Apples, generally, are neither so abundant nor so fine as usual; a single orchard, or a few trees, here and there, are exceptions. The crop of pears is much below that of last year. Peaches have surprised people by their abundance and fine quality. We have been through New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, etc., in the midst of the peach season, and saw no finer fruit than has been sold here in large quantities since the 10th of September. The worst feature in our peach business is, that it opens late. Early York did not appear in market till the first week in September, and now (Sept. 18) Crawford's Early, Large Early York, and others of the same season, are coming in freely. Morris' Whites and Old Mixons will not be ripe for a week or ten days, and Crawford's Late Melocoton and Bed Cheek Melocoton, will not be ripe short of two weeks. It is interesting to observe that some orchards in which there was a full crop last year, are entirely fruitless this, and others that bore none last, are laden this season. Within a few miles we see some orchards bearing well, and others a total failure.

Our heaviest crops are in warm, sheltered situations, within a short distance of the shores of Lake Ontario.