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but some varieties (Baldwins and Green- 

 ings) are light, while Spys are variable. 

 Ben Davis promises fair, though many are 

 falling. Kings and fall varieties are fair. 

 All varieties are high colored for the time 

 of year, but more or less spotting is al- 

 ready visible. Insects are not as numer- 

 ous as in past seasons. As a whole, it 

 will require very favorable weather to se- 

 cure an average crop." 



C. Ly. Stephens, the well-known horti- 

 culturist of Orillia, says that apples, so far 

 ?s he can ascertain, from enquiry and ob- 

 servation, at present promise fairly well 

 for quantity, and where fungus disease has 

 not prevailed the quality and size will be 

 extra fine. " Several varieties," adds Mr. 

 Stephens, "are badly affected by black 

 scab on fruit and leaves, but there is little 

 or no trouble from any insect pest as yet. 

 I think five and one-half bushels per tree 

 is too high an estimate for this section, 

 where most orchards are composed of 

 comparatively small and young trees ; four 

 bushels will bs nearer the thing. The 

 fruit is, however, holding on well." 



IN CENTRAL ONTARIO 



"Everything," says Dundas and Fla- 

 velh Brothers, of Lindsay, "points to a 

 large and good apple crop in this section 

 of the Province." "The prospects about 

 Oshawa," writes Edwin Worden, " are for 

 a yield about equal to that of 1900. Qual- 

 ity so far is also good, the fruit being clean 

 and large." 



"Apples about St. Catharines," writes 

 Robert Thompson, "are clean, bright, and 

 free from insect enemies. The fruit is 

 already beginning to show color. The 

 crop is not quite as heavy as in iqoo, but 

 the apples are holding on well and becom- 

 ing a good size for so early in the season." 



IN HURON AND BRUCE 



A. E. Sherrington, Fruit Station, Wal- 

 kerton : " Apples promise above an ave- 



rage crop, but are suffering from fungus. 

 The quality, I am afraid, is going to be 

 poor. The fruit is holding on well, but 

 foliage looks bad." 



F. C. Elford, Homesville, Huron Coun- 

 ty : " The apple crop will not be as heavy 

 as was anticipated, and from present ap- 

 pearances not as large as that of 1900. 

 The fruit is holding on well, but is 

 scabby." 



N. D. McDougall, Tiverton, Bruce 

 County : "The yield of apples in this sec- 

 tion will not be as high as in 1900, this 

 being the otf year for Spys in this section. 

 Early varieties, however, promise a good 

 yield, but the average per tree all round 

 will not go beyond four bushels. The 

 fruit is clean and free from fungus and in- 

 sect enemies. The apples are forming 

 well, and hold strong to the branches." 



BAY OF QUINTE DISTRICT 



W. H. Dempsey, of the Fruit Station 

 at Trenton, Bay of Quinte district: 

 " There is a difiference of opinion regarding 

 the apple crop. Some growers say they 

 promised a heavy yield, more than ever 

 before; others say they expect only a little 

 over half an average, that they cannot find 

 more than two apples in a cluster, never 

 three or four, and in a great many cases 

 only single fruit. Some say, too, that the 

 apples are dropping badly. A few people 

 have a heavy crop of Baldwins and Kings ; 

 others have none. What orchards I have 

 seen will not equal the estimate of 1900, 

 5^ bushels to a tree; about 3 bushels to 

 a tree will be what they will give for trees 

 from six years up to thirty or forty. There 

 'S considerable fungus, which no doubt 

 accounts for so many apples dropping. 

 There are no complaints from insects." 



NORTH SIMCOE 



G. C. Caston, Craighurst Experimental 

 Station : " Apples generally will not be 

 more than an average crop. Early apples 



