New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-13
TIE WEATHER IND THE CROPS.

The late roins have wrought wonderful change in
the prospects of some sections where drouth was be-
ginning TO be seriously appfehended.
All of our exchanges, 20 far as we have observed,
speak e sufficient rains having fallen to put all pres
ent prospect of danger from want of sufficient
moisture 10 growing crops Of all kinds entirely out of
the question.
In addition to the gentle rains of Saturday and
SUNDAY June ? and 3, we had areal downpouring on
the 7tb, and what makes it particularly valuable to
the growing wheat, each rain is followed by clear
cool days. 1t is equally beneficial to rye, oats and
grass.
That corn looks small backward, or even yellow,
no matter, because that crop is entirely dependent
upon good weather in July and August If it is moist
and hot enough in those months, the most backward
corn will come out of all difficulty.
The season has been one Of the most favorable that
could be asked for in this vicinity for the pea crop,
tie proceeds of which upon Long Island and New
jersey are now coming forward in abundance. They
will furnish, or rather would furnish if we could get
them " Without hucksers and pedlers' profits, cheap
article of wholesome food. They are hawked about
the streets at IS cents peck, New-fork retailers
measure. These peck measures hold five or six quarts
of pods; but even at that, shilling affords good
dish for a small family.
Strawberries too are greatly benefited by copious
rains but they need hot weather the fruit inspid
The present retail price is six cents basket II viii
take four or five of the baskets in fashion this year
make quart. The size of strawberry baskets has
been reduced full one-half within three years. We
shall never have any regularity in the measure until
they sold by the pound.
At Boston, the early prices have been G2ic. quart.
They are brought to market in round wooden boxes
with covers. We get them here from Norfolk in
square boxes called quarts.
At Cincinnati this fruit is always sold by the quart.
The pice now is 2ic Our fashion of selling in these
Lilputan baskets is worthy OF minds in the same
small mold.
The same fashion-a dishonest one it is-preyails
here in selling Peaches by the basket. Can any one
tell the measure of peach-basketl The Peach crop
is most promising so far as we can hear, all around
New.Yoik.
WORKS IL GRAPE BUDs.-Rhynehites betuleti or
steel blue grape-sttcher sometimes called grape cur
culio. II is known throughout France aud Germany
as a dangerous enemy of the Grape.
paper lately read before the Horticultural Society
of Cincinnati where it has made its appearance says:
"1his weevil makes his appearance about the mid
die Of April enters the young buds of the grape, pero-
rates and so destroys them. In the month Of Nay,
when the weather gets warm and the young leaves
grow larger, the insects begin to couple and prepare
home for their progeny by cutting half of the stem of
more leaves. The leaves wilt and curl up and
thus Is formed conCaI roll in which they lay their
eggs. Three or four eggs are laid by the female,
after which they rest for nine or ten hours then lay
6gain, aud so on. The eggs are white, with green
ish hue, oval aud der osed always the rough side
OF tie leaf The larve (caterE iars) slip out after
twelve days; are ful-grown after five weeks without
casting the skin. They are of the size of small grain
nfu h.of nfArr hIfo hlaar hon -
without feet and with gray hair the back. To ac-
compsh their further metamorphoses they drop them
selves down from leaf to leaf till they reach the ground
forming there cavity of the size Of pea where they
make their transition into chrysalis about the end of
June BY the lst OF Sept in the progress of transform
alton the new brood flies out TO lay their eggs again
which become larva and chrysalis in due time, IN
which form they hibernate to begin new cycus next
Spring"
No remedy for this pest has been discovered. Where
single vine is infested the curled leaves might all be
picked and burnt.
With slight exceptions like this pest of grapes, of
eut-worms in corn and Hessian fly in wheat or some
local defect the crops of all kinds very promising
in all the Northern Eastern aud Western States and
N most Of the South.
WHEAT IN TESsEssEE.-The Shelby Herald says:
8 The farmers have mostly finished cutting their
wheat Ii IL remarkably clear of disease or blight of
any KIND. We never saw grain look sounder aud
brighter than the new wheat now does; aad it could
not have come in more opportunely, as corn was be-
coming exceedingly scarce. though believe no per-
son IN this County has been permitted to suffer for
want of bread"
PoTAroEs.-There is an unusual large breadth of
land planted in this vicinity. Whether we shall be
afflicted again with the rot remains 10 be SEEM II not
we shall see Potatoes once at prices within the
reach of the poor.
Niagara Falls, June 9.-The country herr about,
and IN fact throughout the State, 10 in condition that