Show SHORTAGE IN PRUNE CROP chicago april 22 prunes threaten to tb become a real luxury and disappear from the menu cards of many restaurants and boarding houses reports from the sacramento valley and sonoma napa tehama and colusa calusa counties tit in california indicate that lato late frosts have damaged about lifty per cent of tile the growing crop damage lit in the santa Clarav clara hallcy aUcy also Is thought to be heavy A norvial crop of prunes would total about pounds last year about pounds were produced und and toils year merchants say the crop Is not abt expected to total over 60 50 pounds this deficit is expected to send prices skyward As an offset off set to the prune crop failure california growers say thoy they have the host peach and app rIcot crops they have cecii seen in two years |