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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 190'; 



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FROM advices received from crop correspond- 

 ents of The Canadian Horticluturist 

 it is evident that fruit trees and bushes have 

 passed tlie winter in good shajx?. Peach buds 

 have been slightly injured, but, as yet, not 

 enough to decrease the prosjjecl for a good crop. 

 Small fruits have suffered to a limited extent, 

 especially strawberry plants that were unpro- 

 tected. While early to say anything definite 

 about crop prospects, it is with confidence that 

 growers are anticipating a profitable season. 



MONTREAL DISTRICT 



Westmount. — The winter has been a good 

 one for fruit. The prospects promise fairly well 

 for apples. Trees heavily loaded last year did 

 not produce much growth of new wood, so crops 

 may be small. — R. Brodie. 



STANSTEAD COUNTY, QUE. 



Beebe Plain. — Tip buds of sweet cherries are 

 injured. European plums have come through 

 all right ; Japans, except Satsuma, killed back 

 to last spring's wood. No damage is noticeable 

 on apple trees. — D. L. House. 



GRENVILLE COUNTY 



Maitland. — Weather conditions on the upi^er 

 St. Lawrence during the winter were everything 

 that could be desired. Trees are in healthy 

 condition. Fruit buds on apples are plentiful ; 

 appearances point to a large bloom. Small 

 fruits and strawberries are looking bright and 

 healthy, although some sharp frosts injured un- 

 ])rotected strawberries. Last year only 20% of 

 a crop of apples were harvested, so a heavy crop 

 may be expected this year. — Harold Jones. 



DURHAM COUNTY 



Newcastle. — Buds do not seem to have been 

 injured but it is too early to estimate prospects 

 for a crop. Oyster-shell bark-louse is very 

 prevalent but growers are fighting it persistent- 

 ly— H. C, Bowen. 



HASTINGS COUNTY 



Belleville. — Trees have come through in good 

 condition; buds do not seem to have suffered. 

 Present indications point to a good crop the 

 coming season. — F. S. Wallbridge. 

 PEEL COUNTY 



Clarkson. — Small fruits appear to have pulled 

 through the winter in good shape. The outlook 

 for a good strawberry crop is good. Large fruit 

 trees look well and give promise of good crops. 

 — W. G. Home. 



WENTVl^ORTH COUNTY 



Hamilton. — Unprotected strawberry patches 

 have suffered. Protected ones have wintered 

 fairly well. Canning factories are contracting 

 for strawberries at ,5 to 5}/^ cts. a box, but the 

 growers consider this price too low. Peach 

 trees have come through in fairly good condition, 

 although in some sections the buds have lieen 

 slightly damaged. Raspberry canes have suf- 

 fered; the snowy tree cricket has done much 

 damage to them. — J. A. Stevens. 



Bartonville. — Most trees came through well. 

 Peach buds are quite badly hurt, although plenty 

 are left for a good crop! The San Jose scale has 

 been found in a few places here. The New York 

 scale also is prevalent. Raspberry bushes were 

 (|uite badly frozen, particularly Marlboro. — 

 H. F. Burkholder. 



LINCOLN COUNTY 



Grimsby. — Peach, pear and cherry buds 

 appear to be uninjured. The prospects for a 

 crop are good. Raspberries have been slightly 

 winter killed. Strawberries look well. — W. H. 

 Book. 



Jordan Harbor. — Fruit trees and bushes came 

 through in first-class shape. Prospects for a 

 good crop are very promising. — John Woods. 



Jordan Station. — Strawberries suffered con- 

 siderably, but probably there will be an average 

 crop. Raspberries and blackberries look well. 

 Pears, cherries, plums and peaches appear to be 

 in good shape for a full crop. The writer's 

 orchard promises to produce its 8th good crop 

 of peaches in 8 successive years. — C. M. Hons- 

 bergcr. 



St. Catharines. — Fruit buds look well Tlie 

 cherry crop is quite promising. Peaches are wi 11 

 laden with buds on young trees. Plums, Ix-ii 

 scarce last year, should produce well this seas' 

 Apples and pears are fair. Raspljerries winterc;-! 

 well. Protected straw^ljerries came through 

 all right; unprotected, heaved somewhat. — G. 

 A. Robertson. 



Homer. — Peach buds have Iieen damaged, but 

 plenty are left to give promise of a good crop. 

 Pears and cherries look well. Bush fruits ap- 

 pear to have come through all right. — F. 

 G. Stewart. 



OXFORD COUNTY 



IngersoU. — Fruit trees and bushes seem to 

 have come through in good shape. Prospects 

 point to a medium crop of apples. — J. C. Harris. 



KENT COUNTY 



Chatham. — Pros])ects for a good apple crop 

 are promising; also for pears. Peach trees are 

 badly injured; not only are the fruit buds killed, 

 but even young trees from one to four years 

 planted are dead to the ground. Young pear 

 trees also are killed. — Milton Backus. 



Chatham. — Nearly all the peach trees are dead 

 and the San Jose scale is fixing the rest of them. 

 The pear crop will not I^e as good as last year. — 

 W. G. Lister. 



LAMBTON COUNTY 



Sarnia. — Uncovered strawberry patches have 

 lieen damaged by heaving; they will lie a failure. 

 Protected plantations have come through fairly 

 well. — W. A. Broughton. 



Arkona. — Fruit trees and bushes seem to 

 have come through all right, except [leach trees, 

 which have been injured slightly. Prosjjects 

 for an apple crop this coming season seem good. 

 — W. J. Seymour. 



GREY COUNTY I 



Thornbury. — Generally speaking, fruit buds 

 appear to be in good condition, but the promise 

 of a crop will depend, upon weather conditions 

 between now and fruit setting. — J. G. Mitchell. 



Lo-w-Keaded PeacK Trees 



At the Ont. F.G.A. convention held last Nov., 

 an interesting address on "Low-headed Peach 

 Trees" was delivered by Chas. F. Hale, of 

 Shelby, Midi. In the course of his remarks, 

 he pointed out that peach trees should be headed 

 back when young to not more than 18 inches 

 from the ground. By so forming the head, it 

 costs less to prune, spray, pick, and take care 

 of the tree. By making this work less expen- 

 sive, profits are increased. The head should 

 be formed witli not more than 4 branches, the 

 top one 18 inches from the ground, and each 

 one starting from a different point on the trunk. 

 Never have the centre of the tree higher than 

 the outside limbs. High trees are apt to be 

 broken down by storms. F^ruit on low-headed 

 trees is better in quality. Plant peach trees 

 20 feet apart. Prune and cut back each year. 

 Give clean cultivation in summer until Aug. 1, 

 then sow a cover crop. After planting, the 

 orchard may be inter -cropped for 2 or 3 years, 

 using for the purpose a crop that can be hoed 

 and cultivated. For working under low-headed 

 trees, use both plow and drag. Plow' as close 

 to the trees as possible, then use the drag, by 

 going zigzag around the trees. 



When trees are in full bearing, prune them 

 by cutting back }/2 to H of the growth each 

 year. Thin the wood out well. The fruit on 

 the limbs should be thinned, leaving them 6 

 or 8 inches apart. A good average croj) for a 

 6-year-old tree is 2 to 2}^ bushels. Among 

 the leading varieties mentioned by Mr. Hale 

 were St. John, Conklin, Engle Mammoth, 

 Klberta, New Prolific, Smock, and for can- 

 ning, Gold Drop. A good characteristic of 

 low-headed peach trees is the fact that they 

 are not attacked by borers as readily as those 

 that are headed high 



