278 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



THE FRUIT CROI'. 



Lambton, Kent and Essex Countie.^. — Sir, — Further iaquiiies substantiate the 

 fact that few apples will be harvested iu this district ; not a (juarter of a crop, especially 

 in Essex there will not be enough for home consumption. Pears will be half a crop, but 

 the sample is not up to the standard. There are scarcely any peaches in this part of the 

 country, except in this township near Lake Erie, where there may be a (juarter of a croj). 

 Plums are fair, and the grape crop an exception ; it promises to be very heavy.— N. J. 

 Clikton, Windsor, Ont. 



Pkterbokouch.— Sj>,— The apple crop in this county will be short, so far as I can 

 learn, and will be of the early varieties. Some orchards are full, others lacking. The 

 fruit promises to be of good quality and tine looking. Pears are good and the tiees are 

 well laden, but there are not many grown in this county, not more than enough for home 

 consumption. Several members of our Association, to whom I have spoken, say that the 

 crop of apples will be below that of last year.— E. B. Edwards, Peterborough. 



Renfrew. — 5ir,— Grapes, apples and plums will be an abundant crop in this section. 

 — A. A. Wright, Renfrew, Out. 



THE EUROPEAN FRUIT PROSPECTS. 



Sir,— As we are approaching the season for shipments of a})ples from your continent, on 

 which supplies this country largely depends, we have pleasure iu advising you that the 

 prospects for the sale of apples iiere is good. Our home crop is light, as also the conti- 

 nental one. This latter will be barely sufficient for home retjuirements, so that exports 

 from there to us will be small, leaving our markets open for shipments from across the 

 Atlantic. We strongly recommend shipping only the best stock. — L. H. Williams & Co., 

 Liverpool, England. 



5«V,— Although shipments from your side must be influenced iu some degree by the 

 success or failure here, in reality, the extent of shipments mainly rests on the success, or 

 failure, of your own crop. Our requirements are so large that, however good our crop, we 

 must still look for large additional supplies. The continental crops, especially those of 

 France and Holland, are to be considered, but when you have an abundant crop, the prices 

 will not induce continental growers to ship to us, as they can do better at home. A few 

 years ago shipments from Denmark were only made possible by the failure of the American 

 crop, and attempts to establish a trade between the two countries has proved impracticable 

 as against average American supplies. 



The following is an outiue of the prospects for apples on this side : 



United Kingdom.— The south-eastern apple districts, which usually supply the Lon- 

 don market, have sufifered largely from early droughts and subsequent frosts, and the 

 apple trees are in consequence quite bare of fruit. In the soutliern and north-eastern parts 

 of the country, there is an abundance of both early and late sorts, and the crop in these dis- 

 tricts, may, to a certain extent, neutralize the shortness of the supplies in the south-eastern 

 districts. 



Holland and Bkli;ium. — A better crop than last year and tlie fruit of good quality, 

 but that in Holland will be largely unsuitable for our market. 



France. — Half a crop, and in some districts partially a failure. 



Oermany and Dknmark. -Half a crop, mostly early sorts, and shipments can only be 

 induced to our markets by tiie prevalence of high prices. The indications are, therefore, 

 that our apple crop will be, on the whole, heavier than la.st year, and supplies from your 

 side'should not reach us until the month of October, when our markets should be open for 

 large samples. For Liverpool and (Jlasgow, earlier 8up|>lie8 sliouhl moot a ready n:arkot. 

 — .f. H. Thomas, Covent Oardens, London, England. 



