Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-19

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heao % lhat OF Q aatdollar. Young apples are
eaten as well as the leaves which shrFel and fall 10
the ground When very abundant It is said they
change the green foliage upon the tree in single
day to q withered OF brown hue; after Continuing
for short time they suddenly disappear and where
hundreds we're seen yesterday not one IS 70 be found
to-day. The present visitation seems to have been
most severe from the 10th Of May to the Istof June
Nothing has been done to prevent their ravapes for
the present year, but it is said that drencane the
trees with diluted ishoil soap win ehsctually de-
stroy them and save the tree.
Iii presumed that the wheat harvest I'M Kentucky
viii afford lighter yield than has been known for
several years. person who recently passed
through Fleming county says, that so far he was
able to ascertain the wheat crop will be very light
and where il seems heaviest the Indications 70 THAI
the rust viii ruin and destroy great portion of it
In Mason county wheat is very poor, having been
thinned by frost and cold weather. and lately 1ured
by the Hesslan fly and the rust The wheat raised
in that part OF the State viii not supply more than
is required by the farmers and the home demend
A New Jersey correspondent informs Us thai
throughout so much Of the State as he had visited
there is a prospect Of an abundant harvest Corn
came up well, and under the influence Of timely
showers and warm weather is growing vigorously.
Wheat, rye and oats are all in fine condition. Il is
to be hoped thata railroad may sOoa be built say from
Milestone to HOpewel, in Mercer county to tap the
great peach region from which il is now 60 difficult
to get the crop in good condition to the New York
/ market.
The peach district is about fifteen miles in length
extending from the Delaware river to line drawn
due north from Princeton, and varying from four to
| eight miles in windth In this district there is
scarcely farm without peach-orchard and many
of them have from five to ten thousand trees upon
them. The yield will be about half crop this sea
son. many orchards having been severely iniured by
] the heavy rainstOrm Of last September.
| In WesternNew York at no time during the last
twenty years have the crops at this season Of the
| year looked so universally well. The spring was
most auspiciOus for all kinds Of work. and the va
| riOus spring grains were put in first rate order.
Winter wheat Of which much larger breadth
was seeded last fall than for the two previous years
is looking we'll and already beginning to bloom. Elk
cept on heavy. undFaned Clays, the stand is excel
lent and the color good It is so far advanced that
there Is little danger from the the midge unless il
comes earlier than usual. The yield per acre will
not be so large as last year. because the heads are
shorter and will rot contain so many grains owing
| probably to the dry warm weather prevailing al
! the time the heads were forming But the larger
| amount sown viii amply compensate for this and
large crop must be made unless blasted or cut of
by the midge-twO contingencies that may vet arise
| Spring Wheat has been extensively sOwn out Of
the true wheat region that is in the the dairy anC
| intermediate regions, and is looking uncommonly
well As general thing, it is quite forward enough
to escape the nudge, unless attacked earlier thar
usual.
| Barley is not largely sown, and We may say thai
the cultivation Of the crop is decreasing every year
IN this State. What has been sown is looking well
Of oats, an unusual breadth mas been seeded this
year, and the plant is strong and forward
| Indian Corn. The cultivation of this great STAPLE
| crop Is extending, though the prospect of a GOOD
| wheat harvest again has prevented the farmers II
the wheat counties from planting 50 much as theJ
did last year. The plant has come up well and look
strong; but as July and August are the months tha
make this crop, 1t IS too early to indulge in any cal
culations for the harvest.
| The Hay crop will exceed that of last year
! though IN those regions where the frost was mos
severe last June, it will not equal the average O
former years. Pasturage is everywhere abundant
From all these it viii be seen that we may safely
count upon at least an average crop throughout thu
country. unless we have repetition of last year.
! experience In June and early Autumn frOsts.
The APPROACHING HARvEsr-Tae wheat crop i
just maturing, and in many parts of this country
particularly at the South, harvest is in progress
At isolated points all through the Northwest lar
Vesting has commenced, so that the extent of thu
crop will be soon known. After thorough exami
nation of the newspapers the conclusion is unaEOid
able that the forthcoming harvest will be one of th
most abundant ever gathered, taking the country
| whole. Virginia and parts of Georgia, North anC
South Carolina, appear to be the least favored; bu
even IN those States, after weighing the many con
fitting accounts given, should not be surprised
| the yield IS up to fair average-unless we excep
Virginia, which has suffered severely from insects
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