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Show YOUNG TREES BADLY FROZEN , IN CALIFORNIA Damage to Orange Crop and Older Trees Less Than Expected. . ' Lu ANGEL KH, al, Jan. 8. With markedlv higher temperature' prevailing, prevail-ing, smudging was aucceiuiful laet night in saving orsnfres and lemon that had been onl.y slightly aioped hy lae waavd ; cold of the previous two days. Ac- I cording to citrus experts, fully half of the 30,0no,(mo crop may be fouad to be in marketbl rasps." Many' grove were -refiortfd unin-tured unin-tured in rns Bernardino countv and near Santa Ana, three mile southeast of Los Asgiles. Th grower saw a ray of hope is th fact that a sudden thaw, which waa feared last night, did not materialise. v The weather bureau assured the citrus men that th return to normal conditions would be gradual. "With the fruit thawing slowlv much of it can be save.)," said W. A. Palmer of a growers association. Although the foliage of the tree in many districts was shriveled by th cold between Hundsy night snd yesterday yester-day afternoon, growers unite ia the declaration that bearing trees wer uninjured. un-injured. Great havoc was wrought, however, in orchards where the treos wer young and not yet come into bearing. On the basis' of a 60 per cent crop damag the railroads stand to Vise oiMi.Ooii in reduced freight receipts, according ac-cording to estimates today. YOUNG TREES (Own tinned from pofe 1.) snowstorm wltnssssd ta thla part af California Cali-fornia In yea re bona last night and still Is In progreee la tho lower reaoheo af the gaoramento valley, know fell In Barr-memo Barr-memo toiiey, a phenomenon an aeidnm witneaaad aa lo render It a at sH salty, lha apow melted as II fsll. Tha only damage ao far' reooried haa boon the destruction of Tung growth oa some of the declduowe fruit treee la tha vail eg. |