During the last few weeks the weather has been so changeable that all kinds of fruits have suffered severely.

England

Plums - The prospect is very bad ; not one-tenth of a crop. Pears - Blossomed well, but neither early nor late varieties set properly. Black and red currants have been attacked by the "honeydew;" hardly one-half a crop is expected. Cherries - Early kinds were destroyed the second week in May. Since then the later sorts have suffered ; the crop is reckoned as one-third. Strawberries and raspberries will be reduced one-half unless warm weather soon sets in. Gooseberries have been attacked by vermin and injured by frost, so about one-half a crop is expected. Apples - Those who washed their trees will save the bulk of the crop. Unwashed trees have been attacked by vermin and the crop will be very poor. Barely one-half a crop can be counted upon.

France

The fruit crop has suffered on accountof the cold wet weather. Early cherries have suffered severely. Apples in the south promise good crops. Plums and green gages half a crop. Black currants are only half a crop in the north. Pears are a fair crop.

Belgium

Reports from several places speak of cherries from a quarter to one-third of a crop. Green gages and plums only a quarter crop. Early pears half a crop. Late pears a fair crop. Apples look well with every prospect of a fair crop.

Holland

Gooseberries and currants are said to be a fair half crop. Cherries, one-third of a crop. Pears, one-third of a crop. Apples fairly good. Plums are a very small crop.

Germany

The weather of May has affected the fruit in the Rhine districts, and it has also been attacked by vermin, so much so, that apples are now said to be a bad crop, cherries only half a crop, and plums a bad crop. - Adapted from The Fruit Trade Journal.