The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-07
FRUIT HURT IN spALDINa.
a Difference of Opinion as to the In
jury to Peaches.

I A Difference of Opinion as to the In
jury to Peaches.
/ GRIFFIN, Ga, March 6.-Ths blizzard Of
Saturday night aud Sunday may, or may
NOT. nave done serious injury to the fruit
As TO whether or not il did, there is some
diversity Of opinion. That the peach crop
WAS uninjured there is no douhtiug, but
that people may be denied the privilege Of
that succulent fruit the kelso plum. there
is hardly any room to doubt. H. w. Has
selkus, however, gives it as his opinion that
all early blOOmers, which includes all the
later varieties of peaches, such as
the Elbertas were badly injured. II g third
of q crop WAS produced Of these varities he
would be entirely satisfied. He says that
wherever the bloom bud had swollen they
suffered almost total destruction. All the
early varieties, many Of which are fine ship
pers and a profitable crop, are safe and the
indications are that there will DO a fine crop
of them. The warm sunshine aud damp
ground brought many farmers to town to-
day and the MORNING News correspondent
asked many Of them their opinion
of the effect OF the cold on the fruit
and the small grain. The opinion prevailed
generally that the oats and wheat we're not
affected by the freeze at all, while some va
rietles Of fruit are also unhurt 1t is pretty
generally conceded that the peach crop suf-
fered no damage and that if indeed any,
thing was affected it was the Kelso wild
goose plums They are very early bloom
ers, and we're 50 fully developed as to cause
serious alarm for their safety. This is
usually very prolific and good money
crop, and II it should be killed the financial
loss will be a serious one. While other va
rieties of plums are injured IL is not cOnsid-
cred serious. As to straw berries, and this
is an important money crop now. they suf-
fered considerably, which will have the ef-
nf ia "a
usual.
COMMISSIONER NFsBIT's ADvICEs.
ATLANTA, GA, March G.-In discussing
the effect Of the severe cold snap Of last
week on crop prospects Commissioner Nes-
bit said to the MORNING News correspond
emit to-day that so far as his advices ex-
tended no damage was done. Fortunately
the lsteaess of The season aud the protracted
GOODNESS since January had kept fruit back
and last weeks blizzard was therefore
harmless Usually large part OF the peach
crop 10 the lower part of the state is budded
by the latter part OF February or March /,
and had this been the case this year the
crop would have been almost entirely
ruiued.
THE FREEZE AT GAINESVILLE.
GAINESVILLE, FLA, March 6.-The dam
age done by the freeze ia Of wider range
than my message Of last night would indi-
cate. Last hight kilograms from Evinstou,
Micsnopy, Boardmsn and Mcintosh,
and orders by telephone from
Rocky Point came in for seed Twenty
bushels Of beans were sold here before
breakfast time, and other seeds in proper
ton. The freeze extended $50 miles south
of here and was as destructive in its effects
Peach crop Is gone.
Since the sunshine has fallen for day
the damage is more apparent. The loss in
the berry crop is much larger than ex-
pected early yesterday morning. Where
the foliage was light the bloom and
young berry is gone Where the
stools were large and the foliage heavy,
not more, probably, than 25 per cent. is
killed. A cabbage cut in city garden
yesterday morning. and half of it kept until
this morning, shows an injury two-thirds
down the head. Some say this wonld not
have resulted il the head had not been out
It is believed by some farmers that the
young cabbage viii come yet from the bud
as 1t did in 1886, but the environ
ment was more favorable that
year, as previously it had been cold
and dry, producing a toughening in the
plants. This time it had been rainy and
warm for a week previous to the freeze and
everything was growing and tender 1t
will take several days yet to tell the whole
story. 1t is bad enough, though, as far as
we now know it.