Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-16 | Page 10 | Frost does Much Damage in County

FROST DOES MUCH DAMAGE IN COUNTY Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Primes and Plums Are Chiof Sufferers, Horticultural Hor-ticultural Inspector Says. 1'ioht did extensive damage .in Salt Lake county to tomatoes, cue um hers, prunes ami plums, According to H. Li. W ood bury, conn 1 y horticullu ral i n spec-tor. spec-tor. Mr. Woodbury said that, it is impossible impos-sible to estima to aceim;t ely the money loss that will remit from the frost, but is of the opinion that it will run into thousands of dollars. While the frost was not heavy, it was sufficiently severe to kill the vines oj tomatoes and cucumbers and to freeze the prune mid plums so that they will be falling- from the t reos within a few days, the horticultural inspect or sava. The total damage done resulted from the extonsiveness of the frost rather than its severity, flays Mr. Woodbury, reports coming in from all parts of the county of the blasting of the vines mentioned.