Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-14
FROM THE VIRGINIA SHORE.
Affairs AgrfcuItU raj and HortfcuI-
tura1 About Falls Church-Ffue
Fruit eroPs.Hay IAght-kavages Of
lCorrespondencc OF TIM START

Correspondence OF The STAR.l
FALLS CHURCH, July I4th. 1871.
Editor Star The =, sson agriculturally thus
far makes the following exhibit: Fruits have
been a continued feast. Cooselerries. green
were the first, and they were abundant. They
seen 10 have been given the place OF currauts.
Nothing can truly supPlant the curramt Then
came straw berries, and these too were abundant
During the season, the number of teams coming
into the city each say loaded with this fruit
would surprise any one. IL would seem that the
amount OF these excellent berries brought in
from the Virginia side alone. would clut the
market of two or three such cities A. Washing
ton but II did not, and on the other hand in the
main, aremuneratiye sale Was found for them
L have no means OF aggregating the Nirginia
product, but L can name some (Only few Of the
whole numbeT) of the largest growers within nay
aggregate crop. 1 think that Mr.. .'Ohn Birch IL
the largest grower this way, and am told that
he has taken TO market in a single day
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED QUARTS.
MI Henry Fcbry comes next, aud falls but littl.
behind Mr.. Birch in the sum total % the crop:
t i IN the order of quantity come Mr.. John
febrey Mr.. Hugh ThTOckmorton. Mr.. South
eron, Mr.. Joseph Birch, Mr.. Bruner &c
In quick succession came cherries and black
rasPberIies IN abundance also. Then carrants
followed, not In great supply, for there are bat
Few grown here. Then came the wild d,.v-l,er-
~ and the cultivated red raspberry both in pro-
tusioni and following these the later cherries,
theh ne blackberry growing Wild pleHtcOusly,
and the cultivated. large luscious. iat-blasf
kittatinnies and these we have still aud Will,
then the DELICIOUS whOrtiCherries. Apnles wer.,
ripening nearly two weeks ago, and these early
ones are excellent and plentiful tlis season.
Fears are just coming with golden cOmpleNion,
and in good supply. Peaches n had almost said
Gods best gift TO man" In the fruit linel ara
hanging with their rosy cheeks, (the earliest of
them ripe, tempting, ON the trees. ,Hale's
EaTy, a. heretofore, shows PR mature decay.
But what an abundant peach Weld We ara
promised. Grapes promise 90 be very plentiful,
Inns Is al fruit showing not often eQualled.
The hay crop, you know. is not more than A
third OF crop. Early potatoes too Won must
know, are complete failure. Late pDtatoeS
that came up well look well. but have seen
some helds where the seed almost entirely rotfasl
Jhe late potato II also being ravaCed in soma
localloes by what IL called the potato bug, an
insect perhaps hve-eighths of an inch long with
a hornet-ike head and neck, color generally
dark brown, with yellow stripes running length
wise with the body; body strong, and legs well
adapted TO scampering; has wings, but they 40
not appear 70 be Of any use. 1t attacks a Mn of
POTATOES IN considerable numbers and soon
strips the stalks Of all their foliage. These bugs
eat voraciOusly and propagate their species ran
Idly. When the bugs have eaten the leaves from
one nil, they Ego marching on 20 another
Strike the stalks OF a hill where the pests ara
eating, and they drop down on the ground and
scamper OF In diyergng WAYS. We DO not neei
70 wait for the Colorado creature. Put A pleuti-
ful number Of these in the feld and the finish
ing up OF the crop will be done speedily i send
you specimen bug.
These warm days, with frequent showers. are
causing the corn TO grow as rapidly as I ever