CANA DIAN HOliTlCULTUIilST. 



1G5 



has not checked the fertilization process too 

 Hoon. 



All the small fniits, tfoosehernes, currants, 

 and the different varieties of raspberries five 

 i)r(>niise of an unusually lar^e crop. Straw- 

 berries, however, are not looking well, and th«' 

 crop in this vicinity will be short, (irape vines 

 are in excellent condition and never looked 

 better. 



The tent-caterpillar is unusually plentiful. 

 Tho.s. Be.\ll. 



LlN'DsAY, June 11th, ISKS. 



SIMCOE COUNTY. 



Sir, — With respect to fruit prospects in this 

 section it never was better. Strawberries are 

 thinned considerably by last year's drouth and 

 winter killing, but are looking well now and 

 showing abundance of bloom. Plums have set 

 well and apples never gave greater promise of 

 a large crop than they do now. Graues are 

 very nackward on account of cool weather but 

 are showing considerable bloom, and if we 

 get warm weather the remainder of this month 

 they will no doubt pull up and produce a good 

 crop yet. 



CllAIGHlUST. G. CaSTON. 



KINGSTON. 



Siu,— The spring has been so cold that all 

 vegetation is unusually late, and fruit trees are 

 only now in blossom. It has also been un- 

 usually dry, there not having been sufficient 

 rain to wet the ground since the snow went 

 off. 



Small fruits. ••Ciirr&nta, gooseberries, and rasp- 

 berries have come through the winter without 

 material injury. The caterpillar has vigorously 

 attacked the gooseberry as usual, and the crop 

 will depend on a vigorous use of remedies. 

 Kasjjberries promise well, but they are 

 already suffering from want of rain. Straw- 

 berries have wintered well, and the blossoms 

 are not injured by spring frosts, but unless 

 abundant rain -jomes soon, the crop will be a 

 failure. 



Cherries. -^The Red Morello is almost the 

 only sort grown. Blossoms abundant. 



Plums. — These look well. Blossoms abund- 

 ant. 



Pears. — Not largely gnnvii. Look well ; 

 full of blossoms. 



^/Vj/e.'*.— These have passed the winter wt-U, 

 and with very little injury. The profusion of 

 blossoms is unprecedented. This is proVjalily 

 caused by last year's drouth, which checked 

 the growth to the extent required for an abund- 

 ant formation of fruit buds. Spring frosts 

 have not injmed the blossoms, so that i)resent 

 prospects are favourable for a large crop. 



All kinds of fruit ns well as spring grain, 

 vegetables antl hay are suffering from the def^ 

 ciencj' of rain. 



Gkokuk Bkll. 



Queen's Universitii. 



PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY. 



SrR,— This has been one of the coolest seasons 

 and the most backward I ever remember 

 After all it has l)een favorable for the setting 

 of fruit, which bloomed about H days later than 

 usual. Apples gave an abundant blo.ssuni and 

 have set well. The prowpects for an abundant 

 cro|) was never better at this season of the year. 

 Pears are somewhat in advance of the apple, 

 and have set an immense amount of fruit with- 

 out an a|)|)earance of mildew as yet. We can 

 u^uallysee it without the aid of a glass, but I fail 

 to find any yet. Plums and cherries have set an 

 immense crop. Insects will have to l)e fought. 

 They have already made their appearance ; the 

 codling moth and the curculio more particul- 

 arly. Grajx-s and all small fruit have wintered 

 well and i)ronnse an immense crop. Straw- 

 berries are not being jilanted so extensively 

 this spring as formerly. The vegetable crop 

 must be light unless we can discover some 

 means of destroying the cut worm ; the crops 

 are nearly all being cut off by them. 



P. C. Dejii'sey. 



Alhlkv, !>th June, ISSS. 



TORONTO, (York Co.) 

 Silt, — In reply to j-our iiuiuiry regarding 

 the fruit crops, t must say, that being confined 

 to the office as much as I am, I could not give 

 an exact report from my wliole district ; at 

 the same time I have driven into the country 

 in different directions the past week or ten 

 days, considerably, and have also niad<' all pos- 

 sible inquiries, and the universal re|H)rt is, that 

 the fruit crop promises well. Nearly everj- 

 kind of fruit is making a good average showing, 

 and the season being so late, I feel tliat the 

 danger from late frosts is almost past, and we 

 niay look forward to a good fair crop not only 

 in small fruits, but in a]ipli's. pears and plums. 

 Yours truly, 

 ToKOXTO. W. E. Wkllixgton. 



OXFORD COUNTY. 



Sir, — In reply to your retpiest for a reiK>rt of 

 the prospect of the fruit crop, I send you the 

 following. Apples have made a great show of 

 bloom, but are not far enough advanced yet to 

 ]>redict definitely what the crop may be. Pears 

 an<l plums iiromise fairly well in the matter of 

 l)loom. Small fruits of all kinds have made an 

 unusually abundant show of bloom. Straw- 

 berries promise very well ; gooseberries the 

 same. Currants of all kiiuls are dropping badly 

 and there will be but few berries on a string. 

 Rasplierries came through the winter in good 

 shape and the prosjiect for a crop is conse- 

 (piently good. Blackberries in this sectii>n, 

 with the exception of the Snyder, are badly 

 winter killed. (irajH-s show a great amount of 

 bloom, but are verj' late. Cherries will be verj' 

 scarce as the black knot has destroyed nearly 

 all the trees. 



I*". MrrcHKM,. 



ISXERKIP, JuneUth, WcVcV. 



