Good A.verage Canadian Fmait Crop 



FROM present indications, the fruit crop of 

 Canada may be regarded as a good aver- 

 age. In Ont., the plum crop is a failure; 

 pears promise a medium crop; peaches, 

 average. Cherries are practically done. Fall 

 apple indications point towards a good crop; 

 winter apples, only medium. Small fruits are 

 producing large yields. The grape outlook, 

 also, is promising. 



In Que., a fair crop of early and fall apples is 

 expected. Cherries are a failure and plums 

 very light. Small fruits are yielding well. In 

 P.E.I, the apple outlook is fair; plums are shy; 

 small fruits, abundant. 



The reports of Ont. crop correspondents for 

 The Horticulturist, show the situation in 

 the various counties. Further reports of the 

 outlook in N.S., P.E.I. , Que., and the West, are 

 published in this issue under separate headings. 



ESSEX COUNTY 



Leamington. — Shipping of early peaches will 

 begin Aug. 1. Cherries are done. Grapes 

 promise a good crop; no rot yet developed. 

 Plums and pears, also, look well. The apple 

 crop will be a good one.— E. E. Adams. 



KENT COUNTY 



Chatham. — There is little change in fruit 

 prospects since last report. Apples and pears 

 look well. There will be a few peaches. There 

 has been some dropping in apples, but not 

 enough to thin them materially. — W. D. A. Ro.ss. 



LAMBTON COUNTY 



Forest. — ^The winter apple crop promises to 

 ' be medium to light. Orchards, properly cared 

 for and sprayed, have a good crop of clean fruit, 

 but the uncared for ones, which are in the 

 majority, are poor. Our association will have 

 a good crop of fine quality, the result of a by- 

 law that requires all members to spray at least 

 four times. Fall apples promise a good crop, 

 but as winter varieties are grown almost entirely, 

 fall fruit will have little effect on the trade. — 

 D. Johnson. 



WENTWORTH COUNTY 



Fruitland. — Raspberries are at their best, 

 both red and black are a good crop; quality and 

 size never better. Cherries are done. Black 

 and red currants are a good crop, above the 

 average, and the quality is very fine. Kitta- 

 tinny blackberries promise a large yield of good 



fruit. Plums are few and far between; accord- 

 ing to the acreage, the crop is almost a failure. 

 So far, the rot has not been serious. Peaches, 

 fine in quality and a good average crop. Pears 

 will be an average crop. Grapes promise a 

 good crop; no rot so far; if it does not appear, 

 and nothing else attacks them, grapes will be a 

 paying crop this year. — C. C. Pettit. 



HALTON COUNTY. 



Burlington. — Raspberry crop is good; ex- 

 cept old patches, hurt by frost. Cherries have 

 been a full crop. Red currants, less than aver- 

 age. Black currants are a full crop. The sam- 

 ple is extra good in all these fruits. Plums con- 

 tinue to drop, scarcely any left on trees. Peaches 

 are light. Apples, free from spot, sample good. 

 Greening and Baldwin, average crop; Spy and 

 Mann, full crop. Ribston, Ontario, King, 

 light. Early Harvest, Astrachan, Transparent, 

 full crop. Pears will be an average crop. — 

 W. V. Hopkins. 



PEEL COUNTY 



Clarkson. — Early apples have dropped badly; 

 winter apples, not a full crop. Strawberries 

 were two-thirds of a crop; prices were highest 

 we have known for many years, more than mak- 

 ing up for shortage in crop. — W. G. Home. 



SIMCOE COUNTY 



Craighurst. — Early apples, especially Duchess, 

 will be a full crop. Fall apples are promising. 

 Winter apples promise only a medium crop. 

 The fruit so far is clean. Raspberries are al- 

 most a total failure; canes killed to the ground. 

 Blackberries are slightly better. Cherries and 

 plums, a total failure. Altogether, a very dis- 

 couraging year. — G. C. Caston. 



HASTINGS COUNTY 



Belleville. — Winter apples promise a medium 

 crop. Summer and fall varieties are more 

 plentiful.— F. S. Wallbridge. 



GREY COUNTY 



Clarksburg. — In general, Georgian Bay or- 

 chards have been neglected; where well cared 

 for, there is a fine crop. Winter apples will be 

 a medium crop and promise good quality. Fall 

 apples will be medium or better, where" 'well 

 cared for. Pears, light, not half a crop. Plums 

 and peaches, a total failure. Cherries are a full 

 crop; quality excellent. Small fruits, sufficient 



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INSURANCE 



The very best kind of Insurance — i.e., provision for the 

 future as well as the present, is a Savings Account in 



SOVEREIGN BANK 



OF CANADA 



Interest paid four times a year. 



$ 1 .00 will open an account. 



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for local demand. Grapes, badly winter killed, 

 will be a poor crop. — J. G. Mitchell. 



GRENVILLE COUNTY 



Maitland. — The apple crop will be on the Ught 

 side this year. Fameuse, the principal variety 

 grown, continues to give promise of a medium 

 yield; the fruit is growing rapidly and taking 

 on color. There was some injury in June by 

 the tussock moth. There has been very little 

 development of "spot" and, with favorable 

 weather, prospects promise a crop of good to 

 first-class quality. In 190.5, the orchards were 

 free of spot until the .3rd week in Aug., when it 



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