Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-22
NEW ENGLlNDCROPS
Recent Rains Have Bene-
fitted Pasture Lands.
ALL FRUITS HAVE SUFFERED
Frequent and Heavy Frosts Have Had
aV ~ Bad Effect.

crop bulletin for New England Is issued
by the United States weather bureau:
All the first part OF the past week was
cold, dry and windy, with frequent frosts
| At West Milan. N. H., the temperature
| fell to go on the morning Of the 18th,
and to 2se on the mornings Of the 10th
and l7th; on the latter date ground froze
| here Ia many places. At Northfield, VT,
the temperature fell to $50 on the 18th.
30 on the 10th and 800 on the nth. Ice
formed at Holden, Me. These are ex-
treme cases, however. and generally
while frosts were experienced on low
lands, the higher gro and escaped injury.
For the week, as a whole, the temperature
at Boston averaged nearly 50 a day below
the normal 1t was very close to the nor
NAL at New London. Conn.
Copious rains have fallen throughout
New England since the 18th, and strong
cold easterly winds have prevailed. In
northern aud eastern Maine the rainfall
has been from one-fourth to ons-half an
inch, and in south central and southern
Maine from one TO two inches. Slightly
more than one-fourth of an inch fell in
northern New Hampshire and Vermont,
and over three-fourths Of an inch In the
central and southern parts of those states
From three-fourths of an inch to nearly one
and one-fourth inches have fallen In north
| eastern Massachusetts, while L+6 inches
fell at Hyannis on Cape Cod and only O.2O
inches at Nantucket. Half an inch fell at
Block Island, r. l.. and three-fourths OF
an inch at Kingston, on the adjoining
mainland. At New London the fall was
| 0o1 inch; at Greenfield HILL In the south
western part of the state, ID was 1888
inches; at West Simsbury, In the north
western part, the fall reached 2.96 inches
and at South Manchester, across the Con-
necticut river from the last named place,
IL was 224 inches. At West Simsbury the
rainfall on the i9,h and Goth was more
than for the previous six weeks.
Seed Sowing Delayed.
The correspondents from Maine report
favorable weather for team work, and
much has been done, but the wind has
hindered seed sowing, and the pastures
and newly seeded pieces have felt its dry
| ing influence very much. Potatoes and
other vegeta bles were slightly nipped by
frost. hut no damage has been reported to
fruit. One advantage from the dry
weather is in enabling work to be done
on naturally wet land that could not be
touched In average seasons. Fruit Is I'm
blossom, except in the extreme north,
and is very promising.
Early Plants Injured
In all the central and southern parts Of
New Hampshire much damage Is re-
ported from the frosts on lowlands. Be
side injuripg very much all early plants
that were above ground, clover was dam.
aged, and in places fruit blossoms and
leaves frozen. 1t is thought by some that
apples and blueberries are damaged quite
a good deal, though others think there
will be plenty on the trees that will
mature. Pastures are reported very back
ward and poor The correspondent at
Grafton reports that unless the weather
IL very favorable in June, the hay crop
will be light. Much planting remains to
be done in this state, though the work
has been pushed rapidly.
Growth Is Backward
All growth was very slow In Vermont
until the last of the week. The corre-
spondent at Burlington reports that some
damage was done by frosts to straw
berries and early vegetables In South
Burlington. "some fields being entirely
wiped out" At South Ran lolph the
frost killed the grape vines and leaves.
A few Of the apple blossoms were turned
brown, but il is not possible to tell yet
whether material damage has been done
to fruit or not. Many potatoes and some
corn have been planted.
Crops Growing Slowly.
In Massachusetts,, correspondents re-
port that just before this rain some grass
fields did not look so well as week ago;
the stalks were spindling up very thin
and had begun TO head out. Where this
is the case, it is thought that the rain
will help but little, though generally 1t
will thicken up and be much improved.
Many garden seeds failed to germinate,
and all crops were growing slowly. Quite
| a good deal of damage was done by the
frost in the eastern and southern coun-
ties. In eastern Massachusetts, black ber-
ries have set heavily and are nearly ready
TO blossom. Tent caterpillars are not at
all plenty. but canker worms are very
thick and doing damage. They are re-
ported from West Acton, Leominster and
Concord.
Ice In Rhode Island.
In Rhode Island little damage to fruits
is feared by the frost, but early vege-
tables suffered slightly. The corre-
,pondent at Kingston reports that ice
iormed TO the thickness of "A window
pane. Planting has not been yet com
pleted, though very much has been put
In. The fruit prospects continue good.
Rye Badly Lodged.
There was some damage to straw berries
and vegetab bles on lowlands in Connecti-
cut but as far as reported fruit was not
injured. The wind aud rain have lodged
the rye badly in central districts, and il IL
feared that the high cold wind along the
coast will blast much fruit.
The correspondent at Milford states
th 4 one orchardist reports his set Of pears
n ,ly on the ground, as the wind has
w,,Apped the trees badly. Peas are in
blossom In the southern counties; pota-
toes have been hoed; corn is growing fast.
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