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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



gara district conditions are much the same, be- 

 ing if anything a little more encouraging than 

 in the other sections. In this section quite a 

 ■few correspondents estimate the yie'ld as a light 

 one. The total crop of the province is not 

 likely to range more than 15 per cent, of last 

 year's. 



Moderate Yield of Pears 



During the past month the promise for a 

 medium, yield of» pears has improved. Many 

 correspondents who a few weeks ago antiQi,- 

 pated a light yield are now apparently hopeful 

 of a medium to full crop. This is more par- 

 ticularly true in the Niagara district. In 



Wentworth, Lincoln and Welland counties early 

 pears will average from a medium to a full 

 crop, while late varieties promise a light to full 

 yield. 



Bordering the northern shore of Lake On- 

 tario growers generally expect light to medium 

 and even full returns. This is true of all 

 counties along the lake. In the western and 

 northern districts of the province indications 

 are that the yield of early pears, while a fail- 

 ure in a number of orchards, will be medium. 

 Late varieties apparently do not give quite as 

 good promise, although a light to medium crop 

 will be general. Taking the province as a 

 "whole, both early and late pears, while behind 

 last year, will be a fair crop. 



Reports From Ontario Growers 



Wentworth County 



Winona. — ^There will not be more than half 

 the winter apples in this section there were last 

 year ; the sample will be better. Pears are a 

 very good crop and quite free from fungus 

 Peaches at 'Winona and Grimsby are more than 

 half a crop, the quality will be good, the foliage 

 is very healthy. Unsprayed plum orchards 

 are looking very badly. The leaves have drop- 

 ped, the plums are bare, and will be of little 

 value. Well sprayed orchards are healthy. 

 Grapes have not done well for the last few 

 weeks on account of cool wet weather and 

 black rot, and it is a question if the crop will 

 be much above the average. — (M. Pettit. 



Welland County 



Fonth.... — 'The apple crop will be very large, 

 line and clean. Peaches are a failure except a 

 few orchards bordering on Lake Ontario ; 

 through the central sections about one-half the 

 peach trees were killed by the severe winter. 

 Pears promise a large crop and a fine sample. 

 Plums are almost a total failure, a large num- 

 ber of the trees having been injured by the win- 

 ter. Grapes will b'e a large crop, although the 

 leaf blight has appeared on the thin leaved 

 varieties like Delaware. — (E. Morris. 



The Lake Huron District 



Walkerton. — The fruit crops in this district 

 in some respects are not as good as last season, 

 and in others they are better. The apple crop, 

 on the whole, is lighter, but the quality is first- 

 class. In some orchards the crop is much bet- 

 ter even in quantity than last year. Spys are 

 good; Russets, Greenings, Ben Davis, medium; 

 Baldwins a failure. Early apples medium to 

 good. Prospects for trade are bright. Pears 

 medium. Plums a total failure. The peach 

 trees were all killed by the winter frost. Grapes 

 are medium to good, but are not much grown 

 here. — ^(A. E. Sherrington. 



Simcoe County 



Craighurst. — 'There will be no plums. Early 

 apples are abundant. There will be a fair 

 yield of fall varieties, but winter varieties will 



be below the average and far below last year. 

 The quality of early and fall apples promises 

 to be well up to the mark. Winter apples may 

 be a little under sized. — (G. C. Caston. 



Lincoln County 



St. Catharines. — The early peaches are fairly 

 favorable as to quality, which is not of the best. 

 Healthy trees have a full crop. The season for 

 yellow flesh peaches, including Triumph and 

 Yellow iSt. John, is about over, and the peaches 

 of the Crawford type are now ready for the 

 market. These will be a light crop. It is not 

 likely the total production of peaches in the 

 Niagara district will be over 25 per cent, of that 

 of last year. Apples of all kinds are fairly 

 heavy all through the district, except one or 

 two varieties, including the Northern Spy. 

 They will be a full crop. Pears are light, Bart- 

 letts being the best. The total yield will pro- 

 bably not exceed 50 per cent, of a full crop. 

 Plums, with the exception of the Japanese 

 varieties, are very light. If the growers secure 

 20 per cent, of a full crop it will be all that can 

 be expected. Black rot has caused consiaer- 

 aible trouble and is rapidly extending through 

 the vineyards. Had it not been for this trou- 

 ble the grape crop would have been unusually 

 heavy and of extremely good quality. It is 

 difficult to estimate the damage that will result 

 from the rot. The majority of the growers 

 have not prepared to deal with the trouble, 

 which requires thorough and • energetic treat- 

 ment. In spite of this trouble, a good crop of 

 grapes is probable. — (.W. H. Bunting, Pres. Ont. 

 Fruit Growers' Ass'n. 



The Burlington District 



Burlington.^-nApples are a short crop as com- 

 pared with '03, probably not more than 50 per 

 cent. Quality good, not much spot; some cod- 

 ling moth in trees thickly laden. Size of apples, 

 normal. Pears a fair crop, probaJbly equal to 

 that of last year. Plums are practically nil. 

 I doubt if there are 15 baskets on 1,000 trees' in 

 my orchard. The fruit buds must have been 

 destroyed by the severe winter. Peaches very 

 much the same as plums, few to be found. 



