July, 1909 



THE CANADIAN HOETI C ULTURIST 



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light ; Flemish Beauty, pear, average ; Euro- 

 pean plums, light; Japan, failure; straw- 

 berries, currants and other small fruits a 

 "good crop. — J.M.F. 



IBERVILLE CO., QUE. 



Henrysburg Centre. — Prospects for apple 

 brop are discouraging. The blossoms were 

 pight, but the set is very good. We are 

 not looking for a heavy crop like last year. 

 Strawberries, blackberries and that class 

 of fruit are very fine. — J.S. 



ISLAND OP MONTREAL, QUE. 



Westmount. — Good prospect for apples 

 'and pears, the fruit being well set; cher- 

 ries and plums, poor except the American 

 plums, which are well laden; strawberries, 

 late but a good crop ; other small fruits, 

 good. — R.B. 



GRBNVILLE CO., ONT. 



Maitland. — The bloom on all varieties, 

 except late winter apples, was fairly heavy 

 and fruit has set well, with very few in- 

 sects, except bud moth. Cherries of the 

 sour class are heavily loaded. A medium 

 crop of Americana plums is expected. 

 Small fruits of all kinds promise a full 

 crop. Apples are all growing fast and 

 there is no indication of much June drop. 



H.J. 



HASTINGS CO., ONT. 



Belleville. — The early and fall apples 



romise a full crop, also the majority of the 



'winter varieties. We had beautiful weath- 



er during blossoming time and for the 

 setting of the fruit.— F.S.W. 



PRINCE EDWARD CO., ONT. 



Rednersville. — Pears, plums and cherries 

 will be very plentiful. Apples blossomed 

 well and, allowing for a heavy Juno drop, 

 I believe the yield will be from 75 to 100 

 per cent, of a full crop. — H.D. 



NORTHtTMBERLAND CO., ONT. 



Colborne. — The prospect for fruit in this 

 section is good ; Greenings and Russets, 

 heavy bloom ; Spys and Baldwins, not so 

 good ; all kinds are setting well. — W.E. 



PEEL CO., ONT. 



Clarkson. — Outlook for fruit is of the 

 best, with possible exception of crab ap- 

 l)les. The blossoms were profuse. The 

 berry crop promises an abundance, but the 

 bulk of crop will be late. Snow apples 

 will not be so plentiful as last year, but 

 the Sp\ vvi'! be much more in evidence. — 

 W.G.H." 



HALTON CO., ONT. 



Georgetown. — The apple crop promises to 

 be larg' . Percentage of full crop, — Spys, 

 60 per cent. ; Colvert, 70 ; Balwin, 30 ; King 

 and Russet, 90 ; Greenings, Mann, Ben 

 Davis, 75; other kinds, 65 to 80. Plums 

 and cherries, medium ; pears, very light ; 

 small fruits, heavy. — F.J.B. 



WENTWORTH CO., ONT. 



Bartonville. — Strawberries, an abundant 



crop ; raspberries promise well. Cherries 

 seem to be going back, a great many of 

 tehm blasting. Plums and pears will be a fair 

 crop. Peaches of some kinds will be a good 

 crop, but others poor. Apples from orchards 

 bearing this year promise well. — H.F.B. 



Winona. — Apples, plenty of bloom, fair 

 prospects ; early pears, light ; later pears, 

 fair. In plums, Japan, light; Lombards, 

 full ; Reine Claude, set full but have drop- 

 ped until thin ; other varieties, medium. 

 Peaches, Crawfords, very full; other varie- 

 ties, good, except Elberta. Sour cherries 

 full crop ; sweet, medium ; grapes, fair. — 

 M.P. 



LINCOLN CO., ONT. 



Jordan Station. — Small fruits and apples, 

 plums and pears, fair to average ; cherries 

 quite light. Grapes promise well. Peach 

 crop will be seriously diminished when the 

 results of curl leaf fully develop. Where 

 peaches were sprayed thoroughly, and early, 

 «ith efltective mixtures, little damage from 

 curl leaf is found. — W.H.B. 



NORFOLK CO., ONT. 



Simcoe. — ^Spys and Kings, very full; 

 Baldwin, fair ; Greenings, good : Russets, 

 Ben Davis and fall varieties, light; straw- 

 berries, heavy. — J.E.J. 



ESSEX CO., ONT. 



Rutliven — Strawberries, good crop ; peach- 

 es and plums, good. In apples. Kings, 

 Greenings and Ben Davis are heavily load- 



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