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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1909 



ed; \ery few Baldwins or Spys. Pears prom- 

 ise a good crop. — J.O.D. 



8IMCOB CO., ONT. 



Craighurst. — Early apples will be light on 

 account of the large crop last year ; fall 

 apples, medium. Winter varieties are 

 setting a large crop. Pears are better than 

 ever known here. Small fruits will be 

 above average. — G.C.C. 



BRUCE CO., ONT. 



Walkerton. — Strawberries will give half a 

 crop ; raspberries, currants and gooseber- 

 ries, full ; cherries, good ; plums, mediuip ; 

 early apples, light; winter apples promise 

 a full crop, especially Spys, Fameuse, 

 Greenings, Ben Davis and Mann. — A.E.S. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



In his report after a tour through the 

 province, early in June, Mr. Maxwell 

 Smith, Dominion fruit inspector, sums up 

 the conditions as follows : The apple crop 

 will be good all through the province ; 

 pears will be light; plums and prunes pro- 

 mise well ; peaches will be very light ow- 

 ing to the severe weather ; strawberries will 

 be about half a crop; cherries are in doubt; 

 while raspberries and blackberries promise a 

 full crop. 



A Visit to Fruit Growers 



An editorial representative of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist visited a number of 

 fruit growers in Oshawa, Bowmanville, and 

 Newcastle last month. Some excellent orch- 

 ards were seen. Most of the bearing orch- 

 ards of the locality appeared to be well 

 cared for, and many new ones have been 

 set out. 



The Oshawa Fruit Growers Limited is 

 an organization that is progressing and 

 that has been of great benefit to the grow- 

 ers of that district during the four or five 

 years of its existence. Mr. W. H. Stainton, 

 of Oshawa, gave an illustration of the value 

 of co-operation. From an orchard, mostly 

 Spys, he took 260 barrels last season. His 

 net returns for this was $565, or an average 

 of $2.17 a barrel. As buyers were paying 

 only $1 to $1.25 a barrel, Mr. Stainton's 

 profit due to co-operation can easily be cal- 

 culated. 



The value of thinning apples was refer- 

 red to by many of the growers. Mr. Elmer 

 Lick, of Oshawa, stated that it is particu- 

 larly necessary with heavy bearing varie- 

 ties, particularly on Wagoners. Mr. W. 

 H. French, of the same place, said that the 

 saving of labor at harvest time will more 



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 quality and color of fruit. 



Some valuable information was given by 

 Mr. E. C Beman, of Bowmanville, on the 

 culture of pears. Other pointers of interest 

 were picked up from various growers and 

 will be referred to in later issues of The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. The prospects 

 for fruit in the district seem to be good 

 with the exception of Baldwin apples, which 

 are bearing well in some orchards and a 

 failure in others. The blister leaf-mite is 

 causing some damage on apple and pear 

 trees. 



Fruit growers will be interested in an 

 article on "Thinning Fruits" that appears 

 in the July 1st issue of Farm and Dairy, 

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 adian Horticulturist. The article gives 

 the experiences of men who have practised 

 thinning and it shows that the work brings 

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