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CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



CIRCULAR REPORT. 



In accordance with my usual custom, I have 

 the pleasure of submitting to you my reports 

 regarding the prospects of the ' ' Apple Crop " 

 in the most important European Centres from 

 which London often draws very large sup- 

 plies — 



France. — The northern sections repent indif- 

 ferent crops, except for "Cider I'rtiit. " South- 

 ern sections, above an average, c^iitciallN- for 

 hose kinds generally forwarded to England. 



Germany. ^^ly correspondents from the best 

 known districts appear almost unanimous 

 in reporting that there will be almost no apples 

 for export. 



Belgium. — The reports are more varied ; 

 some districts show a fair average crop, but 

 taking the average yield of past seasons with 

 the probable estimate for this, a limited supply 

 of the best kinds suitable for the English mar- 

 kets can only be reckoned upon. 



Holland. — Will have a fair average crop, but 

 chiefly of inferior kinds, the better class fruit 

 being a comparative failure. 



England. — In the jjrincipal apple districts a 

 very early blight pet in which practically des- 

 troyed our prospects; the home sui)i)lies are 

 therefore reported to be the shortest on record. 



The conclusion to be drawn from the above 

 is, that a much earlier demand must set in, and 

 that London will require a share of the early 

 foreign shipments of prime frviit, although 

 perhaps not to the extent of Liverpool and 

 Glasgow during the first month, but later Lon- 

 d(m will require supplies far exceeding the 



average of previous years. — J. B. Thoma.s, 

 Oove.nt Garden Market, Lotvkm. 17th Avxiust, 

 1888. 



Fruit in Ontario. 



Tlie dry season has not been withi)ut its 

 effect upon orchard and garden. Although 

 summer apples are rather small in size, fall 

 and winter sorts will likely be well up to the 

 average in size as well as quality- The borer 

 and codlin moth have appeared in a few places, 

 and occasional complaint is made of wormy 

 apples, but the crop generally will be a good 

 one. The pear blight is reported in portions 

 of Kent, but the general yield will be an 

 ordinary one. Stone fruits are all light in 

 yield. Only a few correspondents in Lincoln 

 speak hopefully of the peach ; the majority 

 report the crop as a failure. Plums and cherries 

 are being steadily destroyed by the black 

 knot, and where the plum has escajjed that 

 enemy it has been weakened by the curculio. 

 In some of the Lake Erie counties, however 

 the cherry is reported as having yielded a big 

 crop of large fruit. In the grape growing 

 counties a magnificent yield is anticipated, but 

 in Oxford and Brant the rose bug attacked the 

 vines as tlie grapes were budding and wrought 

 much injury. Other small garden fruits have 

 been about an average, except strawberries, 

 which were hurt by the drouth of last summer 

 and fall. In the County of Grey, where the 

 huckleberry is regarded as a standard fruit, 

 the crop is \\g\\t.— Bulletin for Aug., Bureau of 

 Industries. 



REVIEW. 



Transactions of the American Horticultural 

 Society, Vol. v., 1888, W. H. Ragan, Green- 

 castle, Indiana, Secretary. 350 pages, bound in 

 cloth. 



This volume embraces a report of the 8th 

 Annual Meeting held at San Jose, Cal., Jan. 

 24, 25, and 26, and at Riverside, Cal., Feb. 7, 

 8, and 9, 1888, together with ;i full list of 

 papers read, with acciiiii|iaii\ii],i;- discussions, 

 also a sketch of the oveiLunl tiii> by John 

 Clark Ridpath, L.L.D. It is free to members, 

 the fee being $2.00 per annum. 



Eighth Annual Report of the New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Station for the year 

 1887. Geo. H. Cook, Neio Brunswick, N. J., 

 Director. A report of the results of analysis 

 of various commercial fertilizers, and the 

 Sorghum Sugar industry. 



Proceedings at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting 

 of the American Association of Nurserymen, 

 held at Detroit, 1888. C. A. Green, Rochester, 

 N.Y. 



This volume is got up in an attractive style, 

 and contains many papers of great interest to 

 mirserj men. We would advise all our Canadian 

 nurserymen to unite with this Association and 

 attend its meetings. The objects are relaxa- 

 tion, acquaintanceship, exhibition of fruits, 

 plants, etc., and exchange and sale of stock, 

 and the member's fee is $2.00 per annum. 



Prize List Central Canada Exhibition Associa- 

 tion, Ottawa, Sept. 24 to 29, 1888. R. C. W. 

 MacCuaig, 39. 



American Pomological Society. The next 

 meeting will take place atSanford, Orange Co., 

 Florida, beginning Feb. 6, 1889. We hope 

 some Canadian representatives may be in 

 attendance. 



Thirteenth Annual Report of the Montreal 

 Horticultural Society. 1887-88. 123 pp. Secre- 

 tary, W. W. Dunlop. P. O. box 1145. Mon- 

 treal. 



T. C. Robivson^s Catalogue and Price List, 

 1888. Owen Sound, Ont. 



