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plum. Even in orchards well sprayed it destroys quite a percentage of the 
crop in moist seasons. Very little late spraying is done here. Curculio is the 
worst insect but it is in check fairly w T ell where spraying is thoroughly done. 
Peaches: Yellows, curl leaf and Monilia in the earlier varieties. Leaf curl 
was very slight during 1899, but many orchards were seriously injured in 
1898. The peach borer and the curculio are the worst insects attacking the 
peach. Very little spraying of peaches is done, consequently a large pro- 
portion of the early varieties drop prematurely or are “wormy.” Cherries: 
Monilia is the greatest trouble and of insects, curculio and the black aphis; 
the latter is especially troublesome on sweet cherries. Grapes: The powdery 
mildew is particularly troublesome on Rogers varieties and Brighton. The 
disease, yellow leaf, is also rather widespread. Apples: Scab, leaf blight, 
and of insects, codling moth and tent caterpillar. I doubt whether half the 
orchards in this district are sprayed. 
9. No irrigation is practiced in this section of the country. 
10. During the last few years a fair amount of evaporated fruit has been 
put up, but the industry is not a large one and does not affect prices, as does 
the larger and more important industry of canning. 
12. From twenty to forty per cent of the peach trees were killed this 
winter. The injury was severe on high lands as well as low. There was not 
much distinction as to kinds of soil or varieties. To plums some injury was 
done as also to sweet cherries. Raspberry plantations also suffered severely. 
Rather a light crop of peaches will be obtained this year, although many 
orchards along the lake are fairly well loaded. Rivers, Chili, Wager 
and Longhurst were the hardiest. 
REPORT FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA. 
BY W. W. HILBORN, LEAMINGTON. 
1. The section bordering the north shore of Lake Erie is well adapted to 
fruit culture. 
2. The peach, which is our great specialty, succeeds best on sandy or 
gravelly loam, from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty feet above the 
level of the lake. Berries succeed better on lower land, which retains the 
moisture better. 
3. Varieties — Apples — Baldwin**, Golden Russet*, Ben Davis*, Rhode 
Island Greening**, Northern Spy**, Oldenburg**, Stark*, Yellow Transpar- 
ent*, Tompkins King*. Blackberries— Agawam**, Eldorado*, Gainer**, 
Kittatinny**, Minnewaska*, Snyder*, Taylor*. Cherries— Elton*, Late Ken- 
tish**, Montmorency**, Richmond**, Spanish, Yellow*, Napoleon*, Schmidt 
Bigarreau**, Windsor**. Currants— Cherry*, Fay**, Victoria*, Raby Castle**, 
Wilder**, White Grape*, Lee Prolific*, Champion**. Grapes— Agawam*, 
Brighton*, Catawba*, Concord**, Lindley**, Diamond**, Moore Early**, Niag- 
ara**, Wilder*, Worden**. Pears— Clairgeau**, Anjou*, Clapp*, Angouleme**, 
Bartlett**, Lawrence** Howell*, Louise Bonne*. Peaches— St. John**, Early 
Crawford*, Fitzgerald**, Brigdon**, Barnard*, New Prolific**, Longhurst**, 
Golden Drop**, Lemon Free**, Smock**, Bannerf, Salway*. Plums— Abund- 
ance*, Burbank*, Duane Purple*, Gueii*, Imperial Gage*, Lombard**, Bavay*, 
Saunders*, Bradshaw*. Raspberries— Cuthbert**, Loudon*, Brandywine*, 
Hilborn**, Gregg*, Tyler*, Kansas*. Strawberries— Crescent**, Bederwood 
**, Bubach**, Williams*, Wilson**. 
