WHAT THE WEATHER MAN SAYS. 



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cle to fruit growing successfully. For instance, 

 take the plum crop of last year; we could not 

 g-ive our plums away because we had no open 

 or foreign market. — (Tbos. Cairns, Peel Co., Ont. 



iCarelessness in growers not looking after 

 their trees in the way of trimming, spraying 

 and cultivating- is a great obstacle in growing 

 fruit.— (John Leonard, Northumberland Co., Ont. 



Scarcity of labor and not properly cared for 

 orchards are serious obstacles to fruit growing. 

 Proper cultivation will bring apples every year 

 in our section. — (William "Wade, Northumber- 

 land Co., Ont. 



Scarcity of help among the farmers, and in- 

 difference in the care of apple orchards in prun- 

 ing, fertilizing and spraying are all great ob- 

 stacles to successful fruit growing. — (M. S. 

 Schell, Oxford Co., Ont. 



Boarding gangs and uncertainty of getting 

 apples packed in season militates against large 

 orchards. — (Thos. Baker, Solina, Ont. 



The greatest obstacle to successful fruit 

 growing is probably the tedious and constant 

 work of spraying, which is necessary to pro- 

 duce marketable fruit, also multiplicity of varie- 

 ties and too much fall stuff; also the exorbi- 

 tant freight rates to our markets in the west. — 

 (Frank J. Barber, Halton Co., Ont. 



I know of nothing that will aid and help the 

 apple business of Ontario more than expert 

 spraying. It is aosolutely necessary to accom- 

 plish a condition of things we should aim at, 

 viz., that all apples "packed for market should 

 be of uniformly good quality. Seasons may 

 differ, various conditions may differ, but the 

 destroying of insect pests must be reckoned 

 with. — (Wm. Rickard, Newcastle, Ont. 



The fruit growers of to-day find that in or- 

 der to realize the highest prices for their fruit, 

 it is necessary to place on' the market a good 

 sized and clean article free from worm holes. 

 It is impossible to do this without the free use 

 of the spray pump. — (George A. Gott, Arkona, 

 Ont. 



^ Our Monthly Weather Report 1^ 



In Ontario, April was a cold month in all dis- 

 tricts, and particularly so in the southwestern 

 portions of the province, where the temperature 

 was 6 degrees below average and lower than in 

 any April since 1885. In northern and eastern 

 districts conditions were much nearer normal, 

 and in the Ottawa and Upper St. Lawrence 

 Valleys the temperature was higher than in the 

 Niagara peninsula and near Lake Erie. 



The rainfall was generally above average, ex- 

 cepting in the more central districts of western 

 Ontario, and there %vere a few light snowfalls 

 in all parts. 



Up to May 20 the mean temperature of the 

 current month has been below average in west- 

 ern and considerably above average in eastern 

 Ontario, Toronto being 1 degree below average. 

 The city of Montreal reports the highest mean 

 temperature for the twenty days, 58.5 degrees, 

 and Ottawa comes next with 68 degrees, being 

 i-espectively 3.7 degrees and 2.8 degrees above 

 average. Compared with last year, this May 

 has so far been cooler, the difference being very 

 small in the Ottawa Valley and fairly pro- 

 nounced in the more western portions of the 

 province, and this taken in connection with 

 April conditions amply accounts for the fact 

 that all vegetation in eastern Ontario is much 

 in advance of western Ontario, including even 

 the southwestern counties, which is extremely 

 unusual. Ample rains have fallen in all parts 

 of the province. 



Maximum temperatures recorded during 

 period May 1 to 20 : Port Arthur, 74 deg.; 

 White River, 76 deg.; Parry Sound, 82 deg.; 

 Saugeen, 84 deg.; Port Stanley, 70 deg.; Toron- 

 to, 74 deg.; Kingston, 78 deg.; Ottawa, 82 deg.; 

 Bissett, 86 deg. — (This report is furnished The 

 Horticulturist for the benefit of fruit growers 

 by the director of the Toronto meteorological 

 office. 



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