The herald., 1895-12-31
|lOCAL FIELD OF COMMERCE
Damage to Oranges By Frost
and Wind
LESS THAN ANTICIPATED
Exaggerated Statements TeIegraphed to
the East
Some Fruit Is Fros led and Some Blown
LESS THAN ANTICIPATED
From the Trecs-The Damage
10 Not Large

The most interesting feature of the lo-al
commercial world Is the amount of dam
pge CAUSED by the cold wave which came
down from the north and spent Sunday
hmong the citrus orch ards of southern
California. Appearances indicate at this
writing that 1t is a case of great cry and
very little wool, but beyond question some
damage has been done, probably more by
h,Rn wind than by low temperature. How
much harm would nav, been doue by frost
Il there had been no wind is not easy to
Soy, but frosts and Sa Ia Ana zephyrs pos
sess incompatible temperaments and flying
dust and hot dessert air certainly kept the
temperature above the frost line in many
sections.
One report received at the chamber of
commerce early Monday afternoon made
the blunt assertion that thirty per cent of
the orange crop WAS frozen. A report re.
ceived from Chicago said that all the crop
was zone; b. 9TH of these statements are
mertst nonsese. The country about RIVER
side and Redlands seems to have -xperi-
enced the loves temperature and Santa
Ana and Anaheim to have suffere most
from wind In The former places 'Ine
oranges were frosted, and il the latter
some were blown from the trees and Others
servers in neither sectiOn Is the damage
serious enough to be reckoned by per
cen ages, and in neither locality are more
than isolated patches If trees affected.
AS to oranges frosted, no estimate worth
an, thing can be formed for two or three
DAYS 10 come: as to fruit dam aged by
wind, trustworthy estimate. are 8 ill near
impossible TO he made. The fruit most
likely 10 suffer is that on neglected trees,
and the larger portion of fruit down from
the trees, If good for any Thing originally,
is still marketable if got to the market
promptly, and the proprietors of it are
likely 10 lose 10 time i'll pushing 1t along.
In this c nnec ion IL may be we'll to bear
mind the effect produced by the ship
tents already made. The market will
-omptly absorb ripe oranges bruised a
tie or lhorned considerably, but the east
ners have had their til of green fruit. A
etter from Wichita, Kas., received at ex-
,hange headquarters yesterday notes with
mphasls that the poorest of the exch tnge
hipmpnts were better in point of ripene ss
hau the best forwarded by outside ship
Ders, and expresses line opinion that line
effect of the attempt to sell green fruit will
bear the market for outsiders during the
whole season. The exch III 20 gives il out
cold that though fruit IN ~ De sold while is
not first class as regards condi ion, it must
be fairly ripe. The outsiders, too, may as
well understand that only loss and dlssat-
isfaclion will follow the attempt to foist
upon the market fruit not sufficiently ripe
Tor eating. Such fruit as is not fairly
,olored which may have been blown from
The trees should be left on the ground and
the price of it charged no to profit and loss
without the addition of frei yht. According
to the more Trustworthy reports, the losses
TO date will be comparatively small.