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THE CANADIAN HOETI C ULTUEIST 



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1 1 the handling of the crop justifies 

 uption that there is no valid excuse 

 tiuous failure on the part of Ameri- 

 wrs to produce these melons success- 



fully. And to the end that a clearer idea of 

 the reasons underlying success and failure 

 may be attained, further work along these 

 lines is contemplated. 



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FRUIT CROP PROSPECTS 



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the lateness of the season, fruit 



! ;ishes have been backward in 



With the exception of peaches 



tries in some districts, a good 



It is anticipatea. Crop corres- 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



jUows : 



hants co., n.s. 



-Trees have plenty 



of fruit 

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king's CO., N.S. 



■Apple trees show every prospect 



ant bloom. All trees show little 



go from winter. Shrubs and 



coking well. Strawberry plants 



ot protected by covering are 



killed and are looking more or 



Those that were covered look 



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The prospect is for a good 

 :lliel»ms.— J.N.F. 



'**"■ itCHESTER CO., N.S. 



ichess. Transparent and Weal- 

 ire promising. Canker is des- 



other varieties. There is a 

 blossoms on plums. Black cur- 

 it so promising as usual. Bed 

 i gooseberries are promising. 



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 in fall, came through fairly 



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OTOAPOLIS CO., N.S. 



[—Trees came through the wint- 

 There is promise of an abun- 

 [md a good crop of fruit this 

 few brown tail moth nests 

 ind in this section. — R.E.C. 

 Lloyal. — Fruit trees and bushes 

 [d the weather conditions at 

 Worable.— G.E.C. 



[UMBERLAND CO., N.S. 



'niit trees are not as far ad- 



this time last year, but show 



\i of fruit especially the early 



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MORELAND CO., N.B. 



|mit trees and bushes have 

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KINGS CO., N.B. 



?niit trees and small fruits, 

 ahes wintered in good condi- 

 rts are good for blossoming 

 ?e crop. — D.A.P. 



IBBNVILLE CO., ONT. 



•"ruit trees of all kinds are 

 ondition at pros(>nt. Apples 

 m. Trees that horo a medium 

 are giving a full bloom in 

 [ndications point to a full 

 (lis year. — H.J. 



8TINO8 CO., ONT. 



uit trees have wintered well 

 for blossoms are good, 

 '•apberrios, blackberries and 

 good condition. — A.B.A. 



TARIO CO., ONT. 



> dry weather last fall seems 



to have induced a very abundant formation 

 of fruit buds, and we are expecting to see 

 plenty of bloom. — J.H.H. 



WBNTWORTH CO., ONT. 



Fruitland. — There was never a better 

 show of bloom on nearly all kinds of fruit 

 trees. Even peaches, that were reported 

 nearly all killed, have plenty of bloom in 

 many localities; in fact, nearly all. Plums 

 could not be much fuller in bloom. Pear 

 bloom is not all out yet but will be good and 

 the same will apply to apples. — C.C.P. 



Winona. — Peaches, pears, plums and cher- 

 ries show signs of a heavy crop. Strawber- 

 ries came through the winter well. — H.S. 



LINCOLN CO., ONT. 



St. Catharines. — Fruit trees are full of 

 bloom, especially plum and cherry. Pears 

 are not fully opened. Marlboro raspberry 

 canes were badly killed back. Strawberries 

 are good. — G.B.M. 



Homer. — All fruit trees look well. Peaches 

 are blooming fairly well, also European 

 plums. Japanese plums will be very light, 

 also pears. Apples promise a good bloom. 

 Cherries are also good. — W.H.S. 



Grimsby. — The prosepects for small fruits 

 are good and also for nearly all tree fruits 

 with the exception of some varieties of 

 peaches in some localities. The cherry blos- 

 soms are very large and same may be said 

 as to pears. — C.W.V.-D. 



OXFORD CO., ONT. 



Ingersoll. — Fruit trees and bushes are in 

 fine shape ; practically no injury from wint- 

 er. Prospects are for an abundance of bloom 

 especiallv on winter apple trees of all variet- 

 ies.— J.C.H. 



H ALTON CO., ONT. 



Burlington. — The prospect is good for all 

 tree fruits except peaches ; also for currants, 

 gooseberries and raspberries. Strawberries 

 wintered well and are full of promise, al- 

 through the early bloom was blighted by cold. 

 Duchess pears are very full and apple trees 

 that bore heavily last year are blooming 

 again.— W.V.H. 



WELLAND CO., ONT. 



Pelham Corners. — Raspberries and straw- 

 berries have wintered well and point toward 

 a full crop. Same applies to all small fruits. 

 In pears, Idaho is good ; others, medium. 

 Plums, Europeans, good in nearly all variet- 

 ies ; Japans, especially good. Peaches prom- 

 ise a fair crop. Cherries are exceptionally 

 promising. — J.E.M. 



KENT CO., ONT. 



Chatham. — Plums and pears have lots of 

 bloom as have the hardy peaches. Crosbys 

 will give a small crop ; Crawfords, Elbertas 

 and others of their class, are a failure. 

 Apple trees that bore a fair crop last year 

 have no bloom while those that did not 

 promise well. Strawberries came through 

 the wintsr well. Gooseberries and currants 

 are blooming full. — M.B. 



BIMOOE CO., ONT. 



Orillia. — The season so far has been very 

 cold and backward. There is promise of 

 good bloom on all fruit trees. Baspberries 



and small bush fruits promise very full 

 crops, having come well through the winter. 

 Strawberries do not look well ; exceeding 

 dryness of latter part of last season left 

 them in poor condition, and a few heavy 

 frosts since the snow went off were rather 

 hard on them. — C.L.S. 



LAMBTON CO., ONT. 



Forest. — All fruits have wintered well and 

 everything points to the crop being the same 

 as two years ago. — A.L. 



MACDONALD CO., MAN. 



St. Charles. — -Trees came through the 

 winter in good condition. Damage and 

 freezing back was less than usual, as far as 

 we had time to observe. Truck gardening 

 is very backward. — D.W.B. 



KOOTENAY DISTRICT, B.C. 



Crawford Bay. — The season is very late, 

 Prospects for a good crop are very good.— 

 H.S.G. 



TALE-CARIBOO, B.C. 



Lillooet. — The prospect for fruit trees 

 and bushes are not as good as usual. There 

 will be a fair crop of small fruits; cher- 

 ries, about half a crop ; peaches, nil ; apples 

 and pears, about half a crop. — j.S.B. 



NEW WESTMINISTER CO., B.O. 



Hammond. — Strawberries promise 50 per 

 cent, of a crop ; blackberries and raspberries, 

 80 per cent. ; currants and gooseberries, full 

 crop. Plums and apples promise well. There 

 are practically no peaches this season. — ■ 

 C.P.M. 



VICTORIA CO., B.O. 



Victoria. — Cherries have suffered where ex- 

 posed to recent cold winds. Bushes on the 

 whole show good prospects. Strawberries, 

 in some places, were injured by winds and 

 frost but in more sheltered districts a good 

 crop is looked for. — A.H.T. 



Manitoba 



George Batho 



The spring has been very backward, but 

 still a very satisfactory one from a horti- 

 cultural standpoint. Three years ago we had 

 an April of warm days with hard frosts at 

 night, which damaged a great many tender 

 — and some quite hardy — things. This year 

 we had the April frosts at night, but the 

 days did not warm up enough to cause even 

 the most precocious plant to bud out, and 

 so no growth whatever occurred until well 

 into May. Even on May 19 the buds of 

 such trees as the elm have scarcely begun to 

 swell, although with the present warm 

 weather they will be pushed out into leaf 

 in a very few days. There does not seem 

 to have been very much damage by winter 

 killing. It is impossible as yet to say any- 

 thing worth while in regard to the prosijects 

 for the fruit crop. 



Arrangements are under way for another 

 provincial horticultural exhibition in Win- 

 nipeg next fall. Prof. Brodrick, of the 

 Manitoba Agricultural College, has been ask- 

 ed to assume the management, and a com- 

 mittee to work in conjunction with him has 

 been selected. 



For some time there has been talk of or- 

 ganizing throughout the civy ot Winnipeg 

 a number of cottage gardeners' a.ssooiations, 

 each association to be restricted in its mem- 

 bership to a limited area in the city. Not a 

 great deal has been actually accomplished 

 in the way of organization, but no doubt 

 the starting of such a movement would 

 meet with a ready response as a keener 

 interest in grounds adornment seems to be 

 taking hold of the citizens of Winnipeg year 

 by year. 



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