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bloom, so that the prospect is very poor 

 for ripe grapes in September." 



A. Gifford, writing from Meaford, one 

 of the greatest plum districts of the Pro- 

 vince, says : " Plums will be a Hght crop, 

 below last year in quality. Pears below 

 the average, except Flemish Beauty, which 

 so far promises well." 



J. G. Mitchell, Clarksburg Fruit Sta- 

 tion : '' In plums the prospect is not so 

 favorable as in apples. Some growers 

 report very poor crops, others say their 

 plums are nearly all falling off. This 

 seems to be the case in orchards which 

 have had poor care, while in orchards 

 which have had good care and cultivation 

 there is a full crop. On the whole I think 

 the plum crop will be much below aver- 

 age, and in addition to this many acres of 

 trees have been torn out and burned, the 

 owners thinking it too much trouble to 

 grow plums at the prices realized in late 

 years." 



A. E. Bellman, Bowmanville: "Plums 

 have set well on some trees, and poorly on 

 others; but I think, upon the whole, the 

 yield will be considerably below last year. 

 Pears seem a very good crop, but have 

 dropped a good deal. Notwithstanding 

 the dropping, they will be nearly as good 

 as last year." 



Murray Pettit, Winona: "The plum 

 crop will be medium. The trees are heal- 

 thy and no rot. Burbank and Bradshaw 

 will be much heavier this year; Washing- 

 ton, Lombard, Yellow Egg, and Reine 

 Claude lighter. Peaches a heavy crop. 

 Bartlett pears will be a quarter crop, Flem- 

 ish Beauty and Duchess an average, other 

 varieties rather Hght. Grapes good." 



John R. Walker, Cheapside : " We will 

 not have over half the plum crop we had 

 last year. Pears are a fair crop, but not 

 up to last year by a third." 



A. W. Peart, BurUngton : " Plums are 

 below an average, considerably short of 



last year. Pears, dwarfs, are average; 

 standard varieties are below an average; 

 peaches, above an average; grapes, an 

 average crop ; currants, red, below ave- 

 rage; black, above an average; blackber- 

 ries, above an average. Insects and fungi 

 have done little damage yet to the apple. 

 During the past few days, however, a leaf 

 blight has developed on certain varieties 

 of red currants, other varieties being en- 

 tirely exempt from it." 



IN NORTH SIMCOE 



G. C. Caston, Craighurst Experimental 

 Station : " Cherries are almost a total 

 failure ; plums, 25 per cent. ; pears, fairly 

 good. The curculio is getting in its work 

 on what few plums there are. Frequent 

 rains have prevented successful spraying 

 this year." 



UNITED STATES FRUIT PROSPECTS 



Although the fruit prospects in the 

 United States are not as good as they were 

 a month ago, the indications are, says the 

 Official Crop Reporter, issued by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 for better than average crops both in ap- 

 ples and peaches this season. 



The Climate and Crop Bulletin, speak- 

 ing on the same subject, says: "In 

 Michigan, New York, and New England 

 apples continue promising, and a further 

 improvement is reported from Kansas and 

 Oklahoma; elsewhere a very inferior crop 

 is indicated. Except in Michigan, Ten- 

 nessee and Arkansas, peaches are scarce." 



IN WESTERN NEW YORK 



Secretary Hall, of the Western New 

 York Horticultural Society, has kept close 

 watch of fruit conditions since the May 

 frosts, and from correspondence with fruit 

 growers over that section of the State finds 

 many gratifying conditions. Apples never 



