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STORRS AGRICULTRUAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
TABLE NO 6. 
Growing season for past 18 years. 

Year 
1888 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
Average 

Last Killing 
Frost, Spring 

May 16 
May 4 
April 29 
May 95 
April 30 
May 8 
May 15 
Mav 17 
May - 2 
April 22 
May 10 
May 4 
May 11 
May 6 
May 28 
May 3 
April 24 

April 23 


First Killing 
Frost, Fall 

September 
September 
September 
October 
September 
- October 
September 
October 
September 
‘September 
October 
September 
October 
September 
October 
October 
Septebmer 
Septebmer 
—= 
Growing Season 
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23 
20 
17 
21 
17 
26 
15 
24 
28 
17 
15 
18 
26 
10 
15 
22 
27 

Length of 
114 days 
142 se 
143) 
164 
144 “ 
LOT ea 
134 ~- 
150 
144 
159 
160 
134 
158 
142 
135 
1655590 
163) 0 eo 
10 ee 
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148 days 

