Show I WHAT COLD KILLS lULLS FRUIT The Denver er Republican quotes Professor Wellman Well Well- man nan in charge of the he local experiment station atthe at athe atthe the he state agricultural college to show how much cold is necessary to kill fruit Tic lie says when a blossom shows pink it can stand 20 above zero when in in full bloom as low as 26 deg degrees ees J. J II TI Sales of Palisade of one the best known orchard men meil of the west takes issue with the pro pro- fessor and sa says s I 1 have had apples showing pink seriously damaged at 26 degrees above I have had them hem killed at 20 degrees But he admits that he the amount of cold is more or less neutralized by other causes auses He says sas he lie hurries to light his or- or card caId heaters when the thermometer gets below 32 degrees The Agricultural Bulletin showing howing results of experiments with various fruits states that blossoms blos- blos oms will withstand cold as follows Apples showing show show- jug ing ng pink 20 degrees above zero apples in full bloom loom 26 degrees above zero pears showing pink 20 degrees above abo zero pears in full bloom 2 27 degrees de dc grees grecs above zero peaches showing ing pink 23 degrees de de- de grees grecs above zero peaches in full bloom 28 degrees above zero It H is an important matter here in this region be be- ause the frost last week committed great havoc among the fruit of nearly nearl all the Mississippi aIle valley states tates The Thc center of the depression seemed to be Iowa owa but Minnesota i was hurt Wisconsin Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan Illinois Kentucky I Tennessee and even eyen Alabama Ala- Ala b bama ma and Georgia were hurt very veny er seriously and at Present nt not more than one fourth of a crop is looked for That insures a good price rice for f fruit uit this his fall faIl a price enough to justify long ion tion I |