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Notes on the Weather and Crops, [august, 



England, East Midland. — The crop of apples is poor, while pears are only fair. 

 Plums, however, are very plentiful, and there is an average crop of bush fruit. 



England, West Midland.— -In Hereford and Worcester the crop of apples is 

 reported to be very bad, one estimator in the former county stating that they are an 

 entire failure. Pears are under average, but plums and damsons are very plentiful, 

 and there is an average crop of small fruit. 



England, South- West. — Little fruit is grown for market, but in Somerset and 

 Devon, where apples are grown for cider-making, the crop is reported to be very bad. 



England, North. — Fruit crops, where mentioned, are reported to be under 

 average. 



England, North- West. — Apples and pears appear to have done badly, and stone 

 fruit is only a moderate crop. 



Wales. — Fruit crops are much below average, except in Radnor, where apples, 

 plums, and gooseberries are said to be plentiful. 



Scotland, East. — In Aberdeen there is a promise of an average crop of straw- 

 berries, and in Perth, a good crop of apples and pears is reported, an excellent crop 

 of plums, gooseberries, and currants, a good crop of strawberries, and fair of 

 •raspberries. 



Scotland, West. — In Lanark all fruit crops are reported late, and under average 

 -on account of the cold weather and absence of sunshine. 



Hops. — In Kent hops are rather backward and are generally short in the bine, 

 ■requiring warmer nights. In some districts there is a good deal of vermin, which has 

 necessitated washing, though it is not nearly so prevalent as it was last year. In Hants 

 the crop is reported to be looking fairly well. In Sussex the hops look promising, but 

 have been retarded by the cold. In Surrey the crop is short in the bine and needs 

 warmer weather. In Salop the crop is improving. In Worcester hops are very 

 backward, the bine not having yet reached the top of the poles, but the crop is 

 -generally healthy. In Hereford hops are up to the present a good colour and have 

 -not been affected to any serious extent by aphis or blight. The crop is very backward , 

 Ibeing fully three weeks behind in its growth. 



The unfavourable weather which characterised June was continued through the 

 commencement of July. In the first week the warmth was " very deficient " in every 

 station of the British Isles, with " scanty "or " moderate " 

 Notes On the Weather sunshine. The rainfall was "heavy" in the Midland 

 and the Crops in July. Counties in England S. and S.W. and in Ireland. 



The second week was almost a repetition of the first. 

 Warmth was " very deficient " in every station in the British Isles. Sunshine w-s 

 "scanty" in England N.E., E. and in the Midlands. In Scotland E. it. was "very 

 scanty." Rainfall was normal. Frosts were recorded in more than one place. 



In the third week a welcome change was recorded. In the Western Section 

 sunshine was " very abundant," and the warmth "very unusual," except in England 

 S.W., where it was only " unusual." In the Eastern Section sunshine was " abund- 

 ant," except in England N.E. and E., where it was only "moderate." Rainfall 

 everywhere was "very light" (Ireland S. "light") or "nought." It is remarkable 

 that England N.E., which, between December 2, 1906, and March 2, 1907, enjoyed 

 ten weeks of " abundant " sunshine out of a possible thirteen, has not been blessed 

 with one such week out of the possible seven since the 2nd June. 



During the fourth week the weather was of a changeable nature. Warmth as a 

 rule was " deficient," and sunshine nearly everywhere "scanty." Rainfall was " very 

 much below the average in the northern half of the United Kingdom." In England 

 S.W. there was a slight excess. In England N.E. it was "very light," in England E. 

 " moderate," and, in the Midlands " very heavy." Over 2.\ inches of rain fell in Bath 

 in three hours, and in other places, especially Wales, there were thunderstorms with 

 very heavy rainfall and hail. 



