The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-14


ING indicate that the unreasonable weather
of The last two nights has injured the
',oacb buds 10 some extent. New Castle
county. where the buds are not well adj
,.snced. and the Eastern Shore counties
,,ost exposed TO salt air, suffer the least.
The most damage is reported from the
centre Of the peninsula. Following IS
summary ~ the reports:
Rridgeville-All open blooms killed
md leading varieties seriously damaged;
a. however, no further frost follows there
I'll he full crops Of some varieties. Lau-
rn-Uoar frost last night killed large
,, -, Of the buds. Cambridge-ln-
l,,,I moi thought serious. Georgetown
I'm not vet affected; mountain plums
Snl6A. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 300
~ u,orning: buds are backward, and not
much damage done. Chcstertown-Buds
,,W "a ice: damage cannot yet be esti-
49, Tclton-Mercury 2jo at sunrise !;
, r,,' Jou,s Of serious injury. Salisbury
~ sor;on. damage. Elkton-Growers un-
oosv. damage not yet known.
y.ee,a.ion Seriously Damaged fn
Kentucky.
ro,,svyfrr. April 12.-The present cold
81 a. remarkable Sunday the mercury
,..r,,i,,g into 500. while this morning in
"" 1,un,yord turn the mercury touched
~, lee VS. formed both in the city and
-, INIT no heavy frost has been re-
oo~.'' Slight frost is said TO have oc-
P o,.,V ~ in the country this morning. A re-
norter has been around among the market
pconle. and the information received Is TO
The cflect that the Young NegeMtlon mas
been very seriously daiiaSeu.
An through the county Straw,oerries nave
heen Killed outright, and peaches ana ap-
Mo. have been very much hult' smaller
tr,,i,s ~ All kinds have been geheraiiy
tnlcd. The warm weather during Marcm
had hurried vegetation forward All
tinds Of vegetation will be put Dack seNe-
rai woek. Market people were expecting
o. have roasting-ears before the close OF
,bo yyeek. hut the freeze and frost has
,bro,cn the growth OF corn back several
- wheat has been benefited. 1t
,r,s Too forward in growth. The cold that
throws II back will prove vast good. The
most serious result will be felt in the back
sct 10 carly vegetation. Beans, peas, and
VEGETABLES Of all kinds were maturing, and
they have been frozen OH the stem.
Trees i'm Southern Illinois Injured.
CHICAGO. April 13.-From the numerous
disnotches received from Southern Illinois
There is reason TO fear that great damage
was inflicted on fruit by the heavy freeze
nj Monday night. The exceptionally mild
weather Of the preceding month had caused
an early blooming and the trees were in n
condition most susceptible to injury by
frost. Reports Of similar damage are re-
ceiyed from Indiana.
The Frost in Ohio.
CINCINNATI. April 49, Reports from nu-
merous points indicate that the cold last
night was quite as intense rs on Monday
niebt. the thermometer going down in
some places TO 20 degrees. Still there are
many who maintain that the peaches are
not all killed.
All reports agree that strawberries are all
killed. Much fear is felt for the wheat,
which j. in many places twenty inches high
and pointed. While many think the frost
will kin II, the situation is so unusual that
opinions are not final
The Damage i'm Virginia.
PETERsBuRG, Va, April l3.-The freeze
and frost Of Tuesday night evidently caused
great injury to the fruit crop, il the reports
relied upon. Apricots, pears, peaches,
cherries, and strawberries, all suffered.
The impression is that these fruits were
pretty generally killed. though in isolated
protected locations they may have escaped.
The farmers were confident OF one OF the
most abundant crops for many years, and
they are coTTespondrngly respondent over
the loss.
LEEsBURG. VA, April 13.-The cool wea-
ther that followed the snow-Storm OF Mon
day continued through the following day,
and Tuesday night was quite cold. The
ground was hard frozen, and the proba-
bility is that the advanced fruit suffered Sc
yerely, and grave apprehensions are enter
tanned that the peach crop especially, which
lately promised so well, will be, as it has
been for the past two or three years, fail
ure.
TIE JAMEs-RlVER COUNTRY.
Especial telegram 10 the Dispatch.