Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08
TOO MUCH FINE WEATHER,

Unusual Sunshine and Drought I'm England
Has Almost Ruined All Crops.
From the London STANDARD
It 10 20 unusual for this country to suffer
from too much sunshine that no one who has
not travelled about and seen the crops can
realize the harm done by the GLORIOUS
weather" One may travel for twenty miles in
some parts Of the south Of England without
seeing . single good crop Of any kind, unless il
be potatoes. and they, the growers say, have
come to standstill. It ID feared that, when
rain falls plentifully enough to soak into the
land, the s.untsd and prematurely ripened
tubers viii sprout, and produce new ones. II
10 pitiful TO see the miserably dwarfed crops OF
barley and oats. Barley looks as IL the ears
could never get out Of their stockings." and
oats are beginning to send small heads out Of
stems only foot or eighteen inches high The
wheats are not quite rs bad. but they are gen.
orally very light, and il Is difficult to find a crop
in which every row cannot be clearly dlstir.-
guished when driving past the field The ears.
700, are srnAN- NJ n rule-short, like the straw
IN . INVITED sense IL NAV be said that harves;
has already beguz. rye having bee- crf and
stocked In few places. A fair plant Of man.
colds Is a rarity, and sweGes which have come
up have been attacked by the Hy generally, re-
sowing being in many cases necessary Peas
looked well until recently, but now show signs
Of dying of prcmaturely, and beans are nearly
a failure. Some miserable little drops of hay
ere to be seen here and there, but most of the
meadows have not produced anything worth
cutting, and, feed being extremely short, stock
have been turned into them. The chance of a
fair second growth of grass or clover is now
very poor one As has been previously pointed
out, prospects in the north Of England. in parts
Of the Midlands, in Scotland and even In Ire
land are much better than those lust referred
to, but everywhere an abundant rainfall is now
badly wanted, and even il il comes speedily the
hay crop, where it 10 best must be deficient
In Kent the outlook for a general fruit crop
is most Disappointing excellent as ii was earlier
in the season. There is 4 fair show for apples
generally, and q good one in many places
pears also being pretty thick on trees Goose-
berries and red currants again are abundant
- are cherries also. and plums in some planta-
tons. though a failure in others. But the dam
son trees present Q sorry appearance, being
black currants are very short and Strawberries
are failing for want Of rain. There ID q good
show Of raspberries, but growers say that
showers are essential to the proper develop
ment Of the fruit, and that the crop is infested
with maggots. Cob nuts, which are fairly
thick, are beginning to drop Of in consequence
Of the drought One large fruit grower expects
to lose fS, 900 this year and many small
growers declare that there is no chance Of
profit In the market gardens Brussels sprouts
and broccoli, recently planted out. are perish
ing for lack Of rain. Az for hops, thew are
suffering from the worst attack Of the CAV"
half of June. As rule, dry and sunny weather
checks the vermin, but this year, In spite 90
repeated washings, the bine cannot be kept
clean.