The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21
FEARFUL OF A FREEZE.
TRUCK FARMERS DON'T LIKE TIE
COLD WEATHER.

FLORIDA strawberry Shipments Begin
ming again and a Few Spanish Peas
Shipped-Very Little Cabbage Left
After the March Freeze - Beans
Looking Fairly Well and Cucumoers
and Tomatoes Growing Finely Now.
savannah to Have Cheap Vegetables
Later on.
The cold weather yesterday and last
night made truck farmers apprehensivs Of
another freeze. Early last mig ct there was
every indication OF 6 frost, but later on it
began to grow warmer, aud at IL o'slock
the signal station bulletined: "No chance
of frost" The temperature waich was
down to So the night before. only went 8
lower last night. The signal bureau
predicts warmer weather to-day. TIE
Temperature at Charleston, Wilmington,
Charlotte and Norfolk was rising last
night showing that the cold wave Is past
A frost at this time would have been very
disastrous 10 the truck CT ps and would
have seriously damaged cuclmbers ana
tomatoes. and If hard enough would nave
cut down the bean vines.
SHIPPING STRAWBERRIES AGAIN.
Shipments Of carload lots Of Florida
terdav, the steamship ChattahOochee taking
n carload. and Dir. Purvis, c. 5. Durllng's
agent. who has returned from New York,
transferred a carload of berries yesterday
TO the Nacoochee which sails to-day.
Mr.. Puris said last night that he IS not
vet prepared TO make any predictions Gs TO
the length of the strawberry season, but he
expects TO receive three carloads week
from this week on for few weeks al least.
The March freeze put stop to carload
shipments until last Saturday.
There were few Savannah peas by Sat
urday's steamer which took out !, T40 pack
ages of vegetables principally from Florida.
Some struggling lots OF peas will continne
TO come in for some weeks to come, but
there has been no general planting OF peas
for northern markets since the last dis
astrous freeze of March 10. Savannah peas
command now from e. to 81 as to quality.
MOST OF THE CABBAGE KILLED.
Very little cabbage is going from Savan-
nah as the freeze killed the greater part OF
the crop. The receipts are reported light
in the north, and barrel crates readily COM
mand from 81 IS 10 So 80 as TO quality.
Beaus are looking fairly WELL but the low
temperature for tine last two days and the
drought, will tend to reterd the growth IF
the plants. With a few days Of warmer
weather and showers beans will begin to
come in. The Florida crop is short, aud
beans are arriving ia New York sparingly
and like peas are ruling high
No Savannah potatoes have yet been dug.
The March freezes killed the vines, In SONS
instances 10 the roots; otherwise potatoes
would nave come into market a week ago.
The prospect is favorable for later plant
ings. and some of the earlier crops are look.
ing well, and will begin 60 come in by May
10 The Bermuda crop is said TO be pretty
well cleaned up Prime Florida potatoes
are bringing 5000 to z 90 per barrel and it
is thought that Savannah potato win sell
as high when they begin to go into market.
CUCUMBERs LOOKING WELL.
Cucumber vines are looking well, and
few crates will be shipped within the next
ten days Some island grown cucumbers
are going forward from Charleston and are
bringing from 81 to 50 per crate Florida
cucumbers have been retailing In the Sa-
vannah market for 10 cents a piece, but
they were small, and comparatively taste
less. They were cucumbers, however, aud
found ready sale to hotels and restaurants.
The indications are that vegetables, when
they begin to come into the local market.
viii De much cheaper than last year, as the
vegetables all along the coast as far as Nor
folk will be ready for market as soon as the
Savannah vegetables, SO that il will not
pay Savannah truckers TO ship 1nuca OF the
products Of their truck farms and gardens
beyond the early potato crop and few of
the earlier beaus, tomatoes and potatoes
All OF she cabbage grown here win find its
way 20 northern markets