The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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(Joldon Prolific, is as badly mildewed aa In- 

 dustry. 



I'larsi will be the largest ci(>|> <'ver grown 

 here. The fruit on many of the trees must be 

 thinned to preserve the trees. .\11 pear trees 

 bore a superabundance of bloom, but a few 

 trees unfavorably situated, so that the young 

 fruit did not set during the hot weather, lost 

 uuich— in some cases all — of the fruit by the 

 frost of 2'.lth May. 



Plum* will be an average crop, notwith- 

 standing a lieavy loss by the late frost. 



Rasphcrr'nis (A all vaiieties are looking well, 

 and promise a large yield. 



Strawhcrries are doing mucii better than 

 could iiave Ijeen e.Kpected, when the injuries 

 from the white grub and the drouth of last 

 year are considered. There will be less than an 

 average crop in this district. — Thos Beall, 

 Lindiiiy, June 10, 1881). 



Stormont County. 



Sir, — The apple crop promi.ses to be fair, but 

 likely under our average. Still, there will likely 

 be more realised off our moderate crop than from 

 last j'ear's unusually large ime, as we are 

 likely to have le-is work and better prices. The 

 tent caterjiillars were unusually numerous and 

 in many cases were left unn:olested, our care- 

 less neighbors bringing us in for much damage 

 from their shiftlessness. It shoukl be as com- 

 p\Usory to destroy the caterpillars as to cut the 

 thistles. We would like advice from some of 

 our friends as to the most apjiroved method of 

 destroying the pests. Some burn tliem off with 

 a coal-oil torch, I don't know with what success. 

 Our plan was to wind binding twine round a 

 thin pole, besmear it with pine tar and wind it 

 round in the nest. Nests on small detached 

 limbs are cut off with long handled |>runer. 



Raspberries, currants and gooseberries pro- 

 mise well. Strawbei ries also have a good show 

 of fruit, but the unusually wet fall jirevented 

 the beds being kept clean, and heavy rains 

 during tiie last ten days have given the weeds 

 a great start on us. — John Croil, Aultsvillc. 



City of Ottawa and Vicinity. 



SiK, — 1 liave mucli pleasure in reporting that 

 the prospects for fruit here are good. Currants 

 and gofiseberries will be a heavy crop,also ])lums 

 and ai)ple3. The raspbevrv canes were some- 

 what injured by the winter, as the snowfall 

 was light. On some grounds tlie strawl)erry 

 will be a conijilete failure, owing to the same 

 cause. Where ]>lants have been saved prospects 

 of a crop are fairly good. Much here depends 

 on our winter weather. The dark season of 

 18S8-!) was comparatively mild, with a light 

 snowfall. 



The currant worm — saw Hy— has been plen- 

 tiful and jiersistent, attacking gooseberries and 

 currants with unusual avidity and persistency. 

 It has been practically almost impossible to 

 keep hellebore on the leaves, owing to the 

 heavy and constant rains. Had it not l>een for 

 the use i>f Paris green no bush could have 

 lived, as it is, some branches have suffered. 

 The Tent caterpillar has also been exceedingly 

 severe on apple and i>lun; trei.-s ; it is feareil 

 these i)ests will do great damage where the 

 trees are not carefully watcheil. and in some 



instances this is almost im|)ossiblu where far- 

 mers have other fish to fry at the same time. 

 Cut worms have been numerous and have done 

 much damage to all sorts of garden stuff in its 

 green and succulent state, destroying melon 

 jjatches and otiier ))lants of a like nature. 



The Amelanchier looks well and is loaded 

 with fruit. Liicretia Dewberry is ahnr.st killed 

 out with winter frost. (Jrapes are looking 

 well, but tliey now re(juire heat ; though they 

 made an early start the late persistent showers 

 have kept them l)ack. .Still they came through 

 the winter well, where covered with earth, and 

 are making a good growth. P. E, BucKE, 

 Ottawa, June 5, 188!). 



Hupon County. 



May2\), p. in. ()n the night of '_>7tii we had 

 a gale of wind, witii heavy rain ; next day, 

 2Sth, we had a very cold, strong wind all day, 

 with snow in tlie morning, and during the fol- 

 lowing night a heavy frost, ice on jiails of water 

 three-sixteenths of an inch thick. The leaves 

 on trees seemed full of ice. I expect most of our 

 fruits are destroyed ; if so, a loss of many mil- 

 lion dollars to the country. The clothes on the 

 line were frozen stiff. I covered all of my 

 grapevine shoots saved from last week's frost, 

 l)ut they were all blackened in the morning. If 

 the Weather had ke|)t favorable, I e.xpected 

 hundreds of weight of grajjcs, but now will not 

 get a cluster, except from a vine or two against 

 the house Gooseberries are laj'ing on the 

 ground by hundreds ; the same with currants. 

 Raspberries are hanging down their heads. As 

 for strawberries, I can't say yi't how thej' are ; 

 they were in full bloom. Seedling oaks and 

 Cataljjas cut severely, and my young Catalpa 

 tree blackened on the tender shoots. 



Mail 80, a. ni. — I have just been examining 

 the various fruits ; I can't see much damage 

 done to apples or ]>ears, but cherries, a lot of 

 them, are brown. The same with i)lums. The 

 gooseberries and currants don't seem to be hurt 

 very mucii. Strawberri<'s don't show much 

 hurt, nor rasi>berries, but it is rather soon to 

 make any decision. I see the leaves of Virginia 

 creeper are killed, a ])lant I thougiit to be 

 hardy. I expect most of the tomato("s planted 

 out are spoiled, also beans that may be u|». 



This morning we have a cold driving, rain. 

 How changealile the weather is I On tlie 18th 

 tlie mercury was 114 in the shade, and ten days 

 after several degrees below freezing. We had 

 May weather in March, and now March 

 weather in May. P. m. — Have made further 

 examination, and find that the gooseberries and 

 currants are badly fro/en that were expo.sed, 

 but those under the leaves and br;mche> 

 escaped.— Walter Hick, Qodvrirh. 



Wentwopth County 



Sir, — There could not have been a better 

 ]>rosi)ect for an abundant crop of all kinds of 

 fruit than we had in Div. No. 7 this spring. 



EverythiiiK' came through the winter in 

 excellent condition, and at the end of May was 

 about two weeks in a<lvance of ordinary 

 sea.sons, but on the night of the 28th the bright 

 prosiH'cts wen- disi>elled by a heavy frost. 



