THE FRUIT CROP. 



Wentworth. 



•*^IR, — In reply to your eii(|uiry : the apple 

 crop in this district is much below an aver- 

 age ; quality poor. I'ears above an average, 

 and very fair ([uality. Peaches, very heavy 

 crop. Plums, above average ; very good. 

 <i rapes, heavy crop ; large and fine. 



.M. Pkttit, W'inima. 



Lincoln. 



•*^IH, — (ireat change in apple crop since last 

 report ; not more than one-eighth of last year's 

 crop ; badly spotted and wormy. Plums, 

 heavy crop. Peaches, same. Grapes, same, 

 but in places affected with mildew and rot to 

 a small extent. Pears, Bartlett full crop ; 

 Bjssock average ; other sorts mostly light, 

 e.xcept Kieffcr, average. 



A. M. Smith, Si. Cafharine-':. 



United States. 



The apple exporters say that, from the 

 report! so far received, the crop in New Eng- 

 land is below the average, especially winter 

 fruit ; that in New Vork there is less than an 

 average crop along the lakes, and a fair crop 

 in the Hudion River Valley. In Virginia a 

 fair crop, but very light in the Ohio River 

 Valley. Mis.souri, Arkansas, Kansas and 

 Iowa promise an average crop. Michigan 

 and Nova >Scotia are below the average. 

 Raid wins are reported light in all sections of 

 the United .States, and the larger part of the 

 crop consists of russets and green varieties. 

 This is bad for the exporter, for the red va- 

 rieties take best in (ireat Britain. 



Renfrew County. 



A/:p'es, .Summer and Fall uikUt I he average, 

 Wealthy a fair crop, other winter apples not 

 much grown here. 



Pliim-s, Native red a failure, De .Soto and 

 .Sinclair varieties a full crop 



Oiapt.1 under the average upon the whole, 



vines that came through the winter all right 



are up to the average, but many were injured 



by the severe season and bearing very lightly. 



R. B. Whvte, Ottawa. 



Oxford County. 



en(|uirie8 maile, the apple crop will only be 

 medium, ijuality good. Pears very good, 

 quality good. I'caches not much grown in 

 this section. Plums will be very good, qua- 

 lity good. Grapes good, quality good. 



Jos. ,S. ScARFF, Woodstock. 



Ontario County. 



SiK, -I regret to .say that the outlook for a 

 paying crop of apples is very slim, owing 

 largely I think to too much wet weather. 

 Many varieties that were well loaded early in 

 the season, have kept dropping off till a very 

 few are left, especially Duchess and Astra- 

 chan. R, 1. Greenings are very small com- 

 pared with last year, in fact nearly all our 

 varieties are below the average of last season. 

 Very few Baldwins are on the trees, as many 

 of the trees never bloomed in the spring. 

 Spys, Canada Red, Haas, Wealthy, Yellow 

 BelKleur, King, Fall Pippin, Ribst'c^ Pippin 

 and Twenty Ounce are fairly well loaded, but 

 all below the average in size at this time; nor 

 do I believe they will make it up, as the 

 nights are getting cold. 



In pears the prospect is good, especially 

 early varieties, Clapp's Favorite taking the 

 lead, Bartlett coming a good second, while 

 Louise B)Dne, Keifer's, B. d'Aujou and Cldir- 

 geau are coming on finely, and Rostiezer is 

 literally crowded with beautiful samples. 



In plums, the crop is the best we have had 

 for y' ars, both in i|uantity and size, and the 

 prospect is good for profitable crop this sea- 

 son. Small fruits were very plentiful and 

 difficult to sell at remunerative prices, in fact 

 gooseberries, which were very fine, could 

 hardly be disposed of at all. Grapes are 

 looking well, but unless we get warmer wea- 

 ther, many varieties will not ripen, as most 

 varieties were late in blooming in the spring. 

 I also find where spraying was done tho- 

 roughly, there is more fruit and better (jua- 

 lity than where it was omitted or only par- 

 tially done. 



R. L. HuGGARD, Whill>y. 



The Applk Ckup is reported abundant in 

 Missouri, Arkansas, and Eastern Kansas, but 

 owing to the failure in the Eastern .States, 

 Mr. Goodman, Secretary Mi-s.souri .State So- 

 ciety, expects high prices, owing to the failure 

 in the east. 



•■^'R, — I think from what I have seen and The grape crop is reported very abundant. 



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