Middletown Transcript

Peach Crop In Southern Maryland.—A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, writing from Plum Point, Calvert county, Md., says: "The peach crop in Calvert county seems to have been almost entirely destroyed by the recent cold snap. A careful examination of several large orchards in this vicinity enables me to say that all yellow peaches have been killed. Of the early fruit varieties there may be a fair crop; but early fruit for some years has been very unprofitable to growers. They therefore regard the present crop as an absolute failure. Messrs. Henry Williams & Bro., whose orchards are near this place, have been requested by Commissioner Le Duc to furnish for the use of the agricultural department the fruit specimens of lower Maryland, to be exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Present appearances would indicate that there is not much chance of a favorable display. The wheat crop in this neighborhood is looking well."