Show WEBER COUNTY CROPS NIPPED I MELONS GONE CONE Tomato Vines Frosted But Harvesting Can CanGo CanGo CanGo Go On Watermelon and cantaloupe crops crop throughout Weber and Davis ls counties countie suffered heavy damage Wednesday night and this morning with mth the first firs freezing weather of toe fall fail though the Uie loss to tomatoes was estimated a aless at atless atless less than 10 per cent of 01 the crop re re- re on the vines Fruit was lit littie lit lit- little littie tie tle damaged particularly as there was wa hardly any frost in tn the North Ogden district Should the frost of this morning b be followed follo eel by another tonight there will wll willbe be heavy hea damage to tomatoes Cs accord accord- according accordIng according ing to George Shorten assistant sec see secre re lary of the Utah Canners' Canners tion But If the weather is warmer the results will be beneficial resulting In more raps rapid ripening of the crop TOMATOES NIPPED Smith Canning company at Clear Clear- Clearfield Clearfield Clearfield field reported that the tue frost through through- throughout out the Clinton and Roy Hoy Ro districts districts- did comparatively little dam dam- dama damage age a e. e Two thirds of the the- tomato cro crop had been gathered prior to the frost Iros and there was about 10 per cent dam damn damage damage age to the remainder Heavy y pick pick- picking picking ing log was expected to result today M. M P. P Brown fruit grower at Roy reported this morning that tomatoes were w only slightly damaged but that tha the melons and cantaloupes had been hard bard hit NORTH OGDEN ESCAPES rES From om Hooper and Plain City came cam reports that tomatoes had been dam dam- damaged damaged damaged aged with loss of 01 25 per cent estimated ed i in some areas John D. D Hooper Hoope said further lurther frosts will do much Injury however as tomatoes are now exPOSed on the vines ines Instead of being protected by foliage The principal damage was wa to melons cucumbers and cantaloupes North Ogden's record of or having lit littie lit lit- little littie tie tle loss from early frosts was sus sus- tamed John Hall manager of or th the Ben Orchard company sal said neither tomatoes nor grapes had been damaged to any appreciable extent extent I there being only a trace of frost C C. E. E reported there was n no frost in the area east cf ef North Ogden townsite This is a section known fo for its vineyards and orchards From Huntsville came the report o of 01 24 4 degrees being recorded Practical Practical- Practically ly Iy all crops that could have been dam damn damaged damaged aged by b frost had been harvested in lit inthe I Ithe the Ogden alley Green Grcen feed was only slightly damaged dam gd though further frosts will cause loss of this forage crop according to S. S V. V Grow I |