Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-15
Grain and Fruit Prospects.

Our Indiana exchanges report that in portions of
the State chiefly in Jhe southwest the dry weather
has ended what little hope the freezing left, and
many tarmeru are blowing up their wheat fields for
In others. however enough rain had fallen to
change the aspect of the winter-killcd wheat good
deal for the better and to give the rest a very
promising appearance Taking all reports together
we should judge that the promise of the crop was
fair 1t is said to be very good general thing.
in the central, eastern and northern sections. and
recent reports from the Wabash indicate that it is
as good usual there. Fruit is safe so far. The
peach trees are loaded with blossoms. and if the
crop fails, it must be after to-day We hear Of no
damage in any part Of the State as yet Apples and
cherries are coming on finely The fruit prospect
generally was never better than now. How long it
will stay SO. can be told after the middle Of May.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette who
has been over considerable portion of Clermont
county, Ohio, lately writes, that in the Southeastern
portion Of the county wheat was badly frozen out
and the prospect favorable for than half
an average crop in CloImont and Brown counties
From the Dayton lOho) Empire April 10.
We recently took JTTp Il few miles north of this
Mace and made compass, of a league or two on our
return by another route. in order to have good
look at the wheat crop. fruit &c, and CLEAN what
information we could IN regard to the prospect for
the coming harvest season. We had not been .out''
since the warm weather had started the growth of
vegetables and other green things and having heard
the croaSers mourning over the uni iersal blight
which threatened 10 bring a famine upon us. we
were nrenared 60 see a beugarlv sirht of wheat
fields We did not 80 far before we found that they
had either overlooked the face OF nature" or did
not know wheat from grass. Indeed during the
whole OF our tour we did not see field of wheat
that looked bad. We noticed a few knobs" that
La p4rv lvrrT#1r
did not amount to anything and were the smallest
possible exceptions to the general rule of good
crops One thing may be depended on-ifno bad
luck oyertakes the wheat crop in the Miami and Mad
river valleys, we will have quite enough for home
consumption and demand. and a large surplus for
shipment.
We noticed that the oats crop had made its APP
pearance through the ground. and gave promise Of
abundance The ground for corn has been pretty
generally broken in the bottoms. Tho rains We
have just had, although not heavy, have materially
benefited vegetation; they have added thousands to
the crops in ONO.
The peach, early pear, plums and cherry trees
are generally in bloom. Notwithstanding the dis
couraging rumurs we have had during The winter
il seems that we have the promise OF small peach
crop after all. We examined quite number Of
buds the other day and found but few bughted ones
among them; q proportion of about two 70 a hun
dred! We now have confidence TO believe we VIII
have pretty fair crop Of fruit and berries through
out die West. Tie prospect is exceedingly good at
the present writing and we may conclude that the
harvest of grain viii be- abundant as reasonable
people could desire
From the Galveston Texas Constitution.
After careful inquiry among people from differ
ent parts of this section of country we are forced
10 saw hgg the wheat crop has been materially dam
aged bv the unusual severity of the late winter.
SUob a winter is unprecedented in TeNas-succes-
sive nortbsrs OF unparalleled violence during dry
season. and Immediately succeeding very mild and
pIeasant weather. week after week-snows hard
freezes heavy seet all combined to render the sea-
son the most disastrous record. The first north
err was a very severe one, and followed a day as
warm ands bright as a May morning. The wheat
Young and vigorous in its growth, and filled with
san was suddenly frozen, and It's juices concealed,
rupturing the delicate sap vessels and thereby pro
ducing the death of the plant as inevitably the
rupture of the venOus and arterlal vessels IN y-
ing creature would destroy the animal These were
some Of the causes of the failure Of the crop but
that winch remains at this time Is uncommony
fine and is now iointing and looking well and thrifty
The oat crop was never finer or larger than the
present-in some localities the injured wheat fields
being sown in oats in addition TO the regular crop
Corn is represented be f0urishing as the season
20 far has been unusually proptous. If the latter
part Of spring and the earlier part Of summer be as
adorable, this crop viii be more than abundant