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SUMMARY OF CRANBEEKY CROP CONDITIONS. 



In the circular to cranberry crop correspondents, return- 

 able July 26, the following questions were asked: — 



1. (a.) What is the prospect for crop at present time (100 

 representing normal) ? (6) Does the dry weather appear to 

 have reduced the crop prospect materially in your locality? 



(c) If so, what varieties seem to have been most affected? 



(d) Do the strictly dry bogs appear, as a rule, to be more 

 affected than those which have had winter flowage ? 



2. Where water is available, are the growers in your lo- 

 cality irrigating their bogs by keeping the ditches full, or are 

 they letting their bogs remain fairly dry during the dry 

 weather ? 



.3. (a) How did the bloom compare with normal? (Give 

 per cent.) (h) Was there much blasting of the blossoms? 



(c) Has fruit set well? (Give per cent of blossoms set.) 



(d) Do Early Blacks or Late Howes promise better at the 

 present time? 



4. (a) Has there been a good growth of new uprights on 

 bogs in your locality this season? (h) How does this com- 

 pare with that of last year at this time ? 



5. (a) Is the wet-bog fireworm (blackhead cranberry 

 worm) very abundant this season in your locality? (&) Did 

 the first brood of this insect do extensive injury ? (c) What 

 percentage of the acreage in your vicinity seems to be affected 

 by this insect ? 



6. (a) Has the fruit worm done as much injury as usual 

 at this time? (h) What other insects have been particularly 

 noticeable on cranberry bogs in your locality this season ? 

 (c) How have these insects been combated, and vdth what 

 success? {d) Has the gypsy moth appeared in numbers on 

 anv of the boffs ? 



