Condition of Veg'etable Crops in Ontario 



EXCEPT in the case of beans, which arc a 

 failure, the condition of the vegetable 

 crops of Ont. is good. The report in 

 The Horticulturist for July has been 

 borne out since then by the growth of the crop. 

 Beans have been seriously injured by blight and 

 anthracnose. Onions, in spite of the maggot 

 scare one month ago, have managed to pull 

 through a fair crop. Celery, also, in most sec- 

 tions, is only fair. Potatoes on low land, are 

 slightly affected by rot; in case of continued 

 rain, the crop may be considerably damaged; 

 early blight, also, is prevalent in some localities. 

 Other classes of vegetables are producing large 

 crops. Tomatoes, although rather backward 

 in season, are exceptionally good and the acreage 

 is large. The following reports by crop corres- 

 pondents of the Ont. Veg. Grs. Assn. show the 

 situation in the various districts: 



OTTAWA 

 Early cabbage is flooding the market; also 

 wax beans, cucumbers and bunch roots. Onions, 

 usual acreage, have made excellent growth. 

 Transplanted onion, to bunch, are a glut on the 

 market. Tomatoes are coming in for $3.00 a 

 bu. ; there is a big crop. Early potatoes, a 

 good crop. Early cauliflower, good. — T. Mock- 

 ett, July 21. 



KINGSTON 



Onions are a victim to the blight; the crop is 

 ruined. Celery is making slow growth. Pota- 

 toes, early, are yielding fairly well, no signs of 

 decay. Those planted in early June show a 

 slender growth and a poor crop. Beans are 

 affected with anthracnose, which makes them 

 useless for the table. — Chas. F. Adair, July 20. 



TORONTO DISTRICT 



Bracondale. — Crops are looking well. Beans 

 are almost a complete failure on account of 



bUght. We started to market tomatoes on 

 June 20; they promise a large crop later. Late 

 cauliflower and cabbage are in a healthy con- 

 dition; also onions, but in small quantities. 

 Potatoes, early varieties, are all marketed. 

 Celery is doing well. — A. W. Shuter, July 21. 



Humber Bay. — Crops are looking well. Onions 

 that looked poor a month ago, have overcome 

 the maggot and promise a heavy crop. Early 

 potatoes are very good; prices, $1.25 a bu. until 

 July 20, then 75c. a bu. Rot has made its ap- 

 pearance in some places. Peas are very scarce. 

 Butter beans are a good crop, but badly spotted 

 and worthless. Green beans are good, no spot 

 75c. a bu. Cabbage, very good, 40c. a doz. 

 Vegetable marrow, good crop, 50 to 75c. a doz. 

 Outside cucumbers, good, 30c. a doz. Green 

 house long cucumbers, SI a doz. Cauliflowers, 

 better than last year, 7.5c to $1.50 a doz. To- 

 matoes, a good crop, but late. Celery looks 

 very well; early, 75c. a doz. Beets and carrots 

 are very plentiful; low price, 10c. a doz. White 

 turnips not good. Prizetaker onions are on, 

 15c. to 20c. a doz. bnchs of 3. I took a long 

 drive west of here this week and was surprised 

 to see the quantity of vegetables the farmers are 

 growing for the Toronto market. Lots of them 

 have from 5 to 15 acres of vegetables, such as 

 onions, tomatoes, cabbage, parsnips, carrots, 

 beets, turnips, squash, cucumbers and celery. 

 The vegetable growers must grow early crops or 

 it is a poor lookout for them. — J. W. Rush, 

 July 21. 



Doncaster. — Onions promise better than at the 

 beginning of the season. Early celery is doing 

 well, some nearly ready for market. Early 

 potatoes coming in slowly, selling at $1.25 a bu. 

 Potato blight is prevalent. Beans are a failure, 

 being all spotted. Prices are very good. Cab- 



bage, 25c to 40c.. a doz.; potatoes, $1 a bu.; 

 Ixets and carrots, 15c. a doz. bnchs of 3 each; 

 beans, $1 a bu.; lettuce, 15c. a doz.; greenhouse 

 tomatoes, 10c. to 12)^c. a lb.— C. Gibbard, July 

 20. J. 



CLARKSON i 



Early potatoes are looking well. Onions are 

 doing fine; they have escaped the maggot to 

 far. Sweet corn is doing well.- — W. G. Home, 

 July 22. ^1^ 



BURLINGTON | 



The crops never looked better, with, possibly, 

 the exception of the late tomatoes. Early cab- 

 bage and cauliflowers are done; prices have 

 been above the average. Melons, egg plants and 

 peppers are doing fairly well; pepjiers, large 

 green, promise a larger yield than last year. 

 Onions are doing remarkably well and promiic 

 a large yield. A severe hailstorm on July 10 

 was very destructive to tomato, melon and 

 cucumber vines. — ^J. A. Lindley, July 23. 



SCOTLAND 



Vegetation is behind last season. Frost des- 

 troyed the first planting of cucumbers; the 

 second planting is showing well for a good crop. 

 Early potatoes are fairly good and ready for 

 market. Tomatoes are not producing good 

 vines. Cabbages are making fair progress. 

 Onions are good, but the acreage will be small. 

 Raspberries are a fair crop, but the acreage is 

 small; prices all higher. The acreage of late 

 potatoes and turnips is larger this season than 

 last.— E. G. Malcolm, July 21. 



ST. CATHARINES DISTRICT 



Tomatoes, both early and late, are looking 

 well and setting fruit freely. Early tomatoes 

 are ripening, but there is not as large an acreage 

 as last season. In factor)' tomatoes, the acreage 

 is larger. Peas, grown largely for factory, at« 



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