The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-18
CROPS SWEPT CLEAN.
$4,000 a SMALL ESTIMATE OF
CHATHAM COUNTY's LOSSES.

A Month or More Before Any vezs-
tables VIII be Shipped from savsn-
nsh-Poratoes Given Aari Set
Back, and Cabbagss Pretty Well
Killed-The Heaviest Damages on
the Farms East and South of the
City.
''The crops are just in such condition as
they were after the freezs of Sunday.
March 2, aud the following Sunday" said
Maj. G. NJ Ryals last night. He received
a telegram yesterday from the north inquir-
ing the extent OF the damage to the truck
farms, and in reply he gave briefly his views
that no truck may be expected from this
section for four weeks or more.
Maj. Ryals thinks that the crops are
more seriously damaged east and southeast
OF the city, where there is light, sandy soil
In such soil the freeze went to the roots Of
beans, potatoes and cucumbers. In the
more loamy soil on the far rs west of the
city, the three successive Sunday morning
freezes killed the vegetation above ground,
such as peas, beans and cucumbers, and cut
down the potato shoots, but as the more ex-
tensive truck farmers did not plant any,
thing but peas very far in advance Of the
usual planting season, they hope TO get fair
crops Of other vegetables, cabbage excepted.
EVEN THE HARDY CROPS KILLED.
The younger cabbage plants, frozen three
times, are pretty well killed, and some
farmers are blowing up late paintings,
wnile Others expect, on account Of the
good prices which cabbage is expected TO
| commsnd to let stand all that are anyways
promising, and put some oth3r crop in spots
in the cabbage patch where the weaker
plants have been killed.
The straw berry vines had put out some
blossoms, which Sunday mornings freeze
again bla.ted
the truck around Charleston suffered
| heavily last Sunday morning. They had
not been damaged as much as Savannah
and Florida truckers by the first
two freezes, and were shipping some
peas that were bringing Sc per
| crate IN New York last week, but the
mercury dropped to 24a in the neigabor-
hood of Charleston Sunday morning and
wrought as much damage to their crops as
those farther south had suffered. No more
strawberry shipments, or pea shipments
| from the South Atlantic coast can be ex-
pected, with favorable weather, before the
middle of April.
| "A DEAD LOSS ALL AROUND.
Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and potatoes
| Will come Ia but very little later than
usual after all, as the first paintings were
far in advance OF the season, some planting.
| peas, potat es, beans and cucu,nbers the
first two weeks in February, and many
| pla Ii January. All these are Of course
dead loss in every direction. West Of the
city some Of the later pla1tngs had begun
to sucker out as Maj. Ryais predicted trey
| would, but they could u stand third
| freeze, which destroyed all vitality. and 10
vines are being pulled up and other crops
viii take their place.
The cold weather Of the last three Sun
| days has resulted in a heavy financial loss
to truckers, and if the potato crop should be
damaged as seriously as some pla lters fear
the loss TO truckers in Chatham county will
not be less than $50, 000--that IS, the amount
which they would have realized beyond
what they may reasonably expect for the
rest of the season.