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OPEN LETTERS. 



First Canadian Grapes. 



SiH,--! I>;iv.- this .lav slii|.|M.I t.. Toiont., 

 two baski-ts of ■ri-.ip.-s, :ui<l I think thry arc th.- 

 earlieHt in Ontsirio : simie of thi-n: wi-rn ripe im 

 th(! 21st, but not onoiigli to nliip. Thoy ari'thn 

 Wordt-n. and I liave tin? .feHHica, Niaj^ara, and 

 Concord, ffrowin^f under similar conditionw, lint 

 they are not nearly rii>e. Tliey were ^lown on 

 tile face of a hill looking snutli. Please ituli- 

 lish in the Hoitrici i/ruHisr, and let us hear 

 from other Ki'<»wers about their (^arly shipments. 



Jo.SKl'll lk)rn.NK, Niiiit<iri( F<tUx Snuth, 

 AiK/iiKt ^r,th, ISSS. 



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Apple Crop Prospects. 



SlU,-^I an. nU\\^r<\ to you for your ".I 

 nals " which appear very interestinj^. 

 objwt of the present is to acquaint you tl 

 have carefully examined the various repor 

 have received resijectinf? the " Apple Cr 

 prospects in the European C'entres and tc 

 form you as conci.sely as possible the n^sults 

 your ;,'uidance and thosi; of your friends: 



111 riiMiui will have almost no apjih-s for 

 port. /Si/i/iiim, though reporteil a shade be 

 will be in very short supply. Hiilhiin/ h; 

 very inferior crop, and as reganls Kinjhuul s 

 an utter failure is not known to liavi; ha|)pe 

 before. The result will be that we shall 

 nuire to draw our su|)plies from America : 

 Canada much earlier than usual and I 

 prepared to see a large and remunerative ! 

 son s business. .F. I?. Thomas, /y/ri//,f7. 



A Letter from IVIiddlesex Co. 



Th< Fruit Crop, SeedHny OooHcbcrricx, Tin 

 Devihirrii, Freak of a Rose. 



SiK. This has been a rather remarka!)le 

 season with us in this i)art of Middlesex f'o., 

 for we have had very few real heavy showers 

 of rain since the simw went away, but taking' 

 it on the whole, there will be a very good crop 

 of most things except fall api>les," of which 

 there will be very few shipped this year ; small 

 fruits also were a shorter criip than usual. 



I do not like the dewberry as well as the 

 blacklierry, for it is much harder to attend to 

 and cultivate. I have been testing some goose- 

 berries this year. The Industry mildewed the 

 most ; then Crown Bob a little, while White- 

 Hinitli was as free from it as the Mouten Seed- 

 ling. Son e .seedlings of it that I have grown 

 now for some time are doing real well. 1 had 

 two black currant seedlings fruit for the first 

 time this year, and although the season was 

 extremely dry, they were splemlid and jndmise 

 well. One of my ro.^es played a strange prank 

 in the way of fioweriiig. It was a White Per- 

 petual Moss, and always gave pun- white 

 flowers until this season, when it sent up a 

 fresh sprout from the root upon which grew 

 l>oth white and bright nme and light pink 



tlowers at the same time, and some Howers 

 were one half rose coloured .iiul the- other half 

 pine white. Have you ever lieard of such u 

 freak of nature? f have had some seedling 

 roses bloom this season for the first time, 

 among which was a White Scotch, perfectly 

 double an<l a very early l)Joomer. I have some 

 more that I expect will bloom next summer. 

 I planted some of liliss's Hybri.li^ed Potato 

 seed this spring, and now some of the young 

 plants are lu l)loom ami have large jiotatoes 

 unilerthem already. .1. M. W., Maple (Jrove, 

 AiifiUHt l'>lh, ISSS. 



[Pei-liaps the Moss Rose liad been 

 budded on otlier stock, from which the 

 fresh shoot sprung. — Ed.] 



U. S. Apple Crop Prospect for the 

 Fall and Winter of 1888. 



Al'I'I.KS in tlie .Middle and the Kastern States 

 will average only a light cro]), especially 

 ( Jreeiiings, not over •>."» per cent., excei)ting in 

 hike counties of New York State, where 

 /i(f/(/»v'/(ji iiroinise a very fine yield; but these 

 generally go to New York city for exporting. 

 Pa. and Conn, don't |)roiniiie enough for home 



In Ohio and Mich, and westward the crop 

 is scattering ; good in sjMits, but in many jilaces 

 very light,ruiining one third (^) to two thirds 

 (.^) a full cro)) in some sections — probably 

 averaging half (l) a crop in the western apj)le 

 .States and of uncertain (juality. Michigan 

 promises very few (ireeiiings. Pears and 

 |)lunis are a lighter croj) than usual in the 

 Atlantic States. 



Our fruit riutrkel outlook is therefore favour- 

 iihle.-y. \yvoAHT & (iitiKKiTHS, Phila., Aug. 



■ t/Kt, /.V,V,S'. 



The European Apple Crop. 



Dk.XKSik, I am in ilue receipt of your 

 favour of the 4th inst. I have jxisted you my 

 circular re|>ort. 



There will l)e nothing to rejmrt to l>e of any 

 practical use to the Canadian fruit growers 

 this month; our sea.son is always later than the 

 other shipping ports in this country : — 



(1) Because we are in the midst of the best 

 ajiple growing districts. 



(2) Our wants are well looked after by our 

 continental neighbours, who are jMiuring in their 

 l>roduct as it ripens, but which this season 

 will not last so long as in the past, owing to the 

 shortness of the crop, as well as the failure of 

 it in some ])arts ; hence we may look for a 

 commencement of the ('olonial fruit season 

 about the middle of Septi'iuix-r, and only good 

 eating or large cooking aoples, but no common 



uit, will do for early sliipinents ; good King 

 apples and Northern Spy will do in October 

 and later. 



