258 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Rot, Fungi, etc. The season has been particulai ly favorable for the development of 

 the various fungi. There has been a wholesome enthusiasm shown on the subject of 

 spraying in this locality, but owing to the long wet spell in May and the early part of 

 June, experiments could not be carried on so satisfactorily as in ordinary season?. The 

 curled leaf of the peaches has been worse than for some years. The shot-hole fungus has 

 also been somewhat troublesome. It is too early yet, of course, to speak of plum and 

 peach rot or fungous diseases of the grape. 



Insects The curoulio has been exceedingly bad during the last two weeks. Earlier 

 in the season the cold wet weather kept them comparatively quiescent, but latterly they 

 have been working very vigorously, especially on plums and peaches The small Paria 

 beetle, which affected the raspberry crop so injuriously two years ago, has not been very 

 prevalent in this locality. 



Mr, W. H. Wyue, Virgil, Lincoln Co., writes: Apples were affected by the bad 

 weather in May and are not so abundant as early in the season seemed probable, but are a 

 much better crop than last year. Many apple trees are losing some of their leaves — they 

 turn yellow and drop off. The fruit is a good deal spotted by the funyus. 



I would es«timate the percentage about as follows : Peaches, 100 ; pears, 15 ; cherries, 

 60 ; apples, 40 ; plums, 100 ; grapes, 75 ; strawberries, average ; raspberries and other 

 small fru.ts, average. 



Mk. a. G. Heaven, Oakville, Halton Co., writes: Raspberries, red and black, 

 promise an abundant crop, and blackberries have blossomed heavily. Plum trees which 

 bore heavily last season are bare this, but some trees have set fruit well, but owing to heavy 

 rains just before and after blooming time, spiaying has not checked eurculio as usual, and 

 fruit is badly bitten. Apples in most (trchards are suffering in the foliage badly from some 

 sort of blight, especially Greenings and Russets, and are not likely to yield a large crop. 

 Grape vines, in some cases, are badly crippled by the Grape Vine Flea Beetle and its 

 larvae. Many of the not numerous peach trees grown here promise a very respectable crop 

 of fruit. 



Mr. W. E. Wellington, Toronto, York Co., writes : I find that cherries are about 

 50% of a crop ; currants, full crop ; gooseberries, 60 ; raspberries, 90 Cherries are not in 

 the slightest affected so far with rot ; gooseberries not affected with the mildew. 



Taking central and northern Peel County, I find that the prospects for fruit are 

 uniformly good. Strawberries, full crop ; currants, 75, not damaged by frost, but the 

 shortage is due to rankness of foliage ; gooseberries, 100 ; cherries are not grown exten- 

 sively, having been killed by black knot. 



York County : Strawberries, 90 ; currants, gooseberries and raspberries, 100, and 

 cherries ranging from 50 to 75. Some slight damage by frost ; no mildew. 



Mr. T. H. Parkes, Woodstock, Oxford Co., writes : The grape crop in this district 

 was completely destroyed by frost the latter part of May, and the strawberry crop was also 

 damaged by the same cause. The grape vines are again covered with new foliage, which 

 is being riddled by a small black slug or worm, something like a snail. 



Mr. W. W. Paterson, Oakville, Halton Co., writes : — Summer apples, 25 % ; winter 

 do., 10 ; plums not over 50, and perhaps a good deal less ; pears, poor crop ; raspberries 

 badly winter-killed, could not give percentage. 



Mr. J. R. Howell, Brantford, Brant Co., writes : — Since I reported to you on the 

 fruit crop, there has been quite a change. Apples, pears and plums set very full and there 

 never was a better prospect for a heavier crop, but owing to the heavy frost which cime 

 the latter part of May, which caused these fruits to drop, I think the crop will not reach 

 above 20 or 25 %, with the exception of Astracan and Duchess, which bid fair for a good 

 crop ; cherries a fair crop ; strawberries and currants, I think I am safe in saying, will not 

 reach over 40 ; gooseberries and raspberries, not above 50 ; and grapes not above 25. There- 

 fore, owing to so much rain and frost, the outlook of all kinds of fruits is not very encou- 

 raging. 



Mr. M. Pkttit, Winona, Wentworth Co., writes : — Apples light, cannot tell at pre- 

 sent what proportion of a crop, unsprayed badly injured by fungus ; pears a fair average, 

 injured to some extent with fungus ; plums, 80 %, rotting some ; peaches a very full crop ; 

 grapes promise fair at present for a full crop. 



Mr. John Mitchell, Leamington, Essex Co., writes : — The apple crop seems better 

 back away from the lake shore — less fungi. The Baldwin shows up best with us, and next 

 the Yellow Transparent, but all ^rarieties dropping fast, and many trees are now quite bar- 

 ren. Grapes have a full crop ; peaches good ; Early Richmond is our best cherry. People 

 here are planting more cherries and plums. 



