ONTARIO'S FRUIT CROP BELOW THE AVERAGE 



Reports received by The Horticulturist as late 

 as the 25th of July from correspondents in all 

 parts of the province indicate that fruit crops 

 generally this year in most sections will be con- 

 siderably below last year's yield, and that the 

 total production of fruit will be on the light side. 



Apples do not promise as well as earlier in 

 the season. This crop, including early and late 

 varieties, will not be more than a moderate one. 

 Pears and plums will yield very lightly, as the 

 crop is reported to be a complete failure in 

 many sections, plum orchards particularly hav- 

 ing suffered great damage from the severe 

 weather last winter. 



As predicted earlier in the season, the peach 

 crop will also be light. As far as Ontario fruit 

 is concerned prices this fall should range high. 

 Reports received by The Horticulturist from 

 outside places indicate that the apple crop in 

 the United States, west of the Alleghany, is not 

 as promising as earlier in the season. The 

 British apple crop will probably be a good one 

 as regards quantity but deficient in quality. 

 Next month The Horticulturist will give an ex- 

 haustive report of fruit conditions all over the 

 continent. 



A Limited Peuch Crop AnticipateJ. 



Prospects for the peach crop are much the 

 same as predicted in the July Hortipulturist, 

 when it was announced that the peach crop 

 would probably be a light one. As was the case 

 early in the season, growers continue to vary in 

 their predictions, some placing the crop as a 

 total failure in their sections, while others, in a 

 few cases, expect a full crop. On the whole a 

 light to in some cases a medium yield is antici- 

 pated in the principal producing sections, in- 

 cluding the Niagara district and along Lake 

 Erie to Essex and Kent counties. 



In Wentworth county light to medium returns 

 are looked for, while in Lincoln a medium crop 

 seems to be generally anticipated. One grower 

 reporting from the St. Catharines district states 

 that growers who have peaches should be able 

 to market them all, as the quality and size 

 promise well. Reporting from Welland county, 

 a grower states that his trees are commencing 

 to die owing to the severity of the winter. 



In Norfolk the yield is expected to be light, 

 while in Brant correspondents estimate the crop 

 will either be a failure or a very light one. Fur- 

 ther west, in Kent, a light to medium return is 

 looked for, as is also the case in Essex. On 

 the whole the crop is going to be a light one. 



Karly Apples Will Be Ligl-t C op 



It becomes evident as the season advances 

 that the crop of early apples will be rather light, 

 taking the province as a whole. As announced 

 in the July issue of The Horticulturist, the 

 early varieties do not appear to be doing as well 

 as the winter apples. In some sections of the 

 province very favorable reports are received, 

 while in others replies indicate that the crop 

 will be rather a light one. Reports received 



by The Horticulturist in regard to 



this crop have been very conflicting, making it 

 difficult to give anything like exact estimates, 

 but it seems safe to say that the crop will not be 

 more than a moderate one at the outside. 



In the southern section of the province, in- 

 cluding the Niagara district and counties bor- 

 dering on Lake Erie, the crop on the whole will 

 be a medium one. In Lincoln and Welland 

 counties orchards appear to be in fair condition, 

 and growers expect a medium to full crop. Con- 

 ditions in Brant county ao not appear quite as 

 favorable. One grower states that Astracans 

 are a failure, while others believe the yield of 

 early Asitracans and Transparents will be light. 

 According to one statement received, the apple 

 crop is just medium, but what there is is of 

 good quality. Essex orchards proT"i<=e lifrht 

 returns, while in Kent the production will range 

 from a light to a full crop. In Raleigh town- 

 ship one grower writes apples are not more than 

 two-thirds as good as last year, but are free 

 from fungous diseases of any kind. In Har- 

 wich township early apples are reported a full 

 crop. 



Bordering Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, con- 

 ditions generally are possibly a little more 

 favorable. In Lambton a medium yield is gen- 

 erally anticipated, while in Huron conditions 

 point to light to moderate returns. Growers in 

 Bruce county vary in their estimates of crop 

 prospects, one placing the Astracans as a very 

 light yield, while others claim there will be a 

 medium to full crop this year of this variety. 

 On the whole, a medium crop seems probable. 

 Conditions in Grey and Simcae counties are the 

 brightest of any reported, as a full crop is gen- 

 erally looked for. 



Along the northern shore of Lake Ontario a 

 moderate crop is promised. In Wentworth, 

 York, Ontario, Durham and Hastings counties 

 prospects are favorable for a satisfactory yield. 

 In other counties trees promise a light to full 

 crop. As stated at the outset, the prospects 

 in the province as a whole do not indicate more 

 than a moderate yield of early apples. 



The Fall and Winter Apple Crop. 



The reports received during the latter part of 

 July by The Horticulturist indicate that fall and 

 winter apples will not be as heavy a crop this 

 year as last. In the principal producing sec- 

 tions of Ontario the crop, while heavy in some 

 section.s, is not likely to be more than a medium 

 one on the whole. There are a number of sec- 

 tions where orchards will yield very lightly, 

 which will tend to reduce the total production. 



Growers reporting from the counties border- 

 ing on the northern shore of Lake Ontario indi- 

 cate there will will not be more than a medium 

 yield of the winter or early fall varieties. A 

 large number of reports from Wentworth and 

 York counties show that this condition prevails 

 in these two counties, as only a light to medium 

 crop is looked for. In a number of counties the 

 Spy and Ben Davis varieties are said to promise 



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