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" In Peel, there will be no early apples ; winter apples will be average. Cherries, half 

 crop ; pears and plums — none. Goosel)erries and red currants, half crop ; no black cur- 

 rants. Raspberries nearly all destroyed by frost. Early strawberries, none ; medium and 

 late, fair, but rain needed very badly.' , 



Mr. Thos. Beall, of Lindsay, representing the Counties of Durham, Northumber- 

 land, Peterbero' and Victoria, writes : " Judging from the reports I have received from 

 all sides respecting the fruit crop, I think we may now safely say from present indications 

 1 hat the crop of autumn apples will be a good average. Winter varieties about half a cro}). 

 Pears, of all varieties grown here —excepting Flemish Beauty — is nearly a total failure, 

 but the Flemish Beauty, which is grown to a considerable extent in this district, promises 

 to be an unusually large crop wliere the trees have been carefully sprayed. Where not 

 sprayed, the "scab "in many places will destroy the crop. Plums are nearly a total 

 failure. Cherries are but little grown here. Strawberries are a failure to a great extent 

 for lack of rain. Gooseberries and currants promise an average crop if we have rain soon." 



Mb. ). G. Whyte, of Ottawa, representing Lanark, Renfrew, Russell and Carleton, 

 writes : " Since my last report on our fruit prospects, we can better estimate the amount 

 of damage by frost, which is much greater than it appeared to be then. Apples still 

 promise a good crop. Plums almost a total failure, except our native red, which promises 

 about half the average. Grapes in most localities will be a great failure, particularly in 

 low grounds and where trained near the earth. In my garden nearly all the young shoots 

 up to three feet above the ground were destroyed, while those above that escaped. 

 (Gooseberries have l)een more injured than expected last month. Downing will not be 

 more than one-fifth of a crop ; Houghton not much better. Smith's Improved a total 

 failure. Some of the English varieties promise a fair crop. Red and white currants have 

 suffered more severely than was apparent a month ago ; they have dropped from the bunch 

 so badly as to reduce the crop 25 per cent. Raspberries were somewhat severely winter 

 killed, but promise a tine crop, particularly Black-caps and Shaeffer. Strawberries are 

 coming in well ; those in blossom at time of frost were a good deal injured, but the later 

 berries are doing well, and are a good crop." 



Mb. a. M. Smith, of St. Catharines, representing the Niagara Peninsula, writes : — 

 I don't think there is much change to make in last report. Lake Shore peaches fair, back 

 a mile or two light. Plums, pears, cherries and apples about half crop. Grapes two- 

 thirds on lake, on mountain gone. Dry weather with frost has cut strawberries short. 

 Raspberries will be short without rain soon, lilackberries full. 



Mr. Geobge Nicol, of Kingston, representing Leeds, Grenville, and Frontenac, 

 writes : — Apples and pears, from present appearances, promise a fair crop, fully equal to 

 last season. Small fruits have suffered most from the late frosts, and are suffering now 

 from drought. Strawberries not more than half crop. 



Mb. L. Chapin, of Brantford, representing Elgin, Brant, Oxford and Norfolk, writes : 

 — The frost ef May has done more damage than was at first realized. Reports from dif- 

 ferent parts of this section come, saying plums, pears, cherries and grapes all gone. Apples 

 very scarce indeed, but what few remain at the present time promise to be a good sample. 

 Grapes are sending out fruit the second time, but may be destroyed by early frost. 



Mr. W. M. Orr, of Fruitland, representing Wellington, Waterloo and Halton, 

 reports apples about Burlington slightly below the average ; pears light, plums below 

 average ; grapes half an average, owing to the frost. About (luelph, apples, pears and 

 plums very scarce, few blossoms escaping the frost ; sour cherries a cjuarter of a crop : 

 gra.pes a complete failure, vines even killed by the May frost in many cases. Small fruits 

 badly damaged, and few left. About Ancaster, apples look well, and sample good ; pears 

 lialf a crop. About Fruitland, apples better than for years, pears below average, peaches 

 scarce, plums average, raspberries never looked better. All trees and vines unusually 

 healthy. 



Mr. Stanley Spillett, our gooseVjerry specialist in Simcoe County, writes : — The 

 hard frost in May— so hard that ice formed half an inch thick — did scarcely any damage 

 to large fruits, except cherries, which will be 50 % of a crop. Small fruits were nearly as 

 fortunate; strawberries 99% of a full crop. We have picked 230 baskets from 12, say, 

 rods, without any perceptible decrease in numbers on the vines. Want of rain just now 

 is going to cut the last pickings down considerably. Bubach and Stamen No. 2 stand the 

 drought well, so does Williams ; Haverland suffers most. The first two have done admir- 

 ably. Proximity to the lake, probably, affects us favorably here in cases of frost. Cur- 



