Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-06-27

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ths condition and prospects ofthe fruit crop
in Central 1lmaeis: 451a1 , .~e*s
Ap,rps.-The season opened . little later
thoa SSxd. Although itsafted ceri'es. Aoc
bloo61Rs kers kept back 81 . return o. I'm
usually cold Wmthsr. The crop u I'M re-
eion. fhom prcscnt indications. VIII % lar
Above VI Average. 1noticc trees very heav.
III ladSn With apples very far advanced, and
~e1hiLiine no signs Of blight. In . few 70
ri Aies the insect known ~ the span-worm
ha. proved upon the foliage, but not 70 -
ss,ent 10 Eject seriously the yield Of fruit.
The tent caterpillar, the great pest Of the
.nn,e tree in some seasons, has not made It's
.~ppe.rsnce A. yet in Central Illinois.
PeARs.-Thc pear trees have set their
frat unusually well this season. II the
trees escape the blight, the crop must be
verv large, 10 proportion TO the number Of
trees in bearing. The prevalence Of blight
has deferred many in this region from plant
ing parties. Neither locality nor variety
ofpear seems to exempt the tree from blight.
Tho attack IS often sudden, and generally
without any ~assignable cause. The origin
and reasons for this blight are a. much mat
ters Of speculation to-day ~ they ever were.
Trees which bear we'll this season may new
or live to bear again. This fact renders
the crop On uncertain one, and accounts, in
part. for the high price Of the fruit. One
theory Of this blight is, that the sun, in win
ter. starts The sap on the southwest side OF
the tree aud the severe frost Of the night
bursts the bark. This alternate freezing
and thawing %vitiates the sap, which in the
following spring, is carried into the circu.
lation Of the tree, results in its partial or to-
tAl destruction, in the month Of June fol-
lowing.
PsAcnEs.-Few Of the budded varieties
fthat is, those which have been ~propagated
by budding, and which embrace the finer
sortsJ have obtained sufficient age, since the
general destruction Of peach trees in this re.
gion . few years ngo, TO bear fruit. The
seeding varieties are bearing sparingly in
Central Illinois.
Ptuss-The plums blossomed well, and
IL permitted TO mature will be 4 full crop
The c~urculio gets the start Of all lazy cult
%vators, and once having the start. will kecr
1t 10 the end. An orchard near the city, o
one hundred bearing trees. probably tn,
largcat in this part Of the State will yield
m average crop.
CHsRRrEs.--The Duke and Morallo va
rietiss are bearing full crops. The Heart
and Bigarrcau varieties are bearing very
sf..singly, MS usual.
- GsArrs-All promise well. | believe
They have escaped serious injury from the
from the late frosts. which affected other To-
~calities. Some vineyards are loaded with
fruit. II they escape the blight, the crop
will be one Of the largest ever yielded in this
region.
GsSsRAL SHERIDAN recently made a visit
to his home in Somerset, Ohio, and the day
before he was to leave. Hon. VIM. F. Fincke,
. democratic congressman, called on him
and proposed to drive him to Lancaster,
where he would take the cars. The general
at once accepted the invitation. The same
evening the loyal in SOMERSET heard Of
the arrangement, md drunmed together an
escort and invited the general to 20 with
them. lie declined, and the Lancaster
EagIs. speaking of his arrival there in com-
pAny With Mr.. Fincke, says:
"The ardor Of a number Of our Union
citizens was dampened, and they express
thor indignation, that he should be caught
in company with a coppsrhead congress
man.
W. recommend to the "loyal' in Ohio and
elsewhere, in connection with this circum-
stance, the consideration Of the old adAgc
birds Of = feather" etc. What a petty,
bigotsd, proscriptivc spirit is manifested in
tn conduct Of the abolitionists OF Somer-
est aud Lancaster, in this. Because Gen.
Sheridan has ridden in = carriage with q
democratic congressman, "the ardor ofthc
Uuion men was d~arnpened." His services
in the field were not sufficient to outweigh
thte offence, and they sneaked from the
crowd which had collected to welcome him,
depressing their Indignation The "loy-
Al Uill be prccludcd before long from max
ing demonstration in favor of any of on.
D6ot poted generals. Grant and Meade and
Hancock and Thomas and Sheridan and
Sherman, find their most c%ongenial asso-
ciatss among "copperheads." They don't
liAe such bigotrv and letty spitefulness as
va shown in the affairs at Somerset and
Lancaster, and they don't find it among
Death Clifton. Christian n r1blbem.