The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-07-15

universal, kentucky only being marked q
trife belowt The average.
Pastures-Delaware and Wisconsin are
the only States failing to give increased aver:
ages.
Eruits-The appearance of apple blossoms
was unusually late on the Atlantic coast,
opening fully at last, they wore injured in
many places by storms and pnpropitious
weather. In the central part of the West,
| bloom Of orchards was not generally abund-
| ant; it was small on the Atlantic coast be-
tween New York and Georgia, with the sin.
gle exception Of apples west Of the Missis-
sippi it vas large, and In some gases exces-
sive.
In Kent county, Maryland, a severe frost
occurred about the 9Th of May, which killed
she peach crop, and injured materially the
prospect for apples and pears A few orch
ards appear partially exempt from tho injury,
otherwise the failure is very nearly total
Similar reports, generally indicative Of injury
less severe, come from Maryland. The con-
dition Of peaches shows a reduction Of "a per
cent Michigan comes fully up the average
in condition Of peaches, but the amount Of
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prospect when the trees were in bloom was
better than the recent indications. On the
whole, comparatively short peach crop may
be expected this year, though some localities
may have full supply.
In Lycoming county, Pennsylvania peach
trees have been Yinter-klllea, as well as grape
vines that were unprotected; ounce trees are
dying, and much complaint is made of the
destructiveness Of worms upon cprrant and
gooseberry bushes. ~
In Berks county apples aud pears bloomed
fully, but Wege destroyed very generally by
the rain.
The fruit of Clarke county, Virginia, was
greatly injured by frosts. The crop of APP
pies, pears and peaches in sections of West
Virginia will be much reduced by the killing
frosts which followed the early appearance Of
blossoms. Much irregularity exists in the
fruiting Of the orchards of the Carolinas.
The correspondent from Queen Anne
county, Md, says:
do not think that place fruit estimates
at too high figure TIE amount of bloom
was very great, but the frost Of the 9th and
18th Of May commenced the work of destruc-
ton. It was evident few days otter that |
there could not be half a crop, and since that
time the newly formed fruit has been drop
ping off, until very little is left We suppose
this was owing to the long continuance Of
cold, wet weather. An extensive peach !
grower, whose usual crop is from eight to ten |
thousand boxes, told me that he did not |
think his entire orchard of ton thousand |
trees would yield fifty boxes of fruit. |
Williamson County, Teras
| have known but twice in the last ten |
years when we have had such crop of Mus |
tang grapes. They are nearly grown, and
will be it for making wine by the Is of Ju-
ly, and continue growing better until frost,
some time in November. A very superior |
wine is made from this grape. believe i'll
all the grapes Of this State that are row suf-
fered to rot were made into wine it would be |
worth more than the entire cotton crop Of
the State, and saved at half the expense and
trouble. Two years ago sent barrel of
this wine-my own make-to my brother, of
the Massachusetts State Council, who had it |
thoroughly tested by judges, who pronounced
It a yery superior wine. I have several or |
ders for barrels of wine Iexpect to manu-
facture largely this season at cost of less
than fifty cents a gallon-sugar, barrels and
all expenses included.
Sacramento County, CAL
At my Natoma vineyard, which contains
76 acres of vines and $50 acres Of land, Of
choice foreign varieties Of grapes, believe
the yield will be 200 gallons Of wine, and
a large amount Of raislgpps end at my Duror
vineyard Of twenty acres, 5000 gallons.
Maple S'yar.-The States giving In
creased attention to this production are res
pectivcly Massachusetts,, $50 per cent. in
ercase) Vermont, (60) New Hampshire,
Wisconsin, Maine, New York, Minnesota,
Iowa and Re1nsylasnia.