Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-02
JACK FROST.
The Effects CT last Friday Nights
COid--E:arde sa sass EnJHrcd and
Crops Destroy ct."--Son,e of the
Grapes Gone Up --- The Erssit
Crop G:Ut injured.

The frost of last Friday night seems
to have been pretty general III this
State and in South Carolina, and as
far north as Norfolk The injuries
sustained by the truckers and farmers
were not over-estimated by us in Sun
days JOURNAL, but we aie pleased to
learn that the fruit crop, III some
places, has escaped. In this section,
c1lcumbers, squashes, beans and other
vegetable plants, have been cut down
TO the ground, and will l:ecessitate a
replanting, while i'll almost all other
sections, the corn and cotton have also
been destroyed. The injury is repre-
scented as very severe along the upper
line Of the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad, where it is said
that almost all vegetation, even to the
fruit crops, have been ruined. At Mr..
George 4. French's plantation, IS ,x-
celsior, al Rocky Point, fifteen miles
above the city, on the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad, we understand that
the havocisyeTy considerable, although
some OF the I'M urles may be repaired.
The vegetables, corn. cotton, &C., have
been cut down and the grape vines,
with the exception of tic native Soup
pernong, have all been more or less
injured. The fruit has probably
escaped and the strawberries are
slightly frosted.
As an indication of the effects of
this frost, SO late in the season and SO
totally unexpected, we give here few
extracts from other papers. The
Goldsboro' Messenger says:
For several days past the weather
has been quite cold, and on Thursday
IfrI, tS
tive frost, which, we learn, killed al
most everything i'll the gardens. Some
| of the truckers have lost everything,
beans, peas, &C., being thoroughly de-
stroyed, and it is believed the fruit
generally has shared the same fate.
| There was some snow here on Friday.
| The Raleigh Sentinel, however,
cheers us as follows:
| After diligent inquiry we are pleased
/ to learn that the frost Of Friday night
/ has done no harm whatever in Wake
county. This was owing to the very
| dry condition Of the grounN and to the
| clouds which became SO general early
| in the night. We think all danger of
| injurious frostS may now be considered
! passed.
And the Norfolk Ijryi,ai0,e brings
! the most doleful account that we have
yet had. 1t says
As before stated there was quite an
extensively spread hail storm on Fri
day afternoon, the effects of which
were rapidly and severely feltby the fruit
growers in this section. The pears,
particularly, seemed to suffer mo t.,
although we saw several growers who
did not think their trees had sustained
any damage. S;rlwberries, also, were
considerably injured, and fears are felt
that the crop VIII be materially cut
short. The Irost on that night, as we
predicted, also did considerable damage
: to the beans, potatoes, tomatoes, snaps,
and cucumbers, which are just putting
out. The tomatoes will put out again,
but the others will have to be replaced
by replanting. There are some who
estimate the losses to the truckers at a
high figure, reaching 81 900, 900, while
others think that few thousand dol
lars would cover it in Norfolk county