Show 1 Dixie Fruit Crop Almost Total Loss The Washington county fruit crop was practically all I killed last las Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day and Friday nights when extreme cold following on the heels of the storm throughout the R Rocky flaky ky Mountain section section- drove the mercury down below below be be- below low freezing point In that section The Th Temperature began to drop last Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- afternoon although a strong wind that night saved the Fruit Thursday Thurs Thurl- day and Friday nights were still and cold The 1 e greatest damage was done In Hurricane where it Is Is estimated the growers suffered a loss of or approximately ely Ninety per cent c nt of the fruit in that thai section was killed In St St. George and Santa Banta Clara practically practically practically everything was killed as the warm weather of ot the past three weeks had forced the fruit along and the frost trost came at a time when it was least able to withstand and the cold |