Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-08
APROSP[ROUS SEASON
FOreShadOWed For TiIlerS
of The Soil.
FRUITS SHOW UP WELL.
The Recent Rains Have Pushed All
Crops Along Wonderfully.

BOSTON, May s,-The following is the
New England weathsr-crop bulletin is
sued by the United States weather bu.
reau:
The weather for New England for the
week Just passed has been exceptionally
favorable for all farm work and for the
growth Of crops, except In few localities
In the south and In central Maine, where
the want of rain has been most felt.
Light showers fell along the Maine
coast, In the northwest. and In the ex-
treme north on the 1st and Cd, aud again
along the coast and In the southern states
on the 4th. bat central New Hampshire
and Maine failed to get any precipitation
Of amount. Showers were frequent In
the south on the 9th, and quite general
rain fell on the morning Of the 9th. This
last rain, being followed by generally
warm weather. has pushed all crops and
vegetation along wonderfully.
The ground has been in excellent con-
dition for cultivation during the week
throughout New England, and the fine
weather has been improved In preparing
the ground and putting In the seed The
season Is everywhere reported from one
to two weeks ahead Of the average.
Full Fruit Crop Promised.
In Maine grass is looking exceptionally
we'll, except In parts of the Penobscot
valley, where It's growth has been re.
tarded by the lack of rain, and where
some newly seeded pieces are looking
rather poorly. A large share Of the grain
has been sown, especially in the eastern
districts; the acreage has been increased in
places. Potatoes arebeing rapidly planted
all over the state and under very favorable
conditions. The land for corn and other
crops is being fitted. and very little corn
planting has been done, The sweet corn
acreage will be increased in southern
PiscataQuis county. Fruit buds are
swelling rapidly, and a full blossom is
promised.
Much Work Accomplished.
In New Hampshire the ground is in
splendid condition and much work has
been done on 1t, except In the most back
ward sections. In parts of Sullivan
county the last years seeding of clover
has been badly hurt on fat lands. The
grain has been largely sown on the warm,
sandy lands in the Merrimack valley, aud
a large share Of the potatoes have been put
In. Throughout the southern counties
grain Is generally sown and planting h as
been begun. In less favorable sections in
the central and northern districts work is
In progress on the land, but no great
amount of planting or sowing has been
done. In the vicinity of Manchester the
cultivated acreage will be increased.
Fruit Is very promising and has adj
vanced remarkably in the past few days.
In the extreme south, apple, pear and
plum are in full bloom. AT Brookline, In
southern Hillsboro county. the plum has
suffered from some unknown cause and
shows poorly. Plum and cherry are gen.
orally In blossom in central and northern
counties, and apple and pear are budding
very fast The correspondent at STRAIT
ford calculates the buds and leaves of all
trees to be two weeks ahead Of the aver
age for the past eight years.
Grass Shows Up Well.
The Weather in Vermont is reported
warm and dry until the end of the week.
Grass has grown very fast and young
stock has been turned to pasture, al
though many are still feeding from the
barn. In the south, In the Connecticut
valley, some corn is in the ground, and
many acres of potatoes are planted; early
sown seeds are up and looking as well as
need be. The correspondent reports that
the grass looks like the last OF May. In
the center and northern parts of the state
gardens have been planted, and while
potatoes. oats, ETC., have been put in by
some farmers, others are preparing the
land. Apples are coming into blossom in
the south, and plum AMI cherry In the
north.
Showers Not Heavy Enough.
1t has been very warm and dry during
the first part of the week In Massachu-
setts The showers Of the last part have
wet up ths top Of the ground, but have
not penetrated to any great depth.
At Boston the excess of temperature for
the week has been GO, or over 90 day;
the excess OF temperature since March
at this station has been S6lS
On all early lands in this state the
grain has been sown, most of the potatoes
and some Of the corn planted, while the
preparation of the ground for the early
planting of corn and other crops is general.
The correspondent at Blandford reports
that the season Is remarkable, as IL il
fully as early on the hills as IL 10 in the
Connecticut valley. In the eastern Con-
necticut valley early garden crops of all
kinds are coming on; asparagus Is extra
fine; currants indicate a good crop
The acreage Of potatoes has largely In
creased in numerous places. Rye will be
ready to cut in many fields this week.
The cranberry vines are looking well.
Early apples and other fruits are gen
orally in bloom. At West Newbury, In
Essex county. the early apples are in
bloom, but the Baldwins are reported
backward; here the tent caterpillar has
made its appearance In unusually large
numbers." In the Sunbury river valley
very few nests are to be seen, and no
other correspondent mentions this pest.
The warm days last week were improved
by many by grating fruit trees.
In the Southern States.
In Rhode Island and Connecticut, es-
pecially In the latter state, the ground
was 30 dry that seeds germinated very
slowly. and crops in places made slow
growth until the end Of the week. All
Iruit IL In bloom and good set Is prom.
fsed. Peaches are an exception, however,
yet there has been marked improvement
In this crop. in the past week.
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