
erage, Some average average. average destroyed 
“drought ripe 12 inches hic 
Not average Very —" About average Average  |Below average No blight Short crop Poor crop | About Aug. 8 |John Brotherston, 
grow: 
About average Aeae Under average Bad Very bad Short crop; Bad | First week oce Lynch 
i | sound | in Aug. es is x 
Fullaverage | Overaverage | Under average Inferior [Under average) Small, but | Deficient, but Very bad | Now general |Johu Win- 
health: ood aaah 
Under average | Under average | Under average |Under average | Under average| Ammen | Light crop Great failure Aug. 1 
Good average on| Above average Early sown | Much under |Underaverage| A light crop | A crop ; very 
the best land; good: latesown| average i A pui ES i AME i 
inferior on very si k 7 b. of rain 
light yon on wet ds : PES. 
Fullaverage and Early 50 Nearly an Bad Many very |Smallbutsound|  Shortcrop . balf | Aug. 3 
alit promise good; late thin wee but bad up; 3 SEN, 
and small sho : 
era cro; None sown |Much lighter, Fair crop, Middling cut, | Mi mid- Aug. 3 
S «EE Ay inm and not [57 a and made well |dling ; Swedes 
light erop want rain ; 
Turnips, grub 
worm 
A hted |V blighted Good Ve even; Aug. 3 
verage Above average | Above average | Bligì ery blig ry good ous vali 
Over average Full average Average es Bad ery good —— but |Under average Aug.4 
short 
Good Good Good Good crop; well  Middling First week |J. Furmedge, Beaminster 
d -— * saved : in in grt m 
Above average | Abo erage Average None grown | None grown ery light —— , near Totnes 
Average ; Fini Under average ; è he viciis Very good; | Very light but Patcby, I S John Benson, Tavistock 
straw short w shor straw short disease well got A d 
mproving 
t€ the 
Bare average ; good Deficient é Finer than for Light; urnipsgood; | Aug.8  |P. Cowan,  Tawstock 
$ r many years well saved Mangel Manor, Barnstaple 
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