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THE EARLY FRUIT SITUATION. 
Genesee Co., N. Y., will have an im¬ 
mense crop of apples the coming season, 
the prospect for the largest yield in sev¬ 
eral years is good. Most of the farmers 
claim that Baldwins promise the best, 
with Greenings and Kings not far be¬ 
hind. A. S. Davis, an authority on fruit 
throughout the county, stated, April 22. 
that unless there are frosts between now 
and May 30th, “this will be the biggest 
apple year we have seen since 1806.” 
That year was such a phenomenal one 
that there was a saying that hitching 
posts had apples on them. j. c. 
April 24. Not one per cent, of peach 
buds came through Winter. Pears are 
fine; cherries fine; plums good, frequent¬ 
ly irregular. Too early for telling; some 
apples, but many show fine where they 
did not bear last year. Too early for 
quince. Strawberries very short, due to 
lack of growth during dry season last 
Summer. As a whole prospects are for 
between “good” and “fine” aside from 
peaches. F. l. E. 
Athens, Pa. 
April 25. We are in the cold zone of 
Western New York. No blossoms yet. 
While the Winter was long and cold I do 
not think the buds of apple, pear, plum 
and cherry are damaged. We had a 
blanket of snow that was a great pro¬ 
tection. We cannot grow peaches 
successfully. I have orchard heat¬ 
ers and oil for heating about 
eight acres of cherries. M.v experience 
with heaters for two seasons has been 
quite favorable. D. c. H. 
Hornell, N. Y. 
April 24. We are having a very cold 
backward Spring in this section, and 
practically everything is perfectly dor¬ 
mant yet. Peach buds are unquestion¬ 
ably destroyed, or practically so. The 
trees went into the Winter in poor shape, 
owing to the late warm Fall, and this is 
also true of other tree fruits and small 
fruits, although they seem to be in fair 
shape, and think there is a fair prospect 
for fruit of everything outside of peach. 
The cool weather has kept everything 
dormant, so far, and nothing should suf¬ 
fer from Spring frosts. 
THE STORKS & HARRISON CO. 
Lake Co., O. 
April 24. I have not made a personal 
examination of the peach buds, but it is 
generally considered that the buds are 
nearly all killed. Prospects are good for 
apples. Grapes are raised quite exten¬ 
sively and buds and wood in good con¬ 
dition. Farm work of all kinds is very 
backward. X. c. 
Penn Yan, N. Y. 
April 24. Peaches have been reported 
entirely killed three times this Winter 
by all but Jay Allis, who has said all the 
time he had some. Now he says he has 
enough for a good crop, as many as last 
year. Apples, pears, cherries, etc., all 
promise a full crop. I do not look for 
a big crop of peaches, and if those who 
still say “no crop” do not have some, it 
will be a light crop. I am changing my 
system of storage over into .ammonia. 
Will raise 30 acres bush limas for can¬ 
ning. Wheat, grass and Alfalfa all look 
well. c. a. 
Medina, N. Y. 
April 26. This year even good old 
Lake Ontario could not save our peach 
buds. There is very little left beside 
Carman and Champion. The warm 
weather last Fall had started the buds, 
and for this reason they were not able to 
stand the extreme cold. As to apples 
there is great promise now for a big crop. 
Some are predicting the biggest crop j 
since 1!K)6, and have even set the price | 
at $2 per barrel to the grower for first- i 
class fruit. It seems rather early to 
make any predictions, for it has been my ! 
experience that in four years out of five 
the determining factor in ftie size of the 
crop has been the condition of the weath¬ 
er during blooming time. Long continued 
cold wet weather or hot muggy, rainy 
days mean serious damage. I under¬ 
stand that apples and cherries are in full 
bloom in Southern Illinois, and are very 
far advanced in Michigan and other Cen¬ 
tral States. This early blooming in¬ 
creases the danger of damage to the ap¬ 
ple Crop. F. \V. CORNWALL. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Sixty to 80 per cent, of peach buds 
killed—enough live buds for a light crop 
under continued favorable conditions. 
Apples promise an abundant crop. Sea¬ 
son very late and but little of “dormant” 
spray applied as yet (Apr. 26). 
Wayne Co., N. Y. c. E. w. 
April 27. For apples I think the pros- 
§ ects are favorable to a good bloom; 
lat is, trees will, I think as a rule, make 
a good start for a good crop if other 
things continue favorable. It is how¬ 
ever early yet to determine very much 
about them, though I think in this sec¬ 
tion fruit has all survived the hard 
Winter in good shape except peaches. 
These I think were materially hurt in the 
zero weather. L. B. 
Stanley, N. Y. 
April 25. As to fruit buds, they are 
yet in a backward condition. In our own 
locality (the Wallingford district) the 
prospect for peach blossoms is good, even 
Elbertas showing a good percentage of 
live buds. In most orchard localities yel¬ 
low varieties are showing next to no 
live buds; white varieties, a considerable 
per cent, alive. I believe this locality 
is more favored than any other peach 
section I know of in the eastern district. 
As to apples. I think there will be a 
heavy blossoming, yet they are not for¬ 
ward enough to show definitely just the 
situation. j. norris baknel. 
Connecticut. 
We have had a very backward Spring. 
Almost all farmers are behind with their 
work, some not through hauling manure 
yet, and scarcely anyone through plow¬ 
ing for corn. But few early potatoes 
planted, and some just seeding their Red 
clover on wheat ground. Most fruit 
growers are through spraying. Peaches 
and plums have just blossomed out. 
Some fruit growers report that they will 
have a full crop of peaches, while others 
say their crop will be very light. Many 
apple and peach orchards and grape vine¬ 
yards have been planted out this season. 
Wheat $10; hay, mixed $16; corn 70; 
butter 30; eggs 18; pork $10. Horses 
from $100 to $200; cows from $50 to 
$100. Large quantities of cantaloupes 
will be planted this season. c. II. 
Dover, Del. 
April 23. Spring has been unusually 
backward and cold this year. We fin¬ 
ished sowing oats to-day. There is a 
saying in this part of the country that 
if fruit trees do not blossom in April 
there will be no fruit, but the buds look 
so dormant that I cannot see how they 
will get out before May. Prices on every¬ 
thing are high and farm labor is scarce. 
Each morning they let out from 25 to 
30 men from the “lockup” where they 
seek shelter at night, but as far as I 
(•an learn not one of them ever hunts em¬ 
ployment in the country. M. j. K. 
Hardin Co., O. 
The section in which I live is under¬ 
going a change, like the one that caused 
Goldsmith to write “The Deserted Vil¬ 
lage” : 
“A noble peasantry, its country’s pride, 
When once destroyed can never be sup¬ 
plied.” 
The weary plowman no longer plods 
his way, he has been replaced by the 
landscape gardener, and his plows have 
changed to a gas-pull lawn mower; his 
once fertile fields to golf links and ten¬ 
nis courts, and a real, genuine son of the 
soil is a rare article here. They are all 
agriculturists; they run a newspaper, a 
bank, or a trust company in Philadelphia, 
and try farming with imported cattle, at¬ 
tended by valets in white duck suits. 
Sooner or later they get tired and quit, 
and all they have to show for their 
egotism is the knowledge gained that 
they don't know it all. I claim that it 
takes a better man on the farm than it 
does in the bank. Plowboys have gone 
to the city and made good in all the 
professions, but I have yet to see the first 
back-to-the-lander with a check book and 
an exaggerated opinion of self import¬ 
ance who could make a farm pay a pro¬ 
fit. T. L. 
Chester Co., Pa. 
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