DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 491 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



and many other things suffered. Nearly an inch of rain falling on the 12th did much 

 good, but by the 19th the lawn grass had not yet become green and more rain was 

 needed. This want of sufficient rain continued until August 22, by which time the 

 grass looked worse than was ever remembered. 



August was a warm month, a very warm speW lasting from the Ist to the 21st. 

 The highest temperature during the month was 97-2° on the ITth. 



September was a fine warm month. The temperature was below freezing on one 

 day only, the 15th, when it was 30°, and tender things were killed, although tomatoes 

 in protected places pulled through. 'The highest temperature was 88° on the 2nd. 



The early part of October was fine and moderately warm. There was no frost 

 since the middle of September until October 2-2, when the temperature fell to 26-2, 

 the tomatoes not being killed until this time. The ground was not thoroughly wet 

 until the last week of this month. It has been a very dry growing season. 



November was a mild month, the temperature being above freezing on every day 

 but two. The highest temperature was 63-2° on the 22nd, and the lowest lY-2° on 

 the 28th. There was snow on the 28th, but this disappeared as the weather became 

 mild and winter did not set in until December 7, on which day there was a heavy 

 snowfall on unfrozen ground. The average date that winter set in during the past 

 sixteen years is November 25. 



December was mild for a winter month, the lowest temperature being 5° below 

 zero on the 27th aiid 28th, being the only times it was below zero during the month. 

 It was above freezing on seventeen days. By the end of the month there was about 

 a foot of snow on the ground. 



The weather continued comparatively mild until January 10, after which it was 

 much colder. The lowest temperature during the month was 30-0° below zero. It 

 was below zero on fourteen days during this month. There was a good covering of 

 snow during the month and about 18 inches on the level at its close. 



February was the coldest month of the winter. It was below zero on nineteen 

 days during the month and on the 11th it reached 30-2° below zero. On five days 

 the temperature was above freezing. 



March was a mod^erately cold month, although on eighteen days the temperature 

 rose above freezing. It was three times below zero during the month, the lowest 

 being 2° below on the 20th, and the highest 48° above on the 26th. There was very 

 little precipitation during the month. T-he snow went very gradually, and at the end 

 of the month the ground was appearing only in places. 



FEUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS, 1913. 



While the apple crop in some parts of Canada was a medium to good one in 

 1913, the fruit in many places was of an inferior grade owing to the development of 

 the Apple Scab Fungus. This was particularly true of the Maritime Provinces, the 

 province of Quebec, and eastern Ontario. Spring frosts also reduced the crop in 

 many places in Eastern Canada, Nova Scotia suffering most in this respect, the crop 

 there being much reduced and in some places practically the whole crop was destroyed. 

 In eastern Ontario and the province of Quebec the Tent Caterpillars caused great 

 destruction. In British Columbia the crop was medium to light. On the whole it 

 was a very unsatisfactory apple crop. Pears were a good crop in Ontario, but light 

 elsewhere. The plum crop was good in most places in Canada. It was light in Nova 

 Scotia, however. There was a good crop of peaches both in Ontario and British 

 Columbia. The crop of grapes was good in the province of Ontario, where they are 

 mainly grown. The strawberry crop was a light one in most places in 1913. Spring 

 frosts and drought caused most of the loss. The crop of other small fruits was fair. 



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