Earliest Peaches In Texas

T. V. Munson says Musser and Ashby are the earliest. These are followed by Baker and Alexander, Wilder and Excelsior following.

Hardy Apples In Ohio

Judge Cheney, of Winchester, says that the most hardy are the Roman Stem, White Winter, Pearmain and Milam.

The "Earliest Of All" Pea

There have been "Early" peas, and "Extra Early," and perhaps "Double Extras," but now Mr. Saxton has raised one he calls "Earliest of All." As the patriot says of his flag, "long may it wave." Still we fear there will be some still earlier, for during the past two hundred years the interval from the sowing in February or March to the gathering in May or June, has not yet been bridged. There has been, to be sure, an "early six weeks," but why not an "early six days?"

Flax In Mexico

Mexico is progressing rapidly, and our exchanges show that numberless industries are being earnestly nurtured. Flax culture is receiving attention. In an article before us the "Dodder" is classed among "insects injurious to flax" - not a bad idea, for Dodder, though a plant, affects other plants much as an insect would.

White Elephant Potato

Cuts on English circulars represent this as about the size of an old-time plantation negro's foot. Large vegetables are often more curious than profitable, but those who have to scratch for a living, find much more weight in a bushel of large than a bushel of small potatoes.

Feast's Scuffle Cultivator

This vigorous contrivance, first cuts up the weeds, and then by a roller fork behind, shakes out all the earth from the uprooted weeds, by which they are laid out so as to soon dry up.

Foretelling The Weather By The White Pine

The Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung, of Vienna, Austria, says it is the easiest thing in the world to foretell the weather by observing the common American white pine - Pinus strobus. If we are to expect rain or snow within a reasonably short space of time, the branches of the last two seasons' growth will be pendulous. If such weather be a long way off, the branches will be raised rather than drooping.

Oranges And The Weather In Florida

A correspondent from Orange county says: "I have seen nearly all the large orange groves in the State and find the crop medium to fair, and in great demand @ #3 to $4 per box, ready for shipping. The country is overrun with buyers, and commission merchants predict a great scarcity and very high figures before spring. We have had two sharp frosts, which singed the pine apples and guavas a little; bananas have their tops blackened."