The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-11
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Crops are Doing Fairly Well Throughout
Vermout


Vermont.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. THE New
England Meteorological Society, cooper
ating with the United States Signal Ser
vice, issues this bulletin for the last
week.
The crop correspondent at Marshfeld,
Mass, reports an abundance of sunshine
for the past week and one of the best
growing weeks of the season, but over
the greater part of New England the
weather has been prevailingly cloudy
and cool. 1t has indeed been growing
weather, but just now ''ripening' wealth
er is most needed. All crops need more
warm weather and sunshine for the next
few weeks, and most especially corn and
grapes, while fair weather is needed for
harvesting the crops already matured.
Grain is over-ripe in many places and in
others it is still in the field, although it
has been cut two weeks.
The heavy rain of the 2Sth did some
damage to grain in Central New England.
1t served, however, to thoroughly wet
the top of the ground and to render it
ready for fall ploughing and seeding,
which has been begun in Connecticut.
Corn has made rapid growth and cared
well, but in places is backward and must
have more sunshine to put it out of the
way of frost. In Southern New Hamp-
shire some fields of corn on light land
have been cut and report from Central
Connecticut indicates that cutting is gen
eral there. The work of picking corn
for canning in Maine has been delayed
by the unfavorable weather. The cool
weather has been favorable for potatoes,
as the reports with few exceptions indi-
cate that the rot is not spreading; many
fields are not yet affected; the crop is
everywhere very good and prices range
very low.
The tobacco harvest has been some
what delayed in Northern Massachusetts,,
but in other sections the crop has been
nearly all secured. Some late fields show
little rust, but the greater part of it
has been secured in most excellent con-
dition; the crop is an unusually large
one. Pastures and fields are looking
very green and stock is generally in good
condition. A large crop of rowen in be-
ing secured in the Northern States.
The pear crop is reported very good
from nearly all sections, but the peaches
and apples are very unevenly distributed.
The latter is considered a good yield in
Southwestern Massachusetts, and in Cen
trail Connecticut, but in most other sec
tions they are light. The correspondent
at Chelmsford, Mass, reports that
peaches are failure there, while at
Fitchburg, Mass, they are very plenty.
Ounces are reported to be below the
average. The cranberry harvest will be
begun during the coming week.
This extract is made from the Yer
mont report: Burlington: Potatoes are
reported as rotting and rusting. Corn is
backward but looking well. Winter ap-
pie crop is light; there is a good supply
of fall apples. Plums and pears are
abundant. Brookfeld: The past week
has improved the corn greatly, but it has
been bad time for harvesting the small
grains and much remains uncut and is
over-ripe. Some complain of their pota-
toes rotting while others see no signs as
yet. Ludlow: Grain is looking well;
some are done harvesting. Potatoes are
light; corn looks well. Brattleboro:
Potatoes continue to rot badly. Corn is
doing well and is fast getting out of the
way of the frost. Rowen is the best for
years. think apples are more plenty
than have been reported. Pears plenty.
Observation-Disclosures Condition of
the weather has been unfavorable for
harvesting tobacco and rowen. Corn
promises an immense crop. Potatoes
yielding heavy and no rot to speak of.
Pears seem to be plenty, but apples not