Vegetable Crops Below Average in Yield 



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iHE vegetable crops of (-)nt. have suffered 

 from drought. While occasional showers 

 fell during the month in some localities, 

 they did not imjjrove the situation to any 

 marked extent. Re]»rts from the crop corre- 

 spondents of the Ont. Veg. Grs. Assn. indicate that 

 the condition of the crops on the whole is much 

 below the standard. Most vegetables have not 

 reached their normal size; maturity has been 

 hastened. Tomatoes ripened too rapidly; they 

 are about done; the crop has been only fair. 



The behaviour of celery has varied in the 

 different districts; some report a good crop; 

 others, a failure; on the whole, the late crop will 

 be under average in yield but of fair quality. 

 Drought and aphids have injured cauliflower 

 and cabbage: the crop is poor. Late melons 

 are excellent in yield and quality. Sweet corn 

 is under average. Squash and pumpkins have 

 turned out well: cucumbers jxxjr. Fall spinach 

 is scarce. 



Onions, as predicted last month, have turned 

 out only half a crop, of good quality but slightly 

 tmder size. Beets, parsnips, carrots and turnips 

 are below the estimate; they are yielding less 

 than normal. Potatoes are rejxirted to be less 

 than half a crop, slightly above in a few localities 

 and a failure in others. The detailed reports are 

 as follows: Montreal district 



Lachine. — Owing to very dry season crops are 

 |)OOr. Onions, very small and only half a crop. 

 Tomatoes, fairly good quality, but small in size. 

 Celery, clean, but of small size. Sweet corn, 

 only half a crop. Potatoes, less than half a crop ; 

 no disease. Early cauliflowers very good; late 

 ones only medium. Beets and carrots are very 

 Sood and very clean; parsnips, poor crop and 



small. I<ettuce, except in frames, is poor. Late 

 cabbage, heading fairly well but small. Squash 

 and vegetable marrows are very good; cu- 

 cumbers, fair. Leeks are small and of poor qual- 

 ity. Prices of vegetables are higher than was 

 ever known in Montreal markets.— Charles A. 



Smith. OTTAWA DISTRICT 



Crops have suffered greatly from drought. 

 Melons not a heavy crop but good quality. 

 Early celery is good; winter crop small size but 

 any amount of it. Carrots, fair; parsnips, good. 

 Onions, heavier crop than expected. Pumpkins, 

 citrons, etc., are coming in heavy and lots of 

 them. Tomatoes, good crop. Swede turnips 

 are scarce at present; potatoes are good. Red 

 peppers are a glut; pickling cucumbers, small. 

 Cauliflower, a heavy crop but a little dark. Cab- 

 bages are short at present; winter cabbage will 

 be a fair crop but rather soft. — T. R. Mockett. 



PRONTENAC COUNTY 



Kingston. — We are suffering from protracted 

 drought. Late roots, where not complete fail- 

 ures, are very small. Late cabbage, many not 

 heading; turnips, many seen without bulbs. 

 In low situations, celery is better than expected; 

 where water was used plants look healthy. 

 Tomatoes were a good crop. — Chas. F. Adair, 

 Cataraqui. 



LENNOX AND ADDINGTON 



Napanee. — Potatoes are not rotting as bad as 

 was expected. Onions are a short crop and are 

 selling (good samples) at SI a bush. Tomatoes 

 are about done and have been rather a heavy 

 crop; cabbage, a short crop and poor sample. 

 Cauliflowers, fairly good, likewise, most other 

 vegetables.— E. M. Sherman. 



TORONTO DISTRICT 



Huniber Bay. — Weather continues dry. Cab- 

 bage and cauliflower are making poor growth; 

 unless rain comes soon many patches will be 

 destroyed. The celery crop is doing well, much 

 better than last year. Late potatoes are almost 

 a failure. Tomatoes have been a fair crop. The 

 onion crop has ripened early; it is of a good 

 quality but rather undersized. Squash, citrons, 

 marrows and melons are abundant crops. Prices 

 on Sept. 22 are as follows: carrots, 40c. bush.; 

 parsnips, SOc. a bush. ; onions, in large quantity, 

 Ic. a ft).; cabbage are still low, about $2 a 100; 

 mairows, 20c. to 40c. a doz.; squash, Hubbard, 

 75c. to $1 a doz.; lettuce, 15c. to 20c. a doz.; 

 radishes, 15c. a doz. ; rhubarb is in good demand, 

 20c. a doz.; cauliflower, 50c. to $1.50 a doz. — J. 

 W. Rush. 



Doncaster. — All crops are not doing well on 

 account of dry, hot weather. Cauliflowers 

 have been very ]xx3r, but doing better now. 

 Cabbage, parsnips and carrots are very good. 

 Tomatoes have done far better than was expected. 

 Onions are not good, only about half a crop. — C. 

 Gibbard. 



Bracondale. — Root crops are rather below 

 the average; onions also. Dry, hot weather and 

 lilight has almost ruined the celery. Cauliflow- 

 ers are poor and suffering greatly from want 

 of rain. Winter cabbages are fairly good, but 

 little planted. Very little late spinach has 

 shown itself. — A. W. Shuter. 



PEEL COUNTY 



Clarkson. — The potato crop is a good one. 

 Onions are good on the heavier land, though 

 small on the light soil. Root crops are looking 



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