THE FRUn CROP. 



The waiin weather, tlie past week, has 

 made a marked difference in the si/.e of the 

 fruit ; some neglected orchards are literally 

 crawling with tent caterpillars and canker 

 worm. When will farmers learn to protect 

 their fruit trees, instea<I of having such un- 

 sightly monuments of brush and neglect as I 

 witnessed today on a few, otherwise, beauti- 

 ful farms ? 



R. L. flr(;i:ARD, Whilhtj. 



Oxford County. 



Sir, — In reply to your post -card of the "i.'ird 

 inat , I think the following will be about the 

 estimate of the fruit crop in this district, 

 although the season is somen hat backward, 

 we have had no frosts worth speaking of to 

 check vegetation, but generally cool weather 

 for the month of June. 



The outlook for the apple crop is most 

 favorabie, but not a full crop. Pears will be 

 an average crop, the fruit comparatively 

 clean and free from spot. The plum crop 

 will be a good average, some placis m.ich 

 affected with curculio. Cherries will be a 

 medium crop. ( looseberries, raspberries and 

 currants yielding abundantly. Peaches and 

 giapes, very little grown in this section for 

 Muirket. Strawberries are a heavy crop, and 

 if dry weather does not set in, will be tine in 

 quality ; so that the prospects throughout 

 this district arc on the wliolc very promising. 

 Ja.s. S. Scarff. 



Prince Edward Co. 



Sir, — Vour post-card of the "J.Srd received, 

 regarding the fruit prospects in our section. 

 .•\pples will be a fair crop ; the cold, wet May 

 caused many of the blossoms to diop off, but 

 what is left will be better ; the winter varie- 

 ties are the best, the Snows bearing so hea- 

 vily, will be light ; the Duchess, as usual, 

 looks well Pears bid fair, but I see many of 

 the Flemish Beauty are turning dark, and 

 possibly many will be useless ; Bartletts are 

 good. Cherries, an abundant crop. Plums 

 only fair. Strawberries winteied well and 

 came through splendid, but for the last ten 

 days hot, dry weather following on so much 

 rain, has seriously liuil them ; unless we get 

 rain soon, crop will be light. Raspberries 

 wintered well. Currants and gooseberries 

 are also looking well. Above is a fair aver- 

 age report given by my growers. 



\\'F.LLl.N(iTON BonLTKR, Picloil. 



Ottawa. 



SiK, — From my own observation and all 

 the information I could get since I received 

 youis of the 2.1rd inst., the fruit prospects in 

 this district are as follows : 



.Strawberries, very badly winter-killed, not 

 over a quarter crop. Raspberries, an average 

 crop. Currants, over an average. Gooseber- 



ries, a very heavy crop, the largest for many 

 years drapes, promise well. Cherries, light 

 and not set well. Plums, domestic varieties, 

 none ; American varieties, a light yield ; na- 

 tive red, much below the average. .Apples, 

 notwithstanding the enormous yield of last 

 year, promise nearly an average crop. 



R B. Whvtk, OUaiua. 



Grenville. 



Sir, — The ajiplc crop in this section will 

 not be more that .30 per cent, of a full crop in 

 fall and early winter varieties, and Cana<la 

 Red and Talman Sweet, about 40 per cent. 

 The blossom was fn.irly large, considering the 

 abundant crop of last year, but the cold wea- 

 ther of the first week in June and the frost of 

 .Tune 2nd, injured the young apples that were 

 just forming, so that trees that were covered 

 with bloom are carrying about half a crop of 

 fruit, and orchards a few miles back from the 

 river are carrying very little. 



As predicted in my last report in the June 

 issue, the fungus is unusually bad and tent 

 caterpillars very numerous ; some orchards 

 are also suffering from the ravages of the 

 case bearer and bud moth. 



Strawljerries are a fair average crop, but 

 very late, only making their first appearance 

 on the market, in small quantities, at this 

 date, June 24th. 



Plums are a failure, no fruit has set, even 

 on fence corner varieties. Pears showed an 

 abundant bloom, about half of the fruit set : 

 very few grown here. Raspberiies give pro- 

 mise of a large crop. 



Harold Jonks, Mall/ami. 



Huron Co. 



,SlB, — Along the lake, a large crop of cur- 

 rants and gooseberries, strawberries, pears, 

 cherries and plums. The first four of these 

 will be a crop that may be place<l at full ; 

 cherries and plums a good large cro]), all that 

 the trees can bear and give good samples. 



Apples are set and will give nearly a half 

 crop in fall varieties, over a half crop in Spy, 

 and under a half in several other winter 

 kinds. Of course this is only an estimate, as 

 a great many will fall ytt. The actual pre- 

 sent outlook is large in many apple orchards. 

 Personally, I am thinning out the fruit iu 

 both apples and pears, as I consider the crop 

 too large for the trees. 



A. MoD. Alt.ax, Godi-rirh. 



Mr. W. E. .Siierrisc:t<)S, of Walkerton, 

 writes that apple scab appeared in Bruce 

 County about the middle of June. The fruit 

 crop is otherwise very promising — particu- 

 larly pears, plums and cherries .fapau plums 

 are doing well so far, especially the Burl>ank 

 and .Abundance. 



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