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Hri'ain and the Continent. N'our perusal ol 

 the various independent reports from the most 

 reliable sources at my command, added to a 

 wide personal survey, will, I trust, aid you in 

 fjrming some idea as to the conditions under 

 which shipments of apples from the United 

 States, Canada, and Nova .Scotia will arrive 

 here. 



United Kini'Jom. — The period of prolonged 

 drought during the greater portion of the early 

 .Spring and early Summer, combined with a 

 general attack of caterpillars, hive, in the 

 Southern Counties of England, nearly des- 

 troyed the apple crop, which has suffered more 

 than any other fruit in the orchards ; in the 

 Midlands result are not (|uite so discouraging, 

 the yield, however, is much under the average ; 

 in the Northern Counties, though showing fairer 

 results, the cultivation of the apple is merely 

 nominal, and can have no appreciable effect on 

 the imported fruit. 



Holland. — Like the .Southern Counties of 

 England the fruit has suffered largely from the 

 drought, and the yield in the most favored 

 parts is reported about half a crop compared 

 with 18SS. 



France.— The Northern and Western Dis- 

 tricts report about half a crop, mostly common 

 sorts. In the .South and South- West the 

 yield will be very small ; the (juantity of fall- 

 ings is reported very heavy nearly all over the 

 country. 



Relgium. — The reports are more encourag- 

 ing, and late varieties showing an average 

 yield. 



Germany. — The North estimates a fair aver- 



age crop. P'rom the .South the report is about 

 half a crop. 



Spain and Portugal. — Crops reported light, 

 prices are therefore high, but arrivals commence 

 early in July and in September ; arrivals after 

 that have no influence in the English markets. 



The conclusion which may be fairly antici- 

 pated ii that our wants will be ([uite equal to 

 that of last year, which, with shortened sup- 

 plies and better fruii — as we are led to expect 

 from your side, this season — must tend to 

 better nett results for shippers. — J. B. Thomas, 

 Aim. i88q. 



Dried and Evaporated Apples. 



The prospects of a short crop of apples for 

 1S89, has already had the efTect of stiffening 

 prices for the supply of dried apples left over 

 from la-it year, sales having been recently made 

 at 4c. to 5c. per. lb., although at one time 

 they sold as low as 3c. Evaporated apples 

 have likewise been held with much greater 

 confidence, prices having advanced from 5c. 

 per lb. to 6c. (a 7c. There can be no 

 question that the piesent apple crop will 

 be very much kss than that of 1S88, and 

 considerably short of an average yield, and 

 consequently new supplies of dried and evap- 

 orated will, it is expected, be very light, 

 for the reason that prices even at the late 

 advance will not induce production, as growers 

 are expecting to obtain prices for the green 

 Iruit which will pay them better than preparing 

 the dried and evaporated products. — Montreal 

 Trade Bulletin. 



The Glasgow Market. — While this number was going through the press the following report of sales 

 of apples in Glasgow by Messrs. James Lindsay & Son was received, viz.: Cranberry Pippins, 22,' 1023/; 

 Nonesuch, 15 to 16, , Kings, 2j/ to 24 , Reports from all over Great Britain, as well as from the continent of 

 luirope, agree that the crop will be small, and under the circumstances American apples, I'li ^ood coititition, 

 should do well. 



OUR BOOK TABLE. 



The DoMi.NioN Illustrated for August 

 3rd is up to the usual high mark. The Wim- 

 bledon Team comes in for due attention, and 

 the tine portraits of the members will be 

 appreciated. .St. John, N.B., and British 

 Columbia have a large share in the remaining 

 illustrations. The grasshopper hunt in Algiers 

 will recall the shudders of some years ago to 

 Manitoban farmers. Altogether, a good 

 number. 



Thk Annu.vl Report ok the Bureau 

 OK Industries kok the Year 1SS8. Part> 

 I, II, and III. A. Blue, .Sec, Toronto, Ont 

 This report is an exceedingly valuable one 

 to the farmers of Ontario, and shows a great 

 amount of carefid work in preparing ajiproved, 

 correct estimates of the various farm croi)s, 

 values of farm property, farm wagesetc.,etc., but 

 it is very incomplete regarding the progress of 

 Horticultural industry in our I'rovince. Out of 

 177 pages of matter, only seven are devoted to 

 the Orchard and Garden, and while careful 



estimates are made of tha various farm crops 

 such as wheat, rye, oats, beans, etc., giving in 

 detail the acres, the bushels, the bushels per 

 acre, etc., for each county ; and in addition 

 the totals for the Province. Now this is the 

 very report we which need concerning the fruit 

 industry. We have at present no means of 

 knowing, for example, how many barrels of 

 apples are produced in a given year in any 

 county of our Province, nor the increase in the 

 yield during the last decade. The report should 

 give us full statistical tables showing the barrels 

 of apples, the pounds of grapes, the baskets of 

 peaches, etc., together with the acreage de- 

 voted to each, in each county. We have been 

 frequently asked for the value of the fruit in- 

 dustry in our section, but in the absence of any 

 reliable statistics ii was impossible to give any 

 definite answer. We hope the Covernment 

 will give favorable consideration to our interests 

 in this matter, and that a larger sjiace will be 

 devoted to Horticultural .''Statistics. 



