The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-13
THE COLD SNAP.
EFFECTS OF JACK FROST,S RE.
CENT VISIT.
The Newbern Journal Estimates the
Damage I'm That Vicinity at $780,.
OOO..Other Parts of the State.

OOO..OtncT dTtD VI the Statcs
The commissioner of agriculture re-
ports that much damage is done TO
truck in the Kinston section. Nearly
all the beans and peas have been killed
and potatoes very badly hurt.
Capt. B. p. Williamson went out 10
his farm on Neuse river yesterday and
found that not only were the peaches
and pears killed, but that, what was
worse for him, the young grass and
clover were badly injured. He has
200 acres in grass there, and it is
scorched and blackened.
Mr.. D. S. Avera brought to the
CHRONICLE office yesterday branches
from peach trees taken from his place
on Newbern avenue and on these there
were many sound peaches. He does
not think the peach crop is hurt very
badly.
The Concord Standard says wheat
which had 'jointed'' has suffered con-
siderably by frost. In some sections
it is badly frozen, but there is no
doubt that it will recover.
The Charlotte Observer says the Geld
snap is thought to have seriously dam
aged the early vegetable and peach
crops in Cleveland and Rutherford
counties until the famous thermal belt
in west Rutherford is reached, where
the canning companies expect to get
material for wo.k during the coming
season.
Special to the State Chronicle.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. c., April II.
The fruit is not injured. Irish pota-
toes which were up are cut down and
injured. Peas thus far are not seri-
ously injured. There is no other
damage. If the cold snap continues
there will be much damage to peas, po-
tatoes and fruit. There was ice Sat.
urday night. The dry atmosphere is
: favorable. If there is rain Or sleet the
: truck will be ruined.
The Goldsboro argus says: The
frost and cold winds have greatly dam
aged the crops of peas, beans, Irish
potatoes and strawberries in this vi
e cinity, and throughout the entire truck
: ing belt of east Carolina, as far as WI
9 can hear. just how excessive th'
: damage is cannot as yet be definitel.
e ascertained. There is great deman'
# for seed beans on this market will
# which to replant the damaged crop
r but the surplus of seed brought owe
g from the recent planting season wa
very small and was soon exhausted, s.
S the demands in this line could not b
satisfied.
The Wilmington Star says that il
$ gardens around town all tender plant
u were nipped by the frost and some c
s. them killed. Reports from up the lin
e of the w. and w. railroad are that tn
strawberry crop was seriously injured
Truckers on the sound and south {
Wilmington on the w. G. and A. raj
a. road, report damage to their crops
% The Messenger says that Capt. f. "
d Manning, of Wrishtsville, reports ths
4 he does not think much damage VIZ
70 done. Where beans we're up the
# were killed and Irish potatoes and pea
" we're nipped but not seriously hur
Mr.. L. l.. Mallard, of Wallace, repor
much damage to fruit, strawberri
and truck of all kinds. The wealth
turned warm and it rained Mond;
IS and it is hoped the rain will preve
on any very great damage.
y, The Newbern Journal says that Ss
GU GU urday and Sunday nights were ROM
&c ones for truckers. Sunday nigh
inl : frost did the greatest damage. Near
VI all the beans, canteloupes, cucumbe
squashes and water melons are kille
So are the potatoes. Of course t
latter will come again, but there W
to not be the great yield of fine tube
for that was expected. Instead of @
ia strong healthy vine with a proE
as number of large potatoes, there will
Md number of suckers around the de
: a central stalk and growth of small
the tatoes that will not GO far in fill
barrels nor be as likely to command
high prices. The beautiful weatl
which preceded the snap was max
~ the pea vines grow with surpris
W. rapidity. They were full of sap.
Tue will take day or two to decide as
a. what extent they are hurt. The m
'aS damage will probably come from los
'er- blossoms. Fortunately they were
far advanced in blooming. The CT
first mentioned will be replan
Beans were the ones that received
esse first attention. The seed that were
,ult the city were being bought up
lille planted with all dispatch Mono
usly Some of the truckers were blowing
old ones up. Others were plant
alongside them, and leaving them
the hopes that some would come
and yield enough to pay for let
>ase them stand. The very nature OF
'ar', calamity precludes the idea of NAL
ouno any accurate estimate of the finar
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