THK CANADIAN HORTICULTUKIST. 



I subjoin the following table. All the 

 data given refer only to the seasons 

 from the 1st May to 31st October for 

 the last five years, viz., from 1880 to 

 1884, inclusive : — 



From the foregoing it may be seen 

 that the summer of 1881, judging from 

 the temperature thi'oughout, sliould 



have been the most favorable fruit sea- 

 son of the )ieriod referred to, and that 

 1883 should have been the least favor- 

 able. It will also be noticed that the 

 summer of 1884 was in every important 

 feature a little above the average, 

 excepting the last spring frost, which 

 was very severe, and about two weeks 

 later than usual. This frost was pretty 

 genera], and was undoubtedly the prin- 

 cipal cause of the partial failure of the 

 fruit crop in so many localities. 



The summer seasons of 1881 and 

 1883 were dissimilar in almost every 

 respect. The highest temperature re- 

 corded during the whole period was on 

 the 30th August, 1881. The summer 

 having the highest mean tempei-ature 

 was 18x1. The lowest temperature 

 recorded for the summer of 1881 was 

 above that of either of the others. The 

 warmest day of the whole period, Sep- 

 tember 6th, and the warmest month, 

 July, were both in 1881, while the 

 temperatures of all the corresponding 

 data and events for the year 1883 wei-e 

 lower than for either of the other sum- 

 mers. 



It is also on record that the average 

 summer rain-fall for the five seasons 

 referi'ed to was 17.34 inches. In 1881 

 only 1 6.44 inches fell, or .90 inches less 

 than the average. In 1883 there fell 

 22.35 inches, or an excess of 5.01 inches. 

 The average number of days on which 

 rain fell for each season was 69.6. In 

 1881 rain fell on 70 days, and in 1883 

 on 85 days. Neither the extra num- 

 ber of days on which rain falls, nor the 

 extra quantity deposited during the 

 season, seems of itself to have much 

 influence in providing a fruitful season. 

 In the summer of 1882 rain fell on 

 only 57 days, and the total deposit was 

 only 14.81 inches, or 2.53 inches less 

 than the average, and yet, although 

 noted for having fewer rainy days and 

 a considerably less z'ain-fall than either 

 of the other seasons, it was a f\iirly 



