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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1909 



FRUIT CROP FORECAST 



From present indications it would seem 

 that fruit trees and bushes have come 

 through the winter in good condition. 

 While it is early to state definitely the ac- 

 tual condition of fruit buds there appear 

 to be good prospects for a crop this com- 

 ing season. In some localities strawbeirry 

 plants have come through poorly. This is 

 due partly to the lack of plants made last 

 season on account of growth, partly to lack 

 of snow for covering during the winter, 

 and partly to ice. Among the crop re- 

 ports received from correspondents of The 

 Canadian HoBTiouLTtrBiST are the follow- 

 ing: 



NEW WESTMINSTER CO., B.C. 



Hammond. — Tree fruits of all kinds have 

 come through in excellent condition, with 

 the promise of full crops. Small fruits 

 have wintered well with the exception of 

 strawberries, which have been injured 

 through excess of moisture in the ground at 

 the time of freezing. — C. P. M. 



YALE-CARIBOU., B.C. 



Peachland. — Owing to the winter having 

 been extra cold, we expect a light crop of 

 peaches; the fruit buds appear somewhat 

 damaged. Plums, cherries, apples and 

 small fruits promise good crops. Most trees 

 appear healthy ; on wet land some of them 

 may have suffered. — C. A. 



MACDONALD CO., MAN. 



St. Charles. — Last fall was favorable from 

 two points, viz., the wood was well ripen- 

 ed and the ground was moist. Under these 

 conditions we expect that fruit trees and 

 bushels will winter well. — D. W. B. 



KENT CO., ONT. 



Chatham. — Buds seem to be in good con- 

 dition with possible exception of peaches, 

 which are more or less injured, if not, en- 

 tirely so. Plums and apples promise well. 

 — W. D. A. R. 



LAMBTON CO., ONT. 



Forest. — All fruits have wintered well. 

 Peaches have very few killed buds. — D. J. 



NORFOLK CO., ONT. 



Simcoe. — Apples have come through the 

 winter well. Strawberries have not a 

 heavy setting of plants. — J. E. J. 



OXFORD CO., ONT. 



Ingersoll. — There has been little or no in- 

 jury to fruit trees and bushes from the 

 past winter. — J. C. H. 



HALTON CO., ONT. 



Oakville. — Trees are in good shape, also 

 bush fruits. Strawberries look well. — W. 

 H. McN. 



DURHAM CO., ONT. 



Newcastle.- — Most varieties of apples, 

 plums, cherries and Bartlett pears are full 

 of fruit buds. Strawberry rows are nar- 

 row because of the dry fall. — W. H. G. 



LINCOLN CO., ONT. 



Grimsby. — Peaches promise about half a 

 crop. Conditions are favorable for other 

 fruits. Spraying with lime-sulphur wash 

 is very general ; some growers are trying 

 the concentrated solution. — L. W. 



St. Catharines. — Strawberries have win- 

 tered fairly well, but it still remains to 

 be seen how the young plants start, that 



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did not get a good root growth last sum- 

 mer owing to drought. Peach crop prom- 

 ises to be fair ; although one half or more 

 of the buds have been injured, there will 

 be plenty to supply the public. — R. T. 



ONTARIO CO., ONT. 



Oshawa. — Fruit trees and bushes have 

 wintered well. Greenings are full of blos- 

 som buds and Baldwins have a fair supply. 

 Last spring and summer we sprayed with 

 Gillett's Lye for the oyster-shell scale and, 

 as a result, there are few or none of the 

 pests now on the trees. — E. L. 



CHATEAUGUAT CO., QUE. 



Chateauguay Basin. — Apples, plum, cher- 

 ries and small fruits seem to have winter- 

 ed well.— P. R. 



HOCHELAGA CO. , QUE. 



Westmount. — Trees have come through 

 fairly well, although some of them, espe- 

 cially cherry, suffered injury from ice 

 storms. — R. B. 



l'iSLET CO., QUE. 



Village des Aulnaies. — The winter has not 

 been severe in the eastern part of the pro- 

 vince. No damage has occurred to wood 

 and fruit buds. — A. D. 



YORK CO., N. B. 



Fredericton. — Fruit buds appear to be in 

 good condition. Nests of tent caterpillars 

 and other insects are prevalent. — J. C. G. 



ANNAPOLIS CO., N. 8. 



Paradise. — Fruit buds look healthy. 

 Peach trees do not appear to have been 

 killed back as much as usual. The pros- 

 pects for an apple crop are good. We had 

 plenty of canker worms last spring; the in- 

 dications are that there will be more this 

 season, although precautions have been 

 taken to check them. — B. S. 

 king's CO., N.S. 



Kentville. — Fruit trees have come 

 through in fine condition. The buds look 

 grand. The prospects are for a very heavy 

 crop. Many new orchards will be planted 

 this spring. Valley farmers had good re- 

 turns during past season. — M. G. DeW. 



The superintendent of parks for London, 

 Ont., Mr. J. S. Pearce, died in that city on 

 Thursday, March 25th, after four days' ill- 

 ness. Mr. Pearce was an able and en- 

 thusiastic horticulturist. At one time he 

 was a member of the firm of Pearce & 

 Weld, seed merchants, and later or J. S. 

 Pearce & Co. An article from his pen ap- 

 pears on another page of this issue of The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. The loss of 

 Mr. Pearce will be felt sincerely by all per- 

 sons who knew him, either personally or 

 through his work. 



He Queen Victoria Park 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist : 

 I think that all practical gardeners will 

 suport you in your stand re Niagara Falls 

 Park. The commissioners have the oppor- 

 tunity to make this the finest park on the 

 continent, but to do this they must have 

 a first-class gardener on their staff, one 

 with a wide knowledge of his profession and 

 practical experience in planting and caring 

 for the stock under his care. He must 

 have good taste, and foresight, one who 

 knows the effect wanted and how to get it. 



There are several such men to be had 

 right here in Canada, men who would de- 

 light to put their best efforts into making 

 our national park the finest in the world. 

 I think that you are doing good work in 

 bringing this matter before the commission- 

 ers and the government. — Thos. Manton, 

 Eglinton, Ont. 



