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Show GOOD PEACH CROP IS SAVED m Tne lomperature in nearly all parts ot the county did not Tall below 25 degrees above zero and a constant wind after midnight raised It to a point above the danger mark. Artificial heat was used, however, In many orhcards, oil for tho smudge pots being shipped from Salt Lake as lata as 10 o'clock last night-Many night-Many orchards that wcro smudged Thursday night were not heated last night, tho orcharlsts remaining up all night, though, to start tho firea at tho least warning of danger. The fruit growers say that a three-nights' three-nights' siege on the part of Jack Frost is tiring and that they do ;ot want it repeated. During the tlnee nights, nearly every farmer who had nn orchard spent most of the time vigilantly watching the thermometer and applying the torch when the mercury mer-cury reached a po.nt below 28 degrees de-grees above zero. Fruit growers were heard from this morning from Brlgham City to Provo, all telling about the some story of no damage last night; tho peach crop will be good; apricots and cherries cher-ries practically annihilated, and no damage to late fruits It Is stated that, uinless later frosts appear, there will be an abundance of peaches, although there are districts dis-tricts where the crop may be light I where smudging was hot resorted to or where the temperature reached a point below 20 degrees above zero. |
