September, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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 NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES | 



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Nova Scotia 



Wm. Sangster, Falmouth 



The apple crop is medium. Some orchards 

 ire a full crop, but trees that bore lieavily last 

 year have very few on this. Spys are a full 

 crop in every orchard. Apples promise to be 

 extra a;ood, free from spot, and large. 



Caterpillars are jiist as plentiful as last year, 

 but cankerworms have made their appearance 

 for the first time. As soon as noticed, the 

 farmers gave an extra spraying and we hope it 

 will not be seen another year. Strawberries 

 were a small crop, but raspberries and black- 

 berries a full crop. 



Up to the present time there have not been 

 my buyers in this locality. Mr. Howard Bligh 

 lias visited several orchards, but has not made 

 riny mention of prices. Advices , received by 

 uie from London would cause me to think that 

 Nova Scotia apples will be in good demand 

 and that good prices will be obtained for clean, 

 well-packed fruit. 



Quebec 



W. Saxby Blair, Macdonald College 



Judging from what I have seen of orchards in 

 the locality around Macdonald College, I would 

 place the crop as light for early apples and 

 medium for fall and early winter. The Trans- 

 parents are fair; Duchess, light to medium, 



Red Astrachan, light; Fameuse, medium; 

 and small for this season of the year; St. Law- 

 rence, light; Alexander, medium; Wealthy, 

 light to medium; Tolman, good; and Ben 

 Davis, fair. 



Pears are grown very little. Flemish Beauty, 

 the one that does best, is carrying a medium 

 crop. Plums generally are light. Indications 

 are that good early apples will command a good 

 price. Apples on tlie whole are small, but 

 quite free from scab. Transparents at this 

 date, Aug. 14, are just about ready for market. 



Prince Ed-ward Island 



Rev. Father Burke, Alberton 



Whilst the small fruits i.e., the gooseberries 

 and currants, are now ripe and a splendid crop; 

 indeed, the strawberry return, because of all the 

 plants lost last season, was not large. The 

 abundant moisture favored the plantations that 

 were not killed out, however, and our growers 

 have made well out of what they were able to 

 market. We have the late July market pretty 

 well to ourselves, and as we close the strawberry 

 circuit, there is no limit to our possibilities as to 

 sales. Raspberries, wild or cultivated, are a 

 fair crop, and now in the market. 



The apple situation is not overpromising. 

 We expected a big crop, but somehow or other 

 it has not niaterialized. Some varieties are 

 well loaded; others, scant. There were few, if 



any, frosts in the time of bloom of the late 

 varieties; still, after an abundant showing of 

 flowers there is very little late fniit. The whole 

 result in apples, early and late, will be below a 

 medium crop. 



There is an immense growth of wood for one 

 season and not many insect pests. The trees 

 should get a grand push forward and be ready 

 to do good work next year. 



Mr. McNeill finished his series of meetings. 

 He found many splendid orchdnls and advised 

 islanders to go heavily into fruit-raising. He 

 also made a propaganda of cooperation with 

 success. 



Montreal 



The berry handlers here seem to like the 36- 

 quart crates made at.Oakville, with iron clip 

 fastener at sides. They land fruit in good 

 condition. 



It is not an uncommon thing here to see 200 

 piles of bananas, 10 bunches in each pile — 2,000 

 bunches, on the floor of the Fruit Auction Co., 

 each pile numbered and ready for auction. It 

 is a pretty sight, yellow and green mingled 

 through each pile, — -E.H.W. 



Manitoba 



Jas. Murray, Supt. Expt. Farm, Brandon 



While the fruit crop of this Province is of 

 minor importance, we have, this year, an un- 

 usually heavy crop of wild fruit, including wild 

 plums. Saskatoon berries, raspberries and 

 strawberries. 



On the Experimental Farm, and on other 

 farms where these fruits are grown, cross-bred 

 apples and crabapples are fruiting heavily. 

 On this farm -we have many varieties this year 

 that have not previously borne fruit, and in all 

 probability we will have a few varieties of good 



