204 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Perth Cocntv — Sir — Strawljcrries will be u heavy crop ; currants, eooseberries and 

 raspberries promise well : apples setting fairly well ; pears moderate ; plums very li^'ht. 

 Tbe latter are so badly stuni; witii tlie curculio that the crop promises little or nothing. — 

 T. H. Race, Mitchell, June 'Jlst, l.st»L>. 



Sir, — The exceptionally heavy rain falls of late have 8a<lly marred the fruit prospects. 

 Summer and fall sorts, however, promise well, especially the Duchess of Oldenburg. In 

 winter varieties, the American and the (Jolden Russett, Swuzie, (Crimes an<l Kibston, also 

 will be a fair crop. I'ears, cherries and plums will be a medium crop. Currants and goose- 

 berries will be light. The English sorts of the Utter are mildewing badly for the first time 

 with me. — J. D. .Stkwakt, Russelldale, June 18th, 1892. 



I'icTON County — Sir — The prospects, as far as I have been able to ascertain, are very 

 slim. Small fruits are likely to be an immense crop ; cherries, scarcely any ; plums, a 

 failuie ; pears, good in some sections. There was an immense bloom, but the unfavorable 

 weather and freijuent showers have ruined the prospect. Some varieties of apples which 

 happened to bloom in a favorable time have set well, but there is any aniount of the ap})le 

 scab upon them. We aie spraying and doing the best possible, but we fear the frequent 

 rains are very much against us. — P. C. Demi'SEY, Trenton, June "Jlst, 1892. 



Pkterkoro' Cointv — Sir — In this neighborhood there was an extraordinary show of 

 blossDms, especiall}' upon the apple trees The fruit set, however, is small in comparison. 

 I look for a fair crop of apples. There will probably be more need of spraying this year 

 than there was la?t year. Plums and cherries will be scarce. The young trees and vines 

 are duing wonderfully well. Insects and fungus growths promise to be troublesome. — 

 K. IJ. Edwards, Peterboro', June 21st, 1892. 



Cornwall County — Sir — You ask me for the prospects for fruit. They were never 

 better. The season, as a rule, is about a week later than last year, but we ha\e escaped 

 the late frosts. True, we are having very showery, humid weather, but the growth is 

 wonderful and the prospects good. Spraying of fruit trees, thanks to the Horticiltirist 

 and the bulletins of the Government Experimental Farm, has been, and is, more univer- 

 S'illy resorted to ; and as I tirnily believe humidity of the atmosphere is the cause of the 

 apple scab and other fungoid diseases, there is greater need of it than ever. I, myself, am 

 setting a good example by spraying liberally, and \\ ill report the results at the close of the 

 year. — W. S. Turner, Cornwall, Ont. 



Ottawa — The fruit prospects are very cheering. Apples promise a good crop. Plums 

 and cherries have set ■well, and shouhl yield above the average The raspberries were con- 

 siderably injured in most sections ; the crop will jjiobably fall below the average, and will 

 be somewhat later than usual. Strawberries are fruiting heavily. With a continuance of 

 the present warmth and excessive moisture, we may look for the scab. — John Crau;, Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, June. 



Si MODE County— Sir — The prospects for fruit here are the best we have had for a 

 number of years, excepting plums, which are light. — G. C. Ca.ston, Craighurst, June. 



EssE.K — Sir — I have just returned from a trip around Windsor, with our president, 

 galiiering fruit for the Chicago Exposition, and may say that strawberries are abundant, 

 and the sample good. Cherrie.-i are not so plentiful, not being more than one half a crop. 

 Cu' rants and gooseberries two-thirds of la- crop. The plum trees in some places are heavily 

 laden, and in other places not so fortunate On the whole 1 should t'xpect 70 ])er cent, of 

 a full crop. The ])eiich blos.soms were caught with the early frosts, and heiue they will be 

 iis scarce in this locality as hens" teeth. Pears are setting well, and there will probably be 

 %eventy-tive ])er cent, (if a ciop. Some varieties will be spotted with fungus. The apple 

 trees promised much at blosHoming time, bnt, alas, to-day the crop ])romises very little, 

 not a quarter of a croj), probabU , owing to the many rains during the blos.soming time, 

 and since. 



F<)REi<;v Pkosi'Ects- .Mr. J. N. Johnston, F'ruit .Merchant, 21 Victoria Street, Liver- 

 jiool, who is agent for the (Canadian Hormcui.turi.st there, writes that the juosjH'ct for 

 fruit in England and the continent is giKxl. He says, "A friend who has visited (ihent, 

 Antwerp, Krussels, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and up the Elbs, driving for 

 many hours through the |iriiicipal fruit garden districts. rej)orts to me thai the aj>ple croj) 

 i.i everywhere large. Pears are short there antl in France." 



