Fruit In Southern Virginia

A writer says: "Peaches grow almost spontaneously, and ripen from June till October. Pears grow and yield abundantly. All kinds of grapes which have been tried, thrive, but few are cultivated. Said a neighbor: "What is the use, when, with my little hand cidermill and a negro to help, I can go into the the woods and in half a day make ten gallons of as good wine as ever was drank?" Apples do well; plums and cherries do better than ever known elsewhere. Wild strawberries, raspberries, dewberries, and blackberries abound, and prunes, pomegranates, quinces, and figs can be raised, and are, to some extent, in gardens."

Fruit In Texas

Mr. Wm. Watson, of the Rosendale Nurseries, Brenham. Texas, writes us, May 28: "I thought perhaps you would like to know when our early Peaches ripen. We had the Early Beatrice ripe May 19, and Hale's Early the 22d. We have now upon my place, ripe peaches, cherries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries, and to-day I have gathered some nice Doyenne de Ete* pears, ripe and good. We have the finest growing weather I have ever seen here. Common field corn in tassel, and of the early kind we have roasting ears. Grapes are full.

Fruit In The South

"We had," says a correspondent in southern Georgia, "a fine crop of grapes this year; also, pears; apples, a small one. Stone fruits were cut off by frost, and what escaped that the curculio took. One fine peach orchard was saved from frost by dense damp smoke; to effect this, wet sawdust and tan bark proved best. Speaking of curculio, all the best late plans, except the old safe ones of shaking, and of pigs and chickens, are useless.

Relying on smell will not do.

Fruit In The Wast

The dreadful effect of the last awful winter on the fruits of the West, is recorded in the following articles. We place them on record for the information of our readers, and for future reference.

Fruit Packing In New Jersey

The New Jersey Farmer says the packing houses of Brighton, N. J., three in number, have put up about 1,500,000 cans of fruit and vegetables this, season, paying out as high as $6,000 per week for labor. It also says that this year tomatoes have paid the grower from $75 to $125 per acre; Lima beans, $70 to $100; peas $50 to $100. Strawberries paid from $100 to $200, and in some cases high as $400, but this was rare. ...

Fruit Prospects

There has never been so cheering an outlook from all parts of the United States for fruit crops, as this year. We may expect a most bountiful season, and even the grain is admitted to be the most promising for many years. Truly, we need some encouragement in these depressing times. General business in New York city has not been so dull for twenty years, the general volume of trade being less now than it was immediately after the panic.

The Fruit Prospect, In Western Iowa

ED. Western Horticulturist: For some cause, to me unknown, nearly all the Raspberries in this section of country are killed to the ground. On old plants the canes of Doolittle, Davison's Thorn less, Miami, Seneca, Mammoth Cluster and Philadelphia are almost invariably killed, while on younger stocks only about half the canes are killed.

The old Yellow Cane or Yellow Cap, which is usually a little tender, has stood the winter best of all. Can you give me a reason for this? Concord grapes are also badly winter killed, while the Delaware is all right. Apples, pears, cherries and plums are literally loaded with bloom, and if we escape frost, we shall have a good crop of fruit. Currants, gooseberries, strawberries, etc., are also looking fine.

Crescent City, Iowa. H. A. Terry.