Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-01

UNSEASONABLY COLD
Seed GerminatlOn Very Slow and All
Vegetation Retarded.

| Boston, May 31.--The weekly crop bull
letin Of :hc New England section of the
climate and crop service of tho weather
bureau says:
! The first half of tho week VAS ,insca
soEahly cold. with night ton pcrAtures
III many localities. ranging below frcez-
| ing ON the morning of the I'd 23d and
ctth. frosts were reported from. many
places in inland sections severely inlur-
IN" tender veg. tation and setting back
,nany early gardens. a change for the
better came with the latter part of the
wreck. when warn nights for the first
time this season prevailed over the
greater part of the section.
CON OITION OF CROPS.
The continuation Of the cold weather
into tho past week. tho heavy frn.,s
which VISITED many places on three sue
cessivc days, the high, drying winds
which swept over all sections the 2Ath
and o;th, and an almost entire absence
Of precipitation over tho greater part Of
tho district. have all combined to retard
vegetation more or less. from much ad-
vancemort. Seed termination in the
msrc northerly portion is stil very slow.
aid over in which tn srrout. Generally
speaking. The ground has been ir excel.
lent condition for cultivation, and SOW
ing and planting have been pushed to
the utmost in sections where the season
is backward. The majority of the corrc-
spondcnt; state that moisture is greatly
needed in all localities.
Grain.-Corn planting has begun in
northern portions. is advancing IN cen
tral parts. and farther south it is near.
ing completion. In many arly-plantcd
httIs the stand Of corn is uneven and of
poor color. Rye is rather short, but cats
stil' promise well. Northern planted oats
are now corning up. In central portions
an Increased acreage of cnsilage corn over
that Of last season will be put in. 1t is
generally expected that with good
weather all sowing and planting will be
completed this week
Grass. Notwithstanding the lack of
moisture. grass is still in promising
condition, except on light soils. where it
IS tec'min. thin and losing color. Some
anxiety is beginning to be fell that un-
less rains soon occIr the hay crop will
hnt be as large as recent reports would
Indicate.
Frnif-i'rui. was apparently hut little
damaged by the frosts of the week. In
r"rthern portions pears, plur,s and
chcrrN trees are beginning to blossom.
IN central and southern sections fruit
has set well and Indications roint to an
excellent crop. Baldwin apple trees have
t'"ssomcd very lightly this sea son. whls
greetings werc thickly covered with
blooms. Peach trees in Connecticut aro
reported as setting fruit well. Berries
on low grouds were badly injured by tho
frosts. and much loss was sustained nv
tie frcezing Of strawberry beds in IN.
land towns of Massachusetts, and Con-
nrcticut
Negetablcs.-Many early gardens in
western and northern Portions suffered
severely from the frosts. asparagus. Gu.
cumbers' tomatoes. cabbages. beans and
rve'' potatoes being frozen. Potato plant.
ing IN Aroostook County. Me-, will bc
finished this week. Peas are now in
In southern sections. and onions
are being cultivated and weeded. Gar.
iehs IN northern sections are very back.
ward.