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dition in the spring, having passed the winter without injury. About the 12th of May the 

 orchards here were unusually full of bloom and presented a most beautiful appearance, 

 which of course gave promise of a large yield of fruit. But many varieties of both apple 

 and pear blossoms were insufficiently fertilized when the rain set in on the 18th and which 

 continued almost without intermission until the 3rd of June. As a consequence the later 

 blooming varieties of both apple and pear trees are bearing but little or no fruit. 



Mr. John H. Croil, Aultsville : — Will have an average crop of both early fall and 

 early winter apples in this district, and the quality of both kinds promises to be of a good 

 quality, average size and fairly free from spot. The early fall varieties, Duchess, St. Law- 

 rence, etc., are usually sold in our local markets in Ottawa and in Montreal at from $1.00 

 to $1.25 per bbl. on cars, nearest railway station ; and the early winter varieties, Fameuse, 

 Mcintosh Red, etc., bring about 25 cents per bbl. more in the same markets. There are 

 very few late winter apples raised that are suitable for export. 



Mr. W. S. Turner, Cornwall : — After making diligent inquiries, I must still put ours 

 at 100, and very good fruit at that. Very little scab, though the tent caterpillar is very 

 numerous, but that will not affect our crop much. Fall apples almost a drug. No prices 

 yet for winter fruit. I do not think there is enough grown here to affect the market 

 much. We ship to Montreal usually. 



The English Gooseberries. 



Sir, — I may say I do not look to the pure English varieties for our future gooseberries, 

 but to a cross with Pearl class again on English. Pearl, on account of its wonderful vigor, 

 would be the line I should pursue. 



Spraping no doubt has settled the mildew problem, but so far as my experience goes, 

 there is a worse impediment in the way of the general culture of the English varieties, that 

 is, their want of vigor. 



You will admit that for general culture we need large crops of large fruit, and the 

 p]uglish, so far as I have seen, don't grow wood enough to make large crops possible. 



Stanley Spillett, Nantye. 



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