Show OF FRUIT CROP IS 5 PROBABLY LY LOST t ti i Impossible to Estimate Dam Darn Damages j ages Resulting From Re Recent Recent Recent cent Storm and Frost ONLY FEW SECTIONS REPORT SMALL LOSSES PEACHES CHERRIES PLUMS AND PEARS SUFFER MOST DISCOURAGED fl I Fruit Crop Damage Damage Da a e that It is im L I at t thistle this dIM tle to eUma tau has been bean do due to the tile trait fruit crop of ky by the U re recent recent cent severe evere and continued storm of the tile stone Moile e fruits wOl lose kIM t An estimate hasea OB un the of or the tb production last hut year t bow d that the yield was w worth 1 I 11 year it wm be beless less lea than m iW if forecasts prove to toto toto toto to be true John P Sorell county I horticultural Inspector said Id ye er oa day The The stone fruits fruit have suffered lamentably of the t peaches peache cherries and plums have been b q destroyed and about half balf of the lie lieI pears peal I think tl it is ia a conservative estimate e t tsay say ay that the yield of fruit this t Ii year will n net n be lie ore than thaD of ot what it ought bt to toe be If more stor 14 I come I cannot say what will happen Last LaR year ear the Ute yield of the countr cou couIn in fruits l amounted to te about UIO 1 The acreage in orchards not counting l the smaller IIer places pl cell was about MO I Happily apples h ha have e not ben been touched for tor the r reason on that they the have h e I Inot not developed sufficiently in the bios bl tl I I I Isum sum gem to eel leel lee the effect of the seven seve v weather As to berries I think you may a say y 7 IFf that Ute the gooseberries have so fIO tar far progressed as to resist re JR the weather but they may imy be damaged a little I Ido Ido Ii do not net this storm stoma will have havea ae N a very bad I effect on strawberries or i il other products of that character for forthe fortIN I the tIN that they were covered with snow 1 t The anticipation on of f the Salt Lake I I weather prophet that the storm of Thurs There Thursday I day da would end with wilb cloudy cloud skies thus Ulus m r rI I affording a protection to some extent nt to f 1 the fruits was ws not realized realised The storm t cleared away late Ia In 18 the evening evenin and ami tie the tiei i sk Ilk kv v was cloudless The weather wether turned tu cold and grew Krew ceMer as the sight Bight D bt pro progressed I grossed gressed gr ed There was wad a heavy y frost ft and the fruit truit trees aU sO ov over r this skis section were left at the mercy III th tIIe Ma kiBa Yesterday Y reverts opens w wms t of a n an i sl ii i i ar i rn it mil i pL ste 8 lbs 4 er th i 1 l C M M i Avert rt a f trust list last aL Wl I last IUt night was wa ece e severe ere than was wa waI I hoped It te Is we ant thought thu t that th the d dages ages caused Thursday night were wire If great r Increased Md Worst In Years Kot ot in ill fifty years year y Mas ifta there been a total failure of the tile hit fruit crop in the Creek district Mid W s prominent fruit grower of 0 that locality tot jut t the frost front fro t of ot Thursday I fear has hes almost uno t totally totany destroyed CM peach l 4 I cot and aDd possibly the cherry herry crop There I was an al able e of any breeze breese from trona the i canyon last lut night a condition which sri sel I item exists at this time of or the year est and aDd which has been the means mean heretofore ft of saving HYing the crops in this th locality DAVIS DA VIS COUNTY FRUIT HIT HAr HARD HAJe BY FROST I It Special to The Herald HeraM r i J April 39 lUThe The heavy heay frost fro t 4 last night has bas practically any put the Horti Horticulturists culturists of Davis county count whose chief ef products are arc peaches apricots apricot and anti I out of or for this year tear er The u I apple a Dle trees hate Mye not nut been injured it to Is I a I believed and there them is I a possibility that th t I I there will wm be son plume pluma pears and aDd snail 1 I fruit left Leroy Lerey lere ft B Marsh county frUit ft it itI I inspector I MM saki hi this thi afternoon in answer aree ar arI I I to a ft question sto to the extent of the dam dm damage i I a age that he Ltd Bad ad been out through the ine orchards orchard of UM the u Clearfield district where 1 i I mod moel io of the fruit of the county Is pro plo produced I and an d that he had failed tailed to fit I 1 I anything to Justify Juett the hope that th the re i I will be any uy stone stem mitt hit this nar r rI I I The yam runt er e f probes apricots and ud eIer 11 j tICS ries te IS te Mid II Id Mr Karsh The I loss losi due doe to last t nights frost fro t can be pretty I accurately when it is la known I Ii that we would wouW live ve shipped shiP from Clear i field this year about fifty fin carload carloads Of f I I I peaches probably W two ears cars c of besides bet kles large lale of cherries Tte Te e i I I peaches wouW lava d been worth abet ab t ici JWO per car cr and 41 the apricots over Or tIO 11 ill I a car so 80 that in these two items shine the toes loss Io win n be not DOt far from MOOT f Pro Pr 1 aM abt ably another few thousands were lost lo t on cherries while plums plumB and prunes pruDes will mill be e I found to 18 have hY suffered The prospects prospect remain r good howver now ever J I for a fine crop of apples and we w f ought to toI to be able aMe a le to ship fort forty to cars car it T j I that fruit The growers that J 1 ha hay have In Interviewed l and whose orchards orchard have ban h he hem n D DI I visited have bave things in splendid shape toe for forthe the apple crop The frost came a me too earb I to k hart burt rt the buds and DeI with the conditions ron as a to spraying etc ft we should t I this year haw have a record crop croo of apes a fl i throughout Davis counts So far a as T I have been teen ebb ante to learn strawberries md nd 4 t other ether small mall f tufts have hae ha e not been blen 11 t Other Sections Suffer l Prom From rom reports that have hae ha e been r today tod from other ether sections bOld of the cinat i It is i safe to La say lay that the tI that i I prevail in n obtain in hi the rt districts and It U is w y J JI I certain that taking the county i c 15 to UM Ui OW damage has bes bis 1 j ji i tamed as a result of the one orte night f ffrost il ilI frost truet I L Continued on Page 2 OF FRUIT CROP IS PROBABLY LOST Continued C from Page 1 I The farmers of the district I are figuring on O hedging Careld to protect tet them themselves themselves j selves as far tar as possible Wie e suggestion has ha been advanced adao by Mr Ir Marsh that the th I farmers should plant extensively of o can cantaloupes cR canI I I this year yr It has bas been found fond I that tt in seasons Ons when le fruit is sr scarce the th market for cantaloupes is strong aril I practically an aR that tbt be produced prou find lind I ready rd sale at prices A meeting of 0 f r o I I i the th rumen farmers of o the Ue north nr part of ot Davis Dav I county has ba Men been called ele for next Tuesday to b 03 held at at which time the matter mater of raising cantaloupes will wil be betaken betaken betaken taken up it I ta 1 expected that tha William M 11 I of Provo will wi b b be present preL It I Is I understood that U Mr r Roylance has prof proffered pr tere to contract for the th product of one ORe onehundred onehundred hundred acres or t ml more of cantaloupes and aD with the prospects of 01 excellent prices pr there thre Is t little prospect but bt tal that the whose wh fruit fr crop cop ta has ae been H ruined rul will wi avail avi themselves of o the t opportunity pr to contract with wt Mr r It RI ria ce e Another source lur of o loss less was vms s t to te growers gr I of f o Much h of e thIs til crop C Is pro produced produced du in and aiM an In Is li and al about Woods ol Cross Cros Report are aJ to th the effect efe that II 11 1 asparagus that was wan wa above the th ground gon has hu been bD destroyed dels There The is no now J noway w way ay of 01 accurately ly estimating the tl amount aft lost this thie th on crop OJ Alfalfa which tip p to this time ti has baa looked loke rather better tetter this thin y year r than here here 1 was wa damaged dm e somewhat Im and will willbe willbe be b delayed dey d In mt C a matter of some som Bm I consequence this thi yr for fo the reason TJ that I out there Utah is ia already almed Ird a scarcity of hay hy through throughout I From Fo sections of the tie county i come reports that from fro fit fn five e to eight de do degrees de gross grees IrH of frost was recorded re this morning I There II is danger daner of 01 further siamese damage to tonight tonight night but It is I thought thou ht that not net Bt much mitch I additional injury will wi be done d e |