. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . rthless, decaying on the trees before ripening. Notes bv W. W. Hilborn (South Wkstern Fruit Station.) Pears have been a large crop, but so low in price that there was no profitleft for the grower. Kieffer produced wonderfully, but the demand was notiqual to the supply. They have been sold in some cases at 10 cents to 15 centsler 12-quart basket. We find them very good for canning purposes when^nell grown and properly ripened. When their is known for this pur-pose by the general publio, no doubt the demand for them wiW


. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . rthless, decaying on the trees before ripening. Notes bv W. W. Hilborn (South Wkstern Fruit Station.) Pears have been a large crop, but so low in price that there was no profitleft for the grower. Kieffer produced wonderfully, but the demand was notiqual to the supply. They have been sold in some cases at 10 cents to 15 centsler 12-quart basket. We find them very good for canning purposes when^nell grown and properly ripened. When their is known for this pur-pose by the general publio, no doubt the demand for them wiW increase to aconsiderable extent. Note by Chaules Young (Algoma Fruit Station). Pears planted in 1899 so far have not proved very satisfactory, although10 losses occurred last yea«r, except that two trees were girdled by mice, which 74 THE REPORT OF THE No. IT •o be c8 0Q35S ^^5 i Ss *» . be •e ^ «« , ^a be. 1] 8J-?&& .2« ? O O O ® >> t- » bcOieifi g So M «>.2t^ O O Oto* .ii w www 3 tg S a: o ©. a • s • -5^ ^alz a^ -* oB ja goo .oo^»c«ciOb»«5»o«oio^iocD^»ot>-»oi>.c^»r5^>k; s ®.2 ^2 Pw«oO(MQoeocooc)Mecoooo»oc^«oc<»oo<t<eooo»oc^»ooQoe<»coo»o©oooo5^!t«ooooo-»»o«D*oooot>-«0*oooc^X)OQ *(NO^^ccc<«^e^c<^ecc^?41H,-|^<^(^^<^^o<^ccc<lC<lWecrH(^^l-H<^^c<Jr-lr-lTHC<^wNTHC^c<l<^3 S iOtOC£COiOtAU2tCkOO<OtOtO<£iA(O^COCOiOOOtOiacC;OU3lOiOCCtOu:MO«0>C)U^ia;C;£> •jeqran^ CO g o> « o cc eS <t30Q o8 (D O^ J5 O OQPQOOO^I J 53 fez: 15 ^ ® fa S « fl^ fl fl a O «B ® •^c^o : : : :_J; fc 2 *- fl «-- §1ll^lilll^-^ 11= ii § 8|.|1J i^ X X 19 02 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 75 were very bad last winter. One small specimen, Kieffer, is all the fruit so Beauty i=! perhaps to be recommended. The Russia


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