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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



other kinds promised well in June, but the 

 young fruit has since blighted and dropped 

 to such an extent that although in some 

 favored localities fall and summer apples 

 will be good, yet I think forty per cent, of a 

 full crop is not too low an estimate, taking 

 the whole of this section into consideration. 



Pears. — Mostly Flemish Beauty are here 

 grown, and where not affected with leaf blight, 

 will be an average crop. This disease has 

 been noticeably prevalent this season. 



Plums. — The yield will be comparatively 

 nothing, but this deficiency will be largely 

 made up in grapes. Every vine old enough 

 to bear, irrespective of variety, is heavily 

 loaded, and if fall frosts are delayed the har- 

 vest will be very abundant. 



VICTORIA. 



Mr. H. Glendinning, [of Manilla, writes: 

 The fruit crop in this section of the country 

 is very light, especially apples, which had a 

 fine appearance in the early part of the sea- 

 son. After the apples had nicely formed, the 

 trees were attacked with a blight, the leaves 

 being full of brown spots, which caused the 

 fruit to fall off. The only varieties that are 

 bearing a full crop this year are the Duchess 

 of Oldenburg, Tetofski. Primate and Kes- 

 wick Codlin, of good quality, the Famuse 

 has about one-third crop of very inferior 

 quality, being badly spotted and ill-shaped, 

 the Maiden's Blush, Alexander and Wealthy 

 a light crop of fair quality if they had not been 

 affected with the Codlin Moth. The only 

 winter varieties that are bearing are the 

 Northern Spy fairly good, Ben Davis 

 medium, Pewaukee a light crop of inferior 

 fruit and Wagner a few scrubs unworthy 

 the name of fruit. The trees as a rule have 

 not a thrifty appearance since they were 

 attacked with the blight. 



The only pear that has succeeded in this 

 section, where the trees are old enough to 

 permit of an opinion being formed as to its 

 hardiness, is the Flemish Beauty, which is 

 doing very well with an average crop of good 

 quality. 



Plums are a light crop, the varieties giving 

 the best results this year are McLaughlin, 

 Lombard.Pond's Seedling and Moores Arctic. 

 Grapes are looking well and if the weather 

 is favorable in the fall for ripening, there 

 will be a good crop of fine grapes. Amongst 

 those that are doing best, I may mention 

 Word en, Champion, Concord, Brighton, 

 Lindley, Niagara, Salem, Agawam, Prentiss, 

 Massasoit and Vergennes. 



NORFOLK. 



Mr. I. K. McMiCHAEL, of Waterford, 

 writes : 



Apples. — Duchess of Oldenburg, heavy 

 crop otfine fruit and free from spot. North- 



ern Spy less than half a crop and badly dam- 

 aged with spots. R. Greening and Baldwin 

 very few and poor sample. 



Pears.— About an average crop ; in some 

 localities badly damaged with fungus, and 

 in others quite free from it. The fire blight 

 has made serious havoc with many of the 

 pear trees in this district this season. 



Plums are an abundant crop, especially 

 the Lombards. 



Grapes a fine crop, but not extensively 

 grown. 



FRONTENAC. 



Mr. D. Nicol, of Cataraqui, writes : 

 Apples in Frontenac County— Red Astra- 

 chan, 75 per cent, of full crop ; Duchess, 75 

 per cent, of full crop ; Maiden's Blush, 75 

 per cent, of full crop ; Brockville Beauty, 75 

 percent, of full crop; Alexander, 50 per 

 cent, of full crop; Twenty Ounce, 50 per 

 cent, of full crop ; Fameuse, or Snow, full 

 crop ; Golden Russet, 75 per cent, of full 

 crop; La Rue, 50 per cent, of full crop; 

 Red Canada, 50 per cent, of full crop ; Seek- 

 No-Further, 50 per cent, of full crop ; 

 Pomme Grise, 50 per cent, of full crop. 



PRESCOTT. 



Mr. Geo. S. Wason, of Hawkesbury 

 writes : 



The Apple crop here is very abundant and 

 in excellent condition, notwithstanding the 

 damage done to the trees by a few short 

 sharp severe wind storms in the month of 

 July. The leading varieties which are a suc- 

 cess with us are the Duchess, Wealthy, St. 

 Lawrence and Fameuse, and I might add the 

 Yellow Transparent, as I think it has come 

 to stay. 



Pear growing is not attempted here, and 

 plums do not seem to succeed. 



Grapes. — An inferior crop. 



WENTWORTH. 



Mr. M. Pettit, of Winona, writes : 

 The varieties of Apples bearing fruit this 

 season are Red Astrachan, Duchess, Golden 

 Russet, Spy. On these there is about one- 

 half a crop, but, as a whole, there is not one- 

 eighth of a crop. Of pears there is a good 

 crop of Bartlett and Louise. Oi plums about 

 half a crop except on Gen. Hand, Lombard, 

 Yellow Egg, Washington, Smith's Orleans, 

 which have a good crop. 



Grapes. — The Red Rogers and Niagaras 

 never promised better. All other varieties 

 good. Concords in old vineyards below an 

 average crop. * 



Grapes on the whole more than a full crop. 

 Condition good. The Delaware and other 

 thin-leaved varieties have suffered less from 

 the thrip this summer than for many years. 



