OUR SPECIAL CROP REPORTS. 



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Average Yield of Apples Probable 



Prospects for a liberal yield of apples next 

 fall throughout the province continue bright. 

 In many counties a full crop of most of the 

 leauing varieties is expected, while there are 

 very few counties in which a medium yield is 

 not anticipated. The Lake Huron and Greor- 

 gian bay district promise to give almost a full 

 crop of the early varieties, conditions in Grey 

 and Simcoe counties being particularly favor- 

 able. In Bruce most of the correspondents 

 look for at least a medium crop. Fall varie- 

 ties do not appear to be doing quite as well. 

 In Lambton, Gravensteins, Fameuse and Bell- 

 fleurs will be about a medium yield. Alexan- 

 der and Colvert promise better. Gravenstein, 

 Fameuse and Alexander in Bruce county will 

 also be only about a medium crop, with brighter 

 indications for Colvert and Bellfleurs. In 

 Grey and Simcoe counties there will be a me- 

 dium to full crop of all fall varieties. All 

 these counties will probably produce a medium 

 to full crop of the winter varieties, such as 

 Baldwins, Greenings, Spys, etc. 



THE LAKE ONTARIO DjlcjTRICT. 



Counties bordering Lake Ontario promise a 

 meuium yield of the early varieties, a medium 

 to full yield of fall apples, and a light to me- 

 dium yield of winter sorts. Only a light pro- 

 duction of the winter varieties is anticipated 

 in Lennox, Hastings and Leeds counties, most 

 of the others reporting that there will be at 

 least a medium crop. In Northumberland 

 many of the fall varieties appear to have been 

 more or less injured. 



THE SOUTHERN SECTION. 



In the Niagara district and along the shore 

 of Lake Erie a medium to full crop of early 

 apples is expected. itent and Essex counties 

 do not send in as favorable reports. Such fall 

 apples as are grown will probably be a good 

 yield in the -ot named counties, Essex and 

 Kent running light. "Winter apples promise 

 better in all tnese counties. The yield of 

 apples throughout the province as a whole 

 seems likely to be almost if not quite up to the 

 average. 



the Niagara, and Lake Erie counties corre- 

 spondents expect a light to medium yield. 



A report from Wentworth county states that 

 the black aphis has been more destructive this 

 year than ever before. Sour cherries have 

 come through the winter in much better condi- 

 tion all through the province than the sweet. 



Cherry Trees Injured 



Cherry trees have been bacly injured in al- 

 most all the northern counties, particularly in 

 the j^eorgian Bay district and along the shore 

 of Lake Ontario. Most of the growers report- 

 ing to The Horticulturist from these sections be- 

 lieve the crop is likely to prove almost a total 

 failure, although some expect to have a light 

 to medium yield. 



In the southern portion of the province pros- 

 pects are more favorable. In Wentworth 

 county a medium yield is probable, although in 

 some sections there has been heavy loss. On 

 the other hand, quite a few reports from this 

 county estimate there will be a full crop. In 



Light Yield of Plums Probable 



In the June issue of The Horticulturist it was 

 announced that the plum crop this year would 

 probably be a light one. A large number of 

 reports received since indicate that this esti- 

 mate was a correct one. In many sections of 

 the province the crop is reported to be an ut- 

 ter failure, while in others correspondents do 

 not expect anything more than a light yield. 

 Very few of the sections heard from look for 

 much more than a medium crop. 



In the Georgian Bay district Simcoe county 

 will probably have a light to medium crop. 

 Reports received from Grey and Bruce counties 

 in>^icate that the yield will range from a failure 

 to a light one. Along- Lake Ontario and in 

 eastern Ontario the severe winter has killed 

 and badly uamaged a large proportion of the 

 trees. Some growers ar^ taking their trees up, 

 having concluded that the crop is not a sure 

 enough one for their district. The majority of 

 the reports received from Ontario and York 

 counties indicate that plums will be an almost 

 general failure, while in Halton, Durham, Hast- 

 ings and Northumberland counties a light to 

 medium crop is expected. 



In the southern portion of the province re- 

 ports are more favorable. Wentworth county 

 will have a medium to light crop, while Wel- 

 land and Lincoln counties will not yield 50 

 to 70 per cent of a full crop. Brant county 

 will produce a moderate crop, while Norfolk 

 and Lambton counties will range low. In Es- 

 sex and Kent counties a moderate yield is an- 

 ticipated. 



A Small Crop of Strawberries 



Reports received as late as June 23 show that 

 the yield of strawberries throughout the pro- 

 vince as a whole will be a rather light one. 

 The northern counties, in some sections, pro- 

 mise almost a full crop, but in some of the 

 larger producing districts the crop will be very 

 small. Along Lake Erie and in the Niagara 

 peninsula correspondents expect a light t«^ me- 

 dium yield. Little more than a medium crop 

 is looked for in eastern Ontario, or in the coun- 

 ties bordering Lake Ontario. Prospects are 

 brighter in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron 

 sections, where a full production is generally 

 anticipated. 



Summing up the reports received from the 

 correspondents in the different counties, the 

 yield will be about as follows : Wentworth 

 medium ; Welland and Lincoln, light : Brant, 

 medium ; Norfolk, light ; Lambton, light to 

 medium; Elgin and Kent, light, and Essex a 

 full yield. Along Lake Ontario light crops are 



