The change of weather last week after our items were made up, was a remarkable one, if any thing can be remarkable with regard to climate. Thursday morning was cold enough for a March day. The vines suffered where not protected, though the change was quite enough to warn the wary. The potato tops were touched, and we observed the young shoots of our dwarf pears slightly nipped. Fruit, generally, did not suffer, so far as observed. The hail storm on Wednesday evening produced the change. On Thursday night was the climax. A gentleman informed us his thermometer stood at 32 - ours at 88 under a porch.

As regards the peach prospect, we have made no inquiry, but our own orchard was pretty much stripped before the late frost The severe changes in April caused the "curl of the leaf." Nearly every limb needs stripping, as the diseased leaves affect the health of the trees injuriously. Dr. Harris ascribes the cause to insects puncturing the leaf. What would he say to two or three hundred trees all "punctured" at the same time, and no insects visible 1 Mr. Barry is right The same thing has been noted by us before, and always traceable to sudden changes of weather. See the Fruit Garden, by P. Barry, page 865. - Springfield (Ohio) Gazette, May 27.