eptember, 1913. 



THE CANADIAN HOETIC U LTU RIST 



235 



Make the most of every trip 

 with rod and gun. 



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The other fruit crops as cherries, pears 

 and plums, all suffered from the wet weath- 

 er while in bloom and have been a light 

 crop. Strawberries on the other hand have 

 been g-ood both in crop and price, there 

 not being enough to supply the demand. 

 An average price of twelve cents a box 

 for the season to the growers, looks as if 

 our farmers were not living up to their op- 

 portunities. — M.K. E. 



Eastern Annapolis Valley 



Eunice Buchanan 



At the beginning of the season apples 

 appeared to set well, but later the blossom 

 clusters withered and vanished. The gen- 

 eral opinion is that spot is very common 

 and worse than last year, although east 

 of this district the fruit is cleaner. 



A greatly increased amount of spraying 

 has been done ; most second sprayings 

 were intended to catch the blossoms just 

 before opening, but owing to the cold wea- 

 ther this did not occur until about two 

 weeks later. In cases where the spray was 

 applied just before and after the blossom- 

 ing, the apples are clean. One grower, 

 who sprayed every ten days, has a very 

 clean crop. 



Gravensteins are about a quarter of a 

 crop. General varieties mostly have 

 formed fruits of good size on account of 

 apples setting one in a place. In dis- 

 tricts the set has been very irregoilar, some 

 orchards almost bare, others a quarter of a 

 crop, while others are from three-quarters 

 to a full crop. 



Plums are provin™ to be scarce. Wild blue- 

 berries are plentiful. The San Jose Scale 

 inspectors are now looking over trees im- 

 ported from Ontario. Aphis are swarm- 

 ing on young trees, especially Blenheims, 



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 regarding Toronto market. 



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