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clierries were a total failure, a very moderate crop of other sorts. Win. 

 I{oy, of Owen Sound, reported tliat there was four degrees of Irost 

 there when the strawberries were in full bloom, hence there had been 

 only about a quarter of a crop; there will not be more than one-quarter 

 of the usual crop of plums; apples Mere materially injured, yet tUerc 

 will be an average crof>; pears are badly injured byihe frost, but the 

 gi-apes had not put forth, and so escaped, so that those who have gi'ape 

 vines Nvill enjoy a good crop, though they have not been very generally 

 planted; there were no cherries, but the raspberry crop was large and 

 fine, and the gooseberries are very fine. W. McKenzie Ross said that 

 at Chatham strawbenies were badly injured by the frost, and gra])es a 

 complete failure; there was plenty of fruit on the quince bushes, and 

 a large crop of the cemmonred cherry, but none of the sweet varieties; 

 •apples would he a small crop, \mt on tlie sliore of Lake Erie it would 

 be good, and likewise a good croj) of peaches, and a considerable crop 

 of pears. Jonas Neff, of Port Colborne, states that there had never 

 been a better display of blossoms on tlie pear trees, Jjut the frost had 

 destroyed them all; and the crop of apples would be small, though the 

 Baldwin trees were well laden with apples ; the plums have fallen off; 

 there are no peaches; strawberries and cherries are a failure, but currants 

 are almndant. 



It. Werden reported for St. Catharines that though the frost killed 

 the earliest strawberries, yet the crop was one of the largest; the rasp- 

 berries were also very abundant and good; currants, a large crop; plums 

 set their fruit abundantly, but the Curculio is causing them to drop off; 

 and there is a good crop of geeseberries; apples promise to be only a 

 medium crop. Mr. Laing said that at St. Thomas there was not more 

 than half a crop of strawberries; black currants were a total failure, 

 and of red and white sorts there would be only half a crop; the grapes 

 are all gone; cherries, very few; a good many plums; and a pretty fair 

 crop of apples, which promise to be an excellent sample. Geo. Leslie 

 remarked that about Toronto there had been a medium crop of straw- 

 berries; cherries were a failure; and black currants about half a crop 

 there was' a full crop of raspberries ; an entire failure of plums ; and 

 almost a failure in pears, the Flemish Beauty giving the best crop of 

 any variety ; grapes escaped the frost ; apples set their fruit well, but 

 the late severe drought, which has lasted for five weeks, is causing many 

 of the apples .to drop. A. M. .Smith said that at Drummondville all 



