Notes on Fruit Crop Reports. 



W. W. H I LLBORN : — Very few grape vines about 

 Leamington old enough to bear fruit ; nearly all 

 were killed at the same time the peach trees were 

 destroyed. 



M. Pettit : —All kinds of fruit trees are looking 

 healthy and free from fungus. There are fewer 

 insect enemies than usual. 



A. W. Peart: — Conditions have been unfavor- 

 able for fungi, and the canker worm and tent 

 caterpillar are being kept pretty well under cortrol. 



W. H. Bunting: — The most serious effects of the 

 frosts of May 9th and loth are found in the Early 

 Crawford peach orchards ; where far removed from 

 water, nearly all crops destroyed. A large per- 

 centage of the fruit buds were destroyed. Insects 

 and fungi very little ; the tent caterpillar has ap- 

 peared in unsprayed orcha ds ; the peach curl is 

 not serious ; apples are particularly fine and clear 

 of scab ; and altogether the fruit crop should be 

 fairly satisfactory this season if a proper distribu- 

 tion of it can be made. 



Stanley Spille'it:— A small mite attacked the 

 pear leaves, causing the leaf to have a blistered 

 appearance ; currants last year were attacked by 

 the same or a similar insect, which works from 

 the under side of the leaf. I found dusting with 

 powder of Paris green and lime beneficial. The 

 gooseberry worm made its appearance ten days ago 

 in myriads, but one application of twelve ounces of 

 Paris green to 45 gals, of water, with milk of lime 

 destroyed them. Gooseberry mildew has not yet 

 appeared. 



I. G. Mitchell: — No trouble whatever from in- 

 sects or fungi so far. 



W. W. Cox : — I am surprised the pears aind apples 

 look so clean and good, for it rains everytime we 

 spray. We had it wet and cold all spring, and I 

 am surprised that so much fruit has set. 



H. J. Snelgrove: — There is a marked absence 

 of noxious insects and fungi this season. June 

 bugs destroyed the buds and blossoms of the plum 

 trees in many places. In Northumberland County, 

 horticulturists have found the Fameuse apple 

 stung with an insect which appears in effect to 

 resemble the curculio. This pest has not been 

 noticed in this district before and is a mystery. 

 Spraying was never practised so generally as 

 this season. 



W. H. Dempsey: — Insects have not been as num- 

 erous as in other seasons. Fungus is growing fast 

 on some varieties of fruit. 



H. Jones: — Fameuse, which is largely grown 

 here, has set a good crop, and are well formed and 

 growing rapidly. Fungi is showing where spray- 

 ing has been omitted. Very few insects, but the 

 Tussock moth is appearing in large numbers in 

 some orchards. 



Thos Beall: — The outlook for fruit growers is 

 rather gloomy this season. Pear bloom first ap- 

 on May 17th; from that date until June 14th, "8 

 days, rain fell on twenty-one days. Consequently 

 the apple crops in this section will be much under 

 the average. Grape vines are healthy but late, 

 and I think they will not ripen their fruit this 

 season. 



Charles Young : — A cold, wet spring, but fruit 

 trees have set twice the fruit they ought to mature. 

 If the crops throughout Ontario can be judged by 

 that in St. Joseph Island, there will no $5 00 a 

 barrel paid this season. I have no hesitation in 

 saying that all Japan plums are hardier than Euro- 

 pean, and even hardier than some of the Americans 



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Apple Culture, Field Notes on. Bailey. ...$0.75 

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Cider Makers' Handbook. Trowbridge i.oo 



Cranberries, Cape Cod. James Webb. Pa- 

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Cranberrj' Culture. White i.oo 



Crops, Spraying. Clarence M. Weed 25 



Dahlia, The. Lawrence K. Peacock 30 



Floriculture, Practical. Peter Henderson .. . 1.50 

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Grape Grower's Guide. Charlton 75 



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Greenhouse Construction. Prof. L. R. Taft. 1.50 

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