The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-18
The Weather and the Crops.

" Ire advance OF spring. says the Germantown (pa J
Telegraph shows that the wheat crop in Eastern Penn
sylvania does not promising aspect Indeed It
may be said that for several years the prospect has not
been unfavorabe. This is to be ascrbed to the fact
that owing to the great drought year. the crop
was put in very late and it had time to become rooted
to withstand ordinary weather when the winter set i'm
with great severity and continued for many months
terspersed with heavy snow storms the last which,
in the beginning of April did considerable injury the
young grain Much Of the grain Is consequently winter
killed and the fields with here and there an exception
look badly and win hardly yield than three fourth.
drought threatened with extinction much better than
any one had expected and may prove fair crop when
We have seen some fields which will produce
heavy and we learn that with the exception Of Chester
county and portions Of Delaware and Lancaster where
the drought prevailed with great severity the crop will
be tolerabe The oats though late have been
got in finely have the potatoes we predict
for all these should have favorable season from this
time out good average Weld The fruit trees Of every
description, never promised more abundanty at this
period othe season. and should there be frost of
sequence we shall have the most prolific fruit year wit
messed in this region for the last dozen years.
The Apalachicoa Commercial .7duetiser of late date
gays in allusion to the cotton crop of Florida-We
take pleasure in chroncling the decided Improvement
which has taken place in the weather during the
week 1t is now clear mild and seisonable and beft-
ting the opening of this brilliant month in the South.
We believe serious damage has been done by the re.
cent cold weather to the growing crops throughout the
country tributary to this city and have little doubt that
the present genial weather will soon repair what slight
injury may have been produced by that The
celps 81 cotton Mt this port since September last
amount to 1903 bales being about 1000 bales more
remainder of the season. the receipts here will not vary
much from five six thousand bales and present prices
are maintained. the country bordering the Chatta
hoochee will be completely drained of every bag of cot
ton Several large planters along that river who in
the habit OF holding over their crops for period of
have been induced by the liberal offers recently made
thm to part with their crops This will increase
ceipts from 1900 bales than estimated two
weeks The excess in the receipts here year.
will be counterbalanced by the falling off st. Marks
and what is termed the crop of Florida, will not vary
thousand bales from last years product
The HopkDsville (Ky) Rifle Of the 7h inst says -
From appearances in this region at present. canno
avoid the conclusion that the next crop Of tobacco viii
unfayorable and planters everywhere are complaining
very marked scarcity of plants. Even IL the seaso
from this time forward should be favorable the crop
fiom the reason just mentioned, must be UNIVERSAL
small.
SO far the prospect Of another abundant harvest is
good the wheat having sustained very little injury from
the past long and winter There is also promise
Of abundance of fruit. The peaches are injured in some
places but in other places they bid fair be abundant
The weather is very fine, and vegetation advancing
great rapldy, as II to make for lost time.-Pitsb,
Gazette, IAN inst.
We understand the prospect for apples was never
better than at the present time Ike are loaded
with bloom and the orchards look tnfy beautiful in
their white livery The pear, plum and cherry tree
also beoken plentiful yield. OF peaches we eannos
delicious of all fruit will be entirely too for
fort convenience. But trust our fears win not b
realized MI. Holly az. ~ Mirror.
The Nashua On. H. Telegraph says that the peach trees
in that vicinity as general thing, killed by the
severe weather of the past winter
The Caoctin (Md Whg states that the crops in that
region present fine growing appearance. The Fred
rck C-en the wheat crop in that county promises
to be Mt least average and that there will be an
abundance of apples peaches, plums &c.