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Show frost causes damage i to fruit crop I The cold wave rnd frost which wo havo felt keenly tho past week, has I caused consldorablo damago to tho fruit crop of our vicinity, as well as H other places. neportfl from varloim orchard own- ,r. arc to tho effect that It Is not definitely known Just how great tho damage In. A P,Uvo fact- howeV" H er Is hat th0 Pr,c0tB nnd cherr,cs H 8r'e badly damaged and many of tho peaches, but It Is thought that there H will bo a fairly good crop. Tho pears and apples wore also nested ciulto badly, altho tho plums H are not hurt, whatever. ' H Edwin Cragum of Llndon, reports from there Thursday ns follows: Ap-H Ap-H rlcots, 75 per cent killed; CO per cent H of tho sweet cherries killed; slight H damage to peachce 25 pcrcont of tho J H early ones killed; 10 to IB per cent 3 H of tho late ones; apples appear to be 3 HJ uninjured. |