The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-25
JHE VIRGINIA WEATHER SERTIOE.
The Effects of the storms on the Fruit
Crops Throughout the state.

The virginia State Weather Service, in
corporation with the State Board OF
Agrinculture, in its weekly bulletin for
the week ending Monday. Ast, says:
During the past seven days there has
generally been considerably less than the
normal amount of sunshine. and gener-
ally more than the normal amount OF
rainfall. The temperature has averaged
about ten degrees daily below the normal
Tor the season, with frosts in most sec
lions on the mornings of the 18th and
I'm: on the 18th freezing temperatures
occurred in the mountain sections, out
fogs prevented the injury from being as
great as would otherwise have resulted.
I'm the western half of the State tender
vegetables have been considerably IN
iured by the frOsts. and in Few Sec
lions corn has been much injured; Dut
the fruit crops are generally reported
as having escaped direct injury from the
frosts. though the continued cold and
Wet weather has caused much OF the APP
ple crop TO drop OF the trees I'm the east
ern sections. and the south-central sec
ton. The continued wet and cold weather
mas been very unfaVoable for the pro-
sccutlon of farm work, and the gerni-
nation OF recently planted corn, cotton,
and peanuts. and has caused corn that
was up To he stunted in growth; wheat,
ued 70 advance, though not so rapidly
and favorably as with warm weather and
more sunshine. 4 very heavy hailstorm
IN Amherst county 20 the northward OF
. I.ynchhufg. caused very serious injury
TO gardens and fruit on Monday after
noon; the hai-St0nes were some OF them
about an inch I'm diameter
Lynchburg. ISL inches; Washington, D.
C., on; Norfolk. 1iS Saltville. 0S: Rural
Retreat. 09o; Grahams Forge. o.f2; Blacks
burg. os2: stanton, O.9S: Dale Enter
prise 1.;-1; stephens city. o9i, fredericks-
burg. 0S5: Stanardsville. 0s5; Rocky
Mount. o6: Winnie. LA: Irwin. 0.$; Pc
tersburg. 1856. Oldheld. 1.07; callavile
oN: SpOttsVillc. III inches. The condi-
lions favor light TO heavy rains to-day,
and IN the east sections tonight, with
colder temperatures tonight, and posi-
bly, frosts in central and western por-
tons of the State Wednesday A. NJ
RYMAhKs or CORRESPONDENTS.
SAMSON. CARROLL Con- Gather
cold. very wet. and unfavorable' frost
on the 18th killed early vegetables and
corn to the ground; apples not materially
Injured: grass doing well. and prospects
generally favorable
HUGH NUCKOIA.S.
EMORY. WASHINGTON Gothic wea-
infr during the Nttk ulll SATURDAY ""c
very unfaVorable 10 crops generally. ana
especially so TO corn and garden vegeta-
hles: the frosted corn has well-nigh per-
ished, and a large part Of the crop VIII
have 20 be replanted entire; wheat, oats.
and grass have not seemed TO suffer;
fruits are seemingly not injured.
j. A. DAVIS.
T1IACKSBURG "a. and NJ College,
Weather has been very unfavorable for
crops and everything except grass, wheat
cats. and rye injured and retarded; frosts
occurred Wednesday. Friday, ana
Saturday. but fortunately fog oc-
Cured at loves temperatures and pre-
vented wholesale destruction OF tender
crops: orchard fruits not materially dam
aged. strawberries considerably; corn
and garden truck much damaged. but
only la few cases destroyed. Insects
and plant diseases doing much injury.
w. NJ. SCOTT
RJ.tfESTONE-During the past week
the temperature was at the freezing point
on four mornings. and we had snow on
the 'fsfh~the coolest week ever known
40 late In May: tender vegetables Killed.