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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August 1907 



Frxiit Crop Promises Fairly Well 



THE yield of apples in Canada promises 

 fairly well. The outlook in tlie Annapolis 

 Valley of Nova Scotia is good. In 

 Quebec, the crop will be below medium. 

 Reports from various sources in Ontario are 

 bright, although fruit is dropping badly in some 

 districts. It is probable that the next few- 

 weeks will see a decrease in the prospects. 

 The prospects for good prices are excellent. The 

 crop in British Columbia promises to be, on the 

 whole, below the average. The situation in the 

 United States indicates that there will be little 

 or no surplus apples for export. In many of 

 the apple producing states the prospects are 

 not bright. A shortage in the crop generally 

 is looked for. The situation in Canada is men- 

 tioned in the following reports from crop cor- 

 respondents of The Canadian Horticulturist: 



ANNAPOLIS COUNTY, N.S. 



Paradise. — Nonpariels are an entire failure, 

 and this means much to western Annapolis. 

 Gravenstein may be 25 % of a full crop; Baldwin, 

 Ben Davis and Yellow Bellfleur, .50%; Spy, 

 King, Ribston, Blenheim, Greening and Golden 

 Russett, 75%. The whole crop may average 

 50 %.— B. Starratt. 



KINGS COUNTY, N.S. 



Port Williams. — The prospects for a good 

 crop are favorable. Pears will he a full crop; 

 plums, except Japanese, a full crop. Apples 

 are of good quality and free from spot. Present 

 prospects indicate a shipping crop fully equal 

 to last year. — ^J. Donaldson. 



Auburn. — Prospects for a good apple crop are 

 bright, except with Baldwins and Gravensteins 

 that bore heavily last year. Cranberries are 

 showing well and if the early frosts keep off, the 

 berries will ripen. — ^J. S. Bishop. 



Kentville. — The weather lately has been 

 excellent and a good ajjple crop is expected. 

 Kings county never looked more promising or 

 beautiful. Growers and farmers have lost that 

 anxious look occasioned by the late season. — 

 M.G.De Wolfe. 



ROUVILLE COUNTY, QUE. 



Abbotsford. — The apple crop will be lighter 

 than la.st year. The June drop was unusually 

 heavy. The curculio has done its share in 

 producing these results. Apples are free from 

 spot as yet, but the fungus is showing on the 

 leaves. European plums, a failure; American 

 plums, a medium crop; Flemish Beauty pear, 

 medium; cherries, light; small fruits are a full 

 crop and of good quality. — J. M. Fisk. 



ST. JOHN'S AND IBERVILLE CO., QUE. 



Henrysburg, — Prospect for plums and apples 

 are discouraging; not half a crop in this section. 

 Japanese plums looked fine in blossom, but 

 there is not a single sign of a plum.^ — ^J. Spencer. 



HASTINGS COUNTY, ONT. 



Belleville. — The strawberry crop was only 

 about one-half of that of last year. Cherries 

 turned out well. Currants and gooseberries 

 are coming in and look fine. The apples will 

 turn out a medium crop. Pears will be a full 

 crop. — F. S. Wallbridge. 



WENTWORTH COUNTY, ONT. 



Hamilton. — Present indications point to a 

 yield below the average. Strawberries, short 

 crop; cherries, fair; plums, fair; white peaches, 

 light. The plums are dropping badly. Pears 

 will be a fair crop, and grapes are expected to be 

 heavy. — ^Jas. A. Stevens. 



LISGAR COUNTY, MAN. 



Pilot Mound. — A good crop of small fruits 



is expected. Crabapples promise well. Rab- 

 bits were very destructive to the fruit trees last 

 winter. — H. M. Speechly. 



.MACDONALD COUNTY, MAN. 



St. Charles. — Fruit crop prospects are gocji; 

 The winter was a long and severe one, and tl 

 spring possibly the latest on record in Manitol, 

 at least since the days of modern .stttlcmcii 

 but notwithstanding this we are having a goc 

 season for fruit, but the main reason for th 

 is the entire absence of spring frosts. The ear! 

 spring was so cold that there was no growth, bi 

 when the weather finally did turn warmer and 

 the buds began to expand, there was no setback 

 Not once after growth started was there any cli 

 approach to the frost mark. At the time 

 writing, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, au 

 so on, are loaded with fruit. Sfrawberrii 

 which are now being picked, are hardly up to t '< 

 average, owing to very warm, dry weatl' 

 recently. The drouth has not injured the otli. 

 fruits so far, but raspberries will suffer if it i-. 

 continued much longer. Tree fruits are alsc. 

 a fine crop. Plums are well loaded, though in 

 some cases "plum pocket" has injured the 

 crop. This has been entirely prevented in our 

 orchards by spraying with Bordeaux mixture, 

 double strength, before the buds open. Crab- 

 apples, of which there are a few orchards in 

 sections of Manitoba, are giving a good crop, 

 and standard apples, where grown, are also 

 promising. — D. \\'. Buchanan. 



YALE AND CARIBOO COUNTY, B.C. 



Spence's Bridge. — Most all fruit is a light 

 crop caused by extreme frosts. Cherries, peaches 

 and apples, fair. — A. Clemes. 



Kamloops. — ^The crop this year will be about 

 an average one, with the exception of peaches, 

 which were badly winter -killed. — J. T. Edwards. 



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