Show I Fruit Severely Hit By Monday Night Frost Frost which was general over the Intermountain region Monday Monday Mon Mon- day night did severe damage to the fruit crop in Moab valley ac according according ac- ac cording to lo Inspectors who have I been n checking over the orchards this week Earl chief horticultural horticultural tural inspector of or the state department department de de- of agriculture who has been In Moab this week on mosaic mo mo- sale inspection estimates the damage to peaches apricots apricot ap apples op ap- pies ples and sweet t cherries at from m 50 to 75 per cent A more definite Ito ite determination will be made on a second Inspection in about three weeks The rhe lower part of the valley was the worst hit Several or orchards orchards or- or chords had been damaged during durling dur dur- ling ing the cold snap two weeks ago and Monday nights night's freeze just about cleaned out the remaining fruit In the central and upper parts of the valley a number of orchards report that a fair crop remains It was the most severe frost damage suffered by local fruit fruit- growers in many years Press and radio rc reports orts Indicate Indi cate that Mondays Monday's freeze just juit about wiped out the fruit in central and northern Utah The Grand valley of Colorado The was also severely hit |