. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . o aj ?0r:ctctDXto ?cxitc;c«DtC0D?c»oiiMC;c;O5Oco »C to ;D X :© CC tC U? to to >Q. 60 THE REPORT OF THE No. 17 iSOTES BY W. W. HiLHORN (SOUTH WESTERN FrUIT STATION). The past season has not been favorable to the fruit grower. The springwas cold and backward. May, June and July were unusually wet and coldand proved disastrous to many of our fruits. Apples suffered least, they were a large crop, much above the averageboth in quantity and quality. The buyers however are not all living up totheir agreement, and considerable los
. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . o aj ?0r:ctctDXto ?cxitc;c«DtC0D?c»oiiMC;c;O5Oco »C to ;D X :© CC tC U? to to >Q. 60 THE REPORT OF THE No. 17 iSOTES BY W. W. HiLHORN (SOUTH WESTERN FrUIT STATION). The past season has not been favorable to the fruit grower. The springwas cold and backward. May, June and July were unusually wet and coldand proved disastrous to many of our fruits. Apples suffered least, they were a large crop, much above the averageboth in quantity and quality. The buyers however are not all living up totheir agreement, and considerable loss will result from this cause. On accountof the orchards yielding: more good fruit than the buyers expected, and notbeing able to dispose of the surplus to advantage, a large quantity has beenleft in the hands of the grower. Most varieties are unusually free from scab,especially in orchards that were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. by A. W Peart (Burlington Station). Blackberripss were a fine crop. Few, if any, dried up, the frequent rainsleadinig to a continuously moist condition of the soil. Owing to the summerless nature of th
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