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SUMMARY OF FEUIT CROP CONDITIONS. 



In the circular to fruit crop correspondents, returnable 

 June 27, the following questions were asked: — 



1. Have frosts done noticeable damage to the following 

 fruit crops (give dates and per cent of damage) ? Apples, 

 pears, peaches, plums, cherries, small fruits. 



2. Have tree fruits set well (give per cent of blossoms set, 

 if possible) ? Has there been much drop ? 



3. What are the prospects for the following crops ? Ap- 

 ple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, currant, raspberry, ^ black- 

 berry, blueberry. 



4. What methods of cultivation are practiced in orchards 

 in your vicinity? (a) Sod mulch (state whether grass is cut 

 and removed or left on ground) ? (6) Clean culture? (c) 

 Are legumes, such as clover, cow peas, vetch or alfalfa, planted 

 in orchards as cover crops ? If not, what cover crops are 

 used ? 



5. What insects are doing most damage in orchards ? 



6. Has fire blight appeared in any orchards ? 



7. To what extent was the strawberry crop injured by 

 frost ? 



8. Have prices of strawberries been satisfactory? Com- 

 pare with average. Compare with 1912. 



9. Is summer spraying for sooty fungus or other fruit dis- 

 eases practiced at all in your vicinity ? 



Returns were received from 67 correspondents, and from 

 them the following summary was compiled : — 



Frost Damage. 

 A larger number of reports upon the frost damage to fruit 

 crops would have been productive of more accurate deduc- 

 tions ; the following table will, however, give a reasonably 

 correct idea of this damage. It will be noticed that plums, 



