382 CLIMATIC VARIATIONS. 



Toronto, Out., it is found that the difference of temperature ia 

 the two places is not very great. The observations from Wolf- 

 ville, extending over a period of ten years, give the average mean 

 temperature of the year to he 44:°.46, ■whUe that of Toronto, 

 extending over a period of thirty years, is 44°. 10. The warmest 

 month, both at Toronto and WolfvOle, is July, and the average 

 mean temperature of that month, for ten years, at Wolfville, is 

 66°.50; for thirty years, at Toronto, is 67°.33. The coldest 

 month at WoLfvOle is January ; at Toronto, is February ; the 

 average mean temperature of January at WolfviUe, for ton years, 

 being 23°.05, and of February, at Toronto, for thirty years, being 

 23°. 02. It might then be expected, that so far as the range of 

 temperature affects the cultivation of fruit, vegetables, and flowers, 

 these parts of Nova Scotia would produce the same varieties as 

 those that are grown in the vicinity of Toronto. 



In New Brunswick, it seems to be quite impossible to grow 

 fruit trees of any kiad on the east and south side of the Pro- 

 vince, with the exception of the Siberian Crabs, and the Plum, 

 owing to the prevalence of dense sea fogs. As far inland as the 

 fog reaches, the Plum tree is free from the Black-knot, while 

 beyond the influence of the fog the trees are very badly affected. 

 In the interior of the Province there are some good apple orchards, 

 and some varieties of Grape thrive weU, that part being beyond 

 the influence of the fogs. But little, however, seems yet to have 

 been done in that Province, in the cultivation of fruits, and very 

 little reliable information can be had in regard to the varieties 

 that do succeed, on account of the confusion that seems to exist 

 with regard to the names of those that are in cultivation. 



It is a noticeable fact, that in those parts of the maritime Pro- 

 vinces where the sea-fogs prevail, so that scarcely any fruit trees 

 can be grown, there the English Gooseberry thrives in perfection, 

 being exempt from the mUdew that attacks it so persistently in 

 nearly aU the other parts of the Dominion. 



Thus it is, that "even in the most unfavorable localities there 

 Seem to be some compensating benefits. In the milder climates, 



