New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-07
TERRIBLE BLOU FOR H0hlDh'
THE FREEZE OF LAST MONTH H'
ORCHARDS AND TRUCK FAl'MS-"ih''
AID WIDESPREAD LOSS
Washington. ID. c.. Jan.

,vD Widespread LOSS.
Fort Meade ria. Jan. i 'SpeciaP Inns 80 VI"
,vorst blow Florida has ever rece'cu' S"'
,romincnt osargc-srower 10 your Vo'' ..,
10 d,y in this pretty village. away uo"" III "o-''
,,fdo nearlv 20 miles south OF JacksonVhe'
..r,ol ,o Tho great freeze OF December -,
,.a. c.ricb will oyer be memorable IN the anias
Of rfc state II vas. IN TACT thc black r''"aS
~ the fruit ana vegetable gro" 'rs OF Fiorina' ihe
roat frczo o. 1875 had heretofore been fe'eIi'n "
s Tie worst ever known IN the Sta'e "a '''' ~
March. widespread damage WAS done altAoush
much NOR. Of the fruit had then beoa picked bnt
maj o. last Saturday oi severity and loss ihiiie'eH
US IN. worst ever k;oAH.
# j. Of course too carly to give any h'cd-
rate estimate o. the loss. A'i oranges q" '"'
tr,cs-cstimatcd az hall the crop some 81"
,,o-thlrl. of 10000 boXcs-wrre frozen sohd
avid ruirad ard This ~ uuc q all sections
,x,cnt KY West whiDh alone reported tempeFa-
,ure OF above freezing viz. II degrees Inc
hundreds upon hundreds OF thousands % pi"
au,cs growing along the east coast aS Ia "
Palm Hcach. and at Avon Park, in the 'e'''I"'
mar, Of South Florida. were killed at Drea'h'
an are the lemon trees. grape irht' banana
,,,,y,s ,,angoca and other tropical Vatie"eS'
which after years OF experimenting we're JUS
r,unire to be cultivated In SCUM fI"''""' ~
IN. Young orange trees are Killed, as W." a. ''
.oung shoots on the old trees. so ina, nt'i' '."
r,ov n, looked for next year even u the id''e'
,,,.i,, Strawberries and other sma. fruits IONA
,o,s and other yeecta bcs. of WIch Il laToc "'''"9
had nccn planted in the southern part o. ~''''"'
Florida were, OF course 'uli'"' nj, 49,,
- y Batcholor postmaster OF "'"l'' "" 49,
"a prominent fruit-erower OF th"t h''1i"'' ''0
mar, az. ,otnpetcnt 10 give an intelligent reVie" %
49,, ,.,,..,or MS ar in the State IL SAID. J see
.,t.,o in u bat gloom and d.s'oufiS 'll'"' vi
c,.,.,. =, man rr, SAW $500 worth 81 properly
s..eiit away In single nfnt conr"t '' 'Np'''i
Ga .. 20 VERY r1ss1tr vie" ~ thr diSI' 't"' ""'
LOOKING at it in it- h.s lgh' after this tr"t grow
Inc ina Florida VII Doc nothing but ID lottery you
mas. ,,. have ar,,hrr such fr,eze in hi'N years
rron,lly you nill not bIt th'n 50n nay. N"'l
ha. h,pu.u,I once may again The element ol
uncertainty ha. been introduced. ana ! i'd' va"
rl.. 200 Keep ul.k fe stream 90 im"i'-I"''o'
witch n1i just b Gun flowing 20 n'se ana VINO" We
wore ra. .o So leone The low price ~ oranges ior
s., raj cars back ne. deprecated ne Price
of .saaa. groy toub>, Ani ,'i, s'u'r '1 n"
tir,y as we'll "a. the go~iuE o. cyrry o,leI pto1"s
,ag y, f rs,. ~ nih Flar,ia is iabic % frost
winter. ar. they t'ok '.rli ,-,,I freezc
docs not uiUre oranges u Is oniy terFlo' i''"'
i, is bu, jus Mr. Bachelor TO say ihat TN IN
making the aho.o remarks he was not aware t"''
b. Was taking ;or lHbIic9ton, ,,.-r,tsinc IN
lus;rv. tomators. soup beans and elephants helnS
the leading products Grown ihsSf WIS hs Cr roo If
one nau naa ncru "i'ei ~ <'"' 80, .' H. brfore
Nh. frc,ze came hui refused 81 and lost evcrythinF
4, For, Meade On. ~ The outposts ~ the seminole
Var aad far Slutn tait tnty raI'y n,n m''','S
far Florida that IS. from nfy 20 seveny-hN' yeais
h1, L4, S,furoav morning the oranges "er" frozen
i.I ,lfh M. mercury At j. degrees. AMI ire trees
,'i' ,,,I,g ~ How In tne hot sun that IL What
~. observer saw In the iice from -
F.rf Ical,. tees yciowlng ana WhnnF' vines;
flowers AMI vegetables in me SarirhS IiuP a1.,
/ h0a keu-I Tnc damage wa d"nr uy " nor, NV.
A.ri The tall-enl % the blizzard whicn swept over
,c norm 90 ne -ih I'm al, Gi' cery on tho small
Ia re IL.