Aveust 16, 1919.] 
REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF 
THE FRUIT CROPS. 
(See Tables and Summaries, ante pp. 64-70.) 
ai 
weai when the trees were in flower. 
Cu were a failure, the bushes 
having been attacked badly by the mite. Every 
has been grubbed up and 
J McKinnon, Haddo House 
BERWICKSHIRE.—Cherries set very freely, but 
owing to continued drought the fruits dropped 
e stage. nts and Black 
Currants were also harmed by the drought. 
Goosebe re t a lure owin 
American Gooseberry mildew. e have burned 
many bushes of varieties most susceptible to the 
disease, which spreads v quickly. ^ Peter 
Smith, Duns Castle Gardens, Duns. 
er and Plum bloss 
plentiful. We had 3 deg. of frost on the Мем 
April 27, and snow fell nearly all that 
ау. Ther e5 ees of t on the 28th 
adly 
the he кукы also suffered from 
е Clayton, Milne Graden 
Gardens, 
AST Lorman. —Blossom on fruit 
8 and the temperature during ue жей иса 
flowering рер, jen No bees were "usi ges 
but last year's experien th 
Forrars The fruit pro- 
піве, although suffering a per dni yd DE 
of berries in 
ошону 
Son Ra 
rops have, on the whole, done 
ly well |! considering the late season 
spring of 191 ost fruits are swelling 
нон thatanding the long period of | 
Weather, practically no € having Ups 
the ; middle of May. The ue gens 
тот re and it is a pity that d Board 
sc dus oaa take the matter in hand 
ng, to prevalent 
young, g shoots. rune 
d find that the disease does not Mila 
very readily MA a ML DIM of lime 
roots in to do a lot of 
од, J. LP Peffers, gm House ordin; 
deme E —We had a very late 
y late spring, 
and ihe fruit buds were late in ex ma 
was à very mising show of e 
Ty weather for two months and m 
for the fruits g eddy. The 
on here in му ies June was 
.91 in. respectively. very se 
gale with a very temperature 
district June 29 and 30, 
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CHRONICLE. 
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damaging both fruit and bushes to a large extent, 
W. T'homson, Urie House Gardens, Stonehaven. 
LINLITHGOWSHIRE.— e whole the fruit 
crops in the district are extreme У disap- 
eevee g. Gooseberries promised well, but the 
ied is m n" Red and Black rrants were 
undant John Highgate, Hopetown 
pti Йа: Queensferry. 
men ммр IAN.— Íruit trees, and particularly 
App develo d" a large quantity of blossom, 
pe TW fruit crops are bind E NT 
b 
is attributable to a severe snowsto 
in the middle of Apri. James Whytock, Dal- 
keith Gardens, Dalkeith. 
-PEEBLES.—The fruit Жш with the се 
of Cherries and Goo: rries, are gco The 
latter gave good лер "i the flowering lod, 
but beg severe snowstor. rm experi on Apr ril 
most « of the young froi ts to the ground. 
cet gen carried large crops, but the e 
in cons e of the prolonged 
drought. Plums on walls are carrying the 
heaviest crops in my experience, much thinnin 
being n me tree of Denniston’s 
Superb р have i "2,400 Li all of these 
being —GÓ Kirke's Seed- 
ling, Transparent Gage, an bá Y Merge mdp are “у 
heavily cropped. А feature of the n has 
been tho almost entire absence frg в 
This perbaps one good result of the storm 
ему | referved to. John Finnie, Stobo Castle 
Garden 
pcan a Peu of all kinds present 
splendid appearance in the early summer, pat 
owing to the long spell of dry weather—no rain 
sinco May to pr а rd (july 15)—th 
are nob good. 2 m 
fruit badly, and Ras 
thousands of acr 
crop 
appearance of being a record crop. 
have been con Mes ep | by American ‘mildew 
this season, 
where iron Эбла gag sid ei Dv are situa 
not appear to be affected кеч (o 
Злом. Chas. Crighton, Jordanstone Gardens, 
—— Trees of Apple, Plum and Peach set full 
crops, but Sweet Chezries, which blossomed quite 
as well, failed to set a crop. Morello Cherries, 
however, set abundantly, = the robe are 
y. , Rasp! 
Currants gave fair crops of ee pea Straw- 
berries flowered po but the berries failed 
to pie = istactorily through the drought, 
an = ур esorted e 
sequence of spraying 
soil is Б чт "heavy, cool loam, resting 
Malcolm mine ика iuc jud Palace Gardena 
— Ae ne gr ce ceci weather 
n Perthshire m ope season. Cold, win 
aer r up to Me 
онш summer weathe 
wintry weather 
хант у Sd 
‘ops 
sized fruits, but on ide di iie о open 
ruits are very poor; Cherries and Apricots 
are under the average yield. Gooseberries, Black 
Currants, Red Currants and Strawbe 
on Gooseberry 
Mildew. yt ry H. Cook, Drummond Castle 
Gardens, Crif. 
Mae season dno bash a remark- 
Fran one be do growing. The severe cold 
bres d experienced i in the early part of the year 
used the bloom later than usual. 
, accompanied by a 
wind; uence was the flowers did 
not set well, and Apples and Pears are ligh 
crops. d Che trees on walls, whic 
were p b ts, are good average 
crops. Rasp 
= — 
= 
e good, 
pei neg a "licht. nem d, 
sud quality. 
and soon s S di continued drought. Insect 
pests have Jon very prevalent, and when sd 
vigorously ted cause great damage to th 
= Haig, Barcaldine берд 
Bvrzemmz.—Owin wing to a sequence of east 
from cold w 
Junes ery 
Plums and Pears suffered in the flowering period 
moist; her 
very J. Davidson, diede, 
Rothesay. 
,, DUMBARTONSHIRE. —Apples me = fulfilled 
we ES an avi 
ines а 
John Brown, UM. Ram 
UMFRIESSHIRE.—The fruit crops are moder- 
ately good. Strawberries and ачага were 
not p^r m but Raspbe 
urrants were abundant. Of 
lesome on App ple trees in early 
f lim 
AMA e dusted 
on the trees nese d pests, and the lime did 
the foliage ло ар John Urquhart, Hoddam 
Castle Gardens, Ecclef ech: 
A aterpillars have been very 
prevalent in different еа of this county, 
€ ly on A es 
trees in these 
as I spray Pih бан aad scipier wash, 
