The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-29
WHEELING MARKETS.
Wholesale Quotations Crop
Prospects, Fruit, &c.

prospects, Fruit, &C.
In this vicinity the April cold snap
killed the fruit buds Of the apple, pear,
and cherry, SO far ss we can learn. We
have examined several orchards with
care, and have failed as yet, to find even
one live, green bud. II is the opinion Of
most peach growers, that the buds Of that
variety of fruit were cooked even befvrr
the last freeze; be that as it may, however
there will be few if any peaches in this
section. If there are any apples, they
will be few and far between.
The best substitute that we can think
of, for the loss of the fruit that grows on
the trees, is the fruit thai
grows on the tomato vine; and we now
uggest to our farmers and gardeners
the adyisability of planting liberal crop
of this article. There is no fruit more
healthy raw, cooked or canned-and
few varities more palatabe
The wheat WAS badly injured during
the exceptionally long and cold winter
just past but the April freeze did that
crop by far greater damage than all the
freezes of the winter. The warm wealth
er of the last days Of March and the fr.t
week or SO in April started the wheat,
barley, young clover, &c, forward
briskly, but the freeze singed them like
fame Of fire.
A correspondent of the REGISTER
writes from
MARION COUNTY.
ARNErTsvILLE, April 9th, 1875.
DEAR SIR:-In response to your wish
| will inform you what know about the
crops. | think our apple crop is entirely
killed, and the trees are also badly in
iured The wheat is also damaged, but
most persons think it will revive. at least,
q good portion Of it. The grass is late
coming out, and feed is getting scarce
The people are very late with their
spring crop.
Yours, &c, 5. {. STEWART.
A valued contributor TO the colums Of
the REGISTER writing from Meadow
vile,
BARBOUR COUNTY,
saws that two weeks ago all vegetation
seemed to be at rivalry in growing, and
our farmers were anticipating 81 toleraDie
early spring, with plenty Of early pasture,
and there WAS fine prospect for fruit
for the coming season. But on the 18th
inst. we were visited by one of the sever.
est hail storms that ever came "this way,
and it continued to keep cool and to rain
until the 10th, when the weather TUNED
cold, and it commenced showing and
freezing, and continued for several days.
So much so that the truIt, of all varieties,
is "nipped in the bud and what little
wheat had survived the winter is almost
gone, especially that that had jolnted.
The wheat, grass and the buds of the
trees look as though they had
been burned. Our oldest citizens ray
that they have never witnessed such
cold weather in April, and from the con
timued winds we expect more snow. Our
farmers are very backward about their
work, and but little has been done yet to.
ward making preparations for the COM
ingcrop.'
Another correspondent writing from
Barbour county, tells similar tale:
For Il few weeks the weather looked
IL little like spring wheat had taken II
NICE start, ana promised II tolerahIc fair
crop. Our many hills looked nice, and
being beautifully spread over with young
grass, everything looked in tourshlng
condition on up to about the l2tn or 18Th
when we had very heavy fall Of rain
and much thunder rolling north, follow
ed By very hard snow storm and frecz-
ing weather, destroying, totally, all kinds
of fruit, together with many potatoes
that farmers had lifted from where they
had deposited them last tall Tor their
seed this spring, but notwithstanding
there will be enough lett to plant. !
think the freezing will very much lnjUrc
the fruit trees. yet it Is to be hoped that
the catcrpillars are finally destroyed.
Wheat has suddenly jumped, in the
Wheeling market, from 81 100 ! - 10
81 80, and the flour market has become
active and quotations are higher.
Corn is stltiening up, also, as well a'
oats. Our quotations are the inside hg-
ures-occasionally transactions take place
a few cents higher up.
Provisions are Oouyant, but prices re-
main unchanged.
Coffee and Sugars have both stfened
without advancing.
In other departments business is quite
brisk, but quotations are without material
change.
Wheeling i, doing more business this
spring than ever before.
BRANs-Navy verydull at 81 1892 " per
BUTTER-M Moderate supply very
aood choice article at 2S0loUc.
BAKING POWDEE-s5sg3sc per pound
BROOMS-Fancy, 50 ~, - w and 81 ~;
plain s2 5JG275.
BEESW AX-Moderate demand at 25c
pet ls.
CHEESk-O factory is quoted AZ ljIg1
lec: sew York State l7lgc.
CANNED GOODS-NO change. Quota
lions: PedcheS-3 D. cans 81 81 per dozen;
IN, cans, 81 80. yUmdtOsS--J r. cans, u $40
3u:2 n cans, 81 ". COITi-Winsl-w, - o.:
other sweet corn, y 80; common corn, y ~.
MlscelldneouS-Strawb 81 p; pin"ap-
pies, 81 %; Lima beans, s. W; string Loans e
s. "; peas, 2j6E2 %; dam>on Pium-, = ~.
DRIED FRUITS-AppIes firm AT .H,'sc
per 10; peaches, halves, IU' -; mixed 80.
tGGS-ln moderate drmtna ana g''d
supply. We quote al HH!jc.
f'RUITS- Lemons, s. - II ~ per box.
Oran ses, Valencia - ~ per case , !pi!ih,
none in market; Mcssina, - "a % per
box; Ialermo, - W per box. Apples at
81 9ja 81 per bb..
goose h5mOiC.
FISH-QuotationS are TOR packages con.