New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-23
THE CROP PROSPECTS.
EFFECT OF THE COLD WEATHER ON THE
VIRGINIA CROPS.
THE TOBACCO PLANTS GREATLY INJURED.
froru The Lyncibvrg rrgfnfGn, dpT1i 20

The recent cold snap has greatly impaired
our prospect ~ god l, 1,ol H. ncsen a: IN mo- no.
prospect all The tpbseeD plants, too, In virginia
Tennessee anl kentucky, have suiercd-in mny So
have brcu destroyed So there can hafdiy "o "a
reasonable hope INDUCED of Tao larg. tiop ~ tXu-eco
IT, oe ia9i 'n u ,Gpnc tnat u ,he weed vii
n ITS Present hs" a,res 1' rule ss s r ~run IN
and much The larger pUti0u az last year. crop hs ohp'
less been delivered ~ tho pnters hut theIe - n''
SOIL hand that will be coming forward 10 oouiInani
fron me horfoW V'rqfnfTH.
There was n sudden and severe change III the
Temperature on trday nght aud yesterday ln1ils y,
WIS ascritaincd thar the "coid ppd iTost ma no,
ali ecfions ~ ,he tIcl, r,i, come tIlnrs OF woe.
The tomatoes and cacuuc.s w,rc al Killed, ana w,
les bus Mr. John r. Grimm, IN Western,
Branch township lost 1000 tomato plants, besides
ohcr stuff. The potato patches looked very badly
pnch damaged ,nlc.s it u,ist h, the pears. Yesterday
very all day, and tn truckers conve,SSd wlIi
lisi ugif heavy frost nj the time would ruin the
frut and truck prospects for TIE year. md bc l3ss TO
Owing To tn backward s,aaou at the North truckers
were hopciul OF most ahndntan prohtable year on
the l3h oI last Ap our trurkin INTERESTS WrrI gIcaoy
pr0strcJ aout here by sewers iIo,lc. aud we car
mostly trust there my not be repetition fla scs1l "a
section.
Information from Norfolk, Va, IL to the Ell
fect tnat tnc apprteuafus OF &C truckeE" t " inty
realized To use the words OF n truckcr who does NOT
del upon auy particular crop for his mcOm bat las
general assortment Ever, thing above ground, ana
within two n3Acs the surface, Is killed. have lost
iourins oi my crops. and the othc ii q ~ late peas
cabbage cnf POTATOES. deep IN The ground Tic loss IN
Ire two count a ,cen Ia Norfolk - estimated al over
Virginia. The R;chnOHd dispatch says the osscs IN Tie
whole ,tttc viii amount OF ap dln sita'c
MOST OF TUE PIITsYLNANIA PEACH BLOSSOMS
KILLED.
From The LuHrltc VA Ntses.
Persons in this vicinity who have examined
tho bdssm. ~ tlc peach tivcS winch arr - Hl "m lciprt
tiai most Of tno mutt has hceu killed Oy tho COLI snap
Should IL continue for day or two niger no ludO inc
whole fruit crop OF this section VIII be destroyed.
THE EARLY FRUIT ND vFCET 'Bl4ES FROZEN
OUT ON TIIE PENN u.
F,5tre& Monroe crr'pon'nee ASr'i 80 81 The H'-
Last -lt the mercury came 70 "a, about
as ow as boon here ddng tLis ntci. amt ia con-
So ucncc o.! Inc 80 IL tht auh wee 'blr. ~
lower Peninsula d-pe.d cu.iroly srUn tnclr carly Vrg
h.s Tor s'si~tc ., and ia'lI:' - p'oIucr -J"i
AMI uJyiug cruD biues disI, * 1ld som times - u."u
tbuu. 'riu 'C ca .c "a -.'4H s,-li"h "'l'
very favorable 90 inc frutac,. ~ r.Tit rrJ duG tio
far,ncts IA tnis vicinity iu1.ht oven thcf pi's-
n-cis Even before tao ic. sur-e iort DCu>it .id
been removed flcir tliy pcHiOes we're NJ, AMI tlrt an
u.tAti b,altin- Jcr> YrI,u lay i. three wee hs bur
Ia. i4eyI o. 1-t Lie hlS Ylt d.i r on il,t :. i-
Palfi who had ogc ara oi str 1900 81 foup rCd
and pear t:,s, WHO were ii'-hs on i4"44 O''l ~ I,
h-lti M uro-I.rts - h1Nu r.0p. nos .Iy ilt' "
the .ct dnz II baskets nm ,hc wEOic orchard tbey
Viii oc dom. V. Iu TACT. tnr wtoc crop Of curly veg
cui OH and tnc ha.'r f,d aud puoiS paid trn"r has
10 20 90 thD CNHcu-e 0I utu' new ct'H pituiAE new
crops ord Ia realize anything "a enc ls ht SUM
TINS very hsiC lui 81 HpSh INC i'ii''i" 4
tni- srct o many ui whom had H.. ~ ne o'H- Co -
chas,. tEc the H. crop. on tire lower iohu'ui
tie only production upUu 10y ,tIHrr- IS carly vc1c.
sunp nas their lrU~pcDis ana tcJ have nothing
lclt but ~. liant AMI try 10 again