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OUR SPECIAL CROP REPORTS. 



a very light yield. The same applies to the 

 Baldwin in a number of districts. 



In northern and western sections of the pro- 

 vince correspondents report prospects are for a 

 medium to full crop in Simcoe and Grey coun- 

 ties and a light to medium yield in Bruce and 

 Huron counties. Winter apples in Lamtoton 

 county do not promise a large crop. The Bald- 

 win, Spy and Ben Davis trees indicate a small 

 yield is likely. In the southern portions of the 

 province conditions on the whole are much the 

 same. Reports from correspondents vary great- 

 ly, depending on local conditions. Only in rare 

 sections is anything more than a medium crop 

 expected, the majority of replies giving the im- 

 pression that the total yield will run from very 

 light to medium. Taking the replies received 

 from all over the province, the crop evidently 

 will not be a heavy one. 



Plums a Failure in Many Sections. 



The predictions made in the June and July 

 issues of The Horticulturist that the yield of 

 plums throughout the province this year would 

 be light, were evidently well founded, judging 

 from the reports received from growers as late 

 as July 25. 



Conditions in the southern portions of the 

 province are the most favorable, as in the terri- 

 tory stretching from the Niagara district to 

 Kent county, along the northern shore of Lake 

 Erie, at least a light yield is expected in most 

 of the counties, while some look for a moderate 

 crop. In Brant county plums are a failure in 

 many sections, as is also the case in Kent 

 county. Running north from Kent county to 

 Georgian Bay and in the Lake Ontario districts 

 orchards have been badly injured, report after 

 report reaching The Horticulturist indicating 

 the crop will be a complete failure. So univer- 

 sal are these reports of dajnage it is evident the 

 total production throughout the province will be 

 quite light. 



Pear Orchards Promise Light Yields. 



Prospects for the pear crop at this date do 

 not appear as bright as a month ago. The cor- 

 respondents in the northern part of the province 

 and along Lake Ontario report the crop in their 

 sections will be a very light one. In only a 

 very few counties is a full crop anticipated, 

 while in many the yield promises to be a total 

 failure, i 



In Wentworth and York counties early and 

 late pears will be a light to medium crop. The 

 Anjou variety in a number of counties is said to 

 be a total failure. Ontario county growers do 

 not anticipate anything more than a light 

 yield. The same remark applies also to most 

 of the other counties bordering Lake Ontario. 

 In the northern sections, including Simcoe and 

 Grey counties, correspondents seem unanimous 

 in the view that the yield will range from com- 

 plete failure to a light one, while in Bruce, 

 Huron and Lambton counties the anticipations 

 are for more than a light crop. Replies re- 

 ceived from the counties in the southern sec- 



tions of the province go to show nothing more 

 than a moderate crop is expected. The total 

 replies received indicate that the crop this year 

 throughout the province will be a very light one. 



^ Our Monthly Weather Report || 



The mean temperature for the month of June 

 was average, except in the more northern parts 

 of Ontario, where it was very slightly above 

 average. Temperature was fairly equable 

 throughout the month ; there were no periods 

 of extreme heat, but the cool periods were 

 tolerably pronounced. Rainfall was in excess 

 of the average mean amount for June in the cen- 

 tral and more northern counties of Ontario and 

 markedly deficient near Lake Erie. 



The first half of July was characterized by an 

 excessive rainfall, almost the usual average 

 monthly amount occurring during that period. 

 This was probably more the case in the south- 

 ern and central counties than in the more north- 

 ern. The temperature up to the 15th was 1.4 

 degrees below the average mean at Toronto, and 

 the discrepancy was no doubt general in the pro- 

 vince. Sunshine for the same period was also 

 generally deficient. Prom July 15th until the 

 20th fine hot weather prevailed, generally ab- 

 normally high temperature being recorded in all 

 localities. 



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