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cherries were almost a failure ; plums, same ; pears not a quarter crop ; strawberries were 

 about half a crop : red and black raspberries, about half a crop. No peaches grown in this 

 locality. The cold, wet spring destroyed fruit prospects. — H. Boulter. 



Lincoln County, — Sir, — From present appearances, fruit in this section will be about 

 as follows : — Apples, about 10 per cent. ; pears, 10 per cent. ; peaches, 80 per cent. ; plums, 

 50 per cent. ; grapes, 100 per cent. ; blackberries, 80 per cent. — A. M. Smith, St. Catha- 

 rines, Ont. 



Simcoe County. — Sir, — In answer to your enquiry as to fruit prospects in this section, 

 1 may say that, so far as I have been able to ascertain, the situation is about as follows : — 

 Small fruits plentiful and correspondingly cheap ; about four-fifths of the plum trees in this 

 district winter-killed, any that are left are bearing well ; pears, fair crop, but some varie- 

 ties, such as Flemish Beauty, badly scabbed ; early apples will not be so plentiful as last 

 year, but will be a fair crop ; winter apples almost a failure ; taking 100 as representing a 

 fair average crop, I would not place it this year at more than 25 or 30 per cent, for this 

 district. — E. C. Castor. 



Perth County. — Sir, — Apples are not going to turn out one-quarter of a crop in this 

 county ; pears are no better ; plums are a pretty fair crop, 80 per cent, at least ; grapes are 

 good, but not extensively grown ; blackberries not grown ; cherries very plentiful. — T. H. 

 Race. 



Welland County. — Sir, — The fruit prospects are : — Apples, 25 per cent. ; pears, 50 

 per cent. ; Bartletts, 90 per cent. ; peaches, 150 per cent. ; plums, 100 per cent. ; grapes, 

 125 per cent. ; blackberries, 125 per cent. Compared with a good average crop, peaches 

 and apples are hard to percentage, as we often have very short crops of them. — E. Morden. 



Huron County. — Sir, — Since last report, a change has taken place. Apples indicate 

 little over 25 per cent. ; pears, 45 per cent. ; plums, 35 per cent. ; grapes, nearly a full crop 

 along lake front : raspberries and blackberries, good crop ; cherries had rot badly, reducing 

 the crop one-half ; plums fell badly after forming ; apple scab, bad ; blight in pears more 

 prevalent than last year. Insects worse than usual, even lice in young wood of plum and 

 cherry. — Alex. McD. Allan. 



Huron County. — Sir, — In my last communication I stated that the prospects for fruit 

 was : apples, scarce ; cherries and plums full of blossom. Since that I find the cherries 

 and plums failed to set in a great measure so that they are a light crop. Pears, I forgot to 

 mention, a very few varieties have a medium crop, others nil, blight appearing again. The 

 Baldwin Rib-Pippin and R. I. Greening was generally full of bloom, but the fruit is very 

 scarce, other varieties almost failed to bloom. I don't think there will be enough apples 

 for home consumption. — Walter Hick, Goderich, Ont. 



York County. — Sir, — As far as I could ascertain on short notice apples bid fair for a 

 good average crop. Crabs wilted. Plums, cherries, gooseberries, black caps and red rasps 

 are yielding handsomely. Grapes, I think, suffered from the hard winter and are full of 

 dead wood, those kept below the snow line appear to be more hopeful. All of these are in 

 my own garden and show well, except red and black currants, which will prove a failure. 

 My neighbors state pretty much the same condition of fruit prospects. — Wm. Harrison, 

 Richmond Hill. 



Peel County. — Sir, — Answering your card of a few daj's ago, I may say the apple crop 

 in this section is away below the average, being a great deal less than last season's. Plums 

 and pears, fair crop, but not nearly as large a crop as last year's. Small fruits apparently 

 very good. — Jas. Stewart, Brampton, Ont. 



Card well County. — Sir, — In answer to jour post card of the 24th inst., I may inform 

 you that the fruit crop in this section will be far below the average — apples and pears a 

 very poor showing. Many plum trees were killed during the winter, and those that are 

 left are not doing well. Currants, gooseberries and strawberries are a very fair crop, 

 especially strawberries. Cherries are but little grown of late years, owing to ravages of 

 black knot — S. C. Wai.iord, Bolton, Ont. 



Peel County. — Sir, — Apples are a very light crop all through this section, although 

 they will be better quality than last year. I think the scarcity is due to the late spring 

 and the heavy crop last year. Pear crop will be very light this year, although there are a 

 few on nearly every tree. Plums will be a very large crop ; trees are at present nearly 

 breaking down, and very few seem to be falling off. Grapes will be a medium crop ; they 

 were very late in budding out this spring. — A. A. Gage, Mount Charles, Ont. 



