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Show Poor Fruit Prospects. The cold wo ther of Monday nnd Tuesday played havoc vllh tho fruit In this portion nnd the proipecta nro that but llttlo will be grown hero. It Is the general opinion tint thcio will be no peaches or apricots and but few plums. The npples and pears did nut faro so badly uiid theie will likely bo a farcrop of these if I hern is no more eolda snaps. In souio parts of town the cherries and strawberri os wero frozen hut lu other sections thev escaped. N. C, Christcmou reports that it la tho worst float we have had slnco ho has been in tho fruit business. He fays he will Mian but little fruit tins year, the ehceries, pe.tehes, plunn, apricot will Iks n c:mpeto failure. At tho Deck iuuyKid nearly all tho prunes nro froi-en froi-en anil the grapes have also sultcred. |