Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-05-17

Special C.rresplndeaee If lie Jourac chi StdeImdH,
CAPEvILLE, NORTHAMPTON Co, VA,
May 10, 1867
DEAR JouREAL:--ln a trip to Baltimore
last week, via Annamessi&, was prepared
by the accounts saw iu yours as well ne
other papers, to see u backward Spring, but /
not to SEQ n cold snow storm In May. What !
contrast? The schaol boys in New Castle ,
and Cecil counties -balling each other, |
while the boys hero are running about bare /
footed, and straw hats are now quito com. |
mon. 1t Ia not the distance in miles that |
makes this great climatic difference in the |
positions Of the two counties, but the inAu. |
euce Of the ocean on this county; il modifies |
the heats Of Summer-the Thermometer very
rarely rising above 90 degrees during the
hottest weather, and 90 above zero was the
lowest | saw il last Winter, and then
placed it in an exposed situation on the
northwest side of the house. The ocean
again coming TO our rescue, modiies the
/ rigors Of Winter so that cattle and horses
run wild and get their own living on the
islands along the eastern coasts OF this and
AccOmac counties
The farmers are now putting out sweet
potatoes and several fields ! see look quito
green with them Corn is being cultivated
and replanted where the first planting didn't
stand we'll. King Cotton is being planted
quite literally; and rye is out in head, 80
that Spring, real Spring, is with us; no
March weather, one day warm and the next
a colo snow storm The peach trees here
are loaded with fruit about the size of green
peas. Speaking of green peas reminds me
that my neighbor Mason over on the seaside,
expects to ship several barrels of them TO
market this week. Think of that We truckers
OF New Castle County. With Railroad TO
} Cape Charles we are within just eight hours
J distance from your city-miles we do not
count. We could gather and ship truck and
vegetables one day, and they he on sale next
: morning in yours and Philadelphia markets
} at reasonable calculation. Market gar
0 deners here would have two weeks advan-
} tage Of their contreres of New Castle and
] Salem Counties, and a market gardener
] knows very well the value Of two weeks OF
4 early vegetables in market before the regular
! time, With Railroad as above named
s those two weeks eau be counted on as a GER
b talnty; no unusual efforts are required, 1t
o is that the seasons here are two to three
weeks earlier than in Delaware, notwth.
standing the comparatively short distance OIL
= only Two hundred miles,
= As remarked in former letter, the iso
! thermal lines Of climatic temperature run
y through this place and course south as
. far as Nashville, Tennessee. Fig trees, oil
rather bushes, for they are only bushes aftel
all, grow wild here almost as plenty as eldel
% bushes with you. No care Is bestowed OF
!. them and they are loaded with figs every
y fall. They stand the climate here about a
y well as the peach does with you. Once II
y several years the crop fails, owing to tn
" cold. This Spring, however, the trees o
- bushes are loahng out very well; as theI
u never blossom we cannot tell whether W
>, will have a crop or not. The fruit grows GU
10 OF the end of the limb without any appear
II ance of blossom or any indication that th
tree is fruit-bearIng one Of any kind,
or The fishermen along shore above Cap
IN Charles are now reaping hno harves
be One haul of rock fish last week Melted Ii
baulera i've hundred dollars. They caugt