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earlier in the season, and a large proportion was cut before it was 
mature in order to escape frost. Potatoes were badly affected 
by late blight. ‘Tobacco was unusually good. The leaves, 
though somewhat smaller than those of some years, were of 
fine texture and remarkably free from blemishes due to insects. 
The second cutting of hay was heavy in many sections. Fall 
pasturage was abundant, and the soil was in good condition 
for fall seeding. 
The date of the last killing frost in vine spring varied from 
March 26 at Canton to May 26 at Torrington. In most parts 
of the State there was no frost after May 2 or 3, and in many 
parts not after the first week in April. Frost held off consid- 
erably later than usual in the fall, having caused no damage in 
the State until September 29, and in many sections even the 
most delicate plants were not injured until the third week in 
October. At Storrs the last killing frost in the spring was on 
May 3, and the first in the fall was on October 15, leaving a 
growing season free from frost of 165 days, which is nineteen 
days longer than the average for the past fifteen years. 
