Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-20
Outlook for Fruit DIscour1gIn6 as
Hath Of Il has Been Killed.
staple crops In Good Condiilon-sii
Y,n.tAtian NJ Least One Month
nchind Former Years.

The weather during the week end
ing Monday, May is, 1895, was coli
ard stormy with rain, hail and SNOW
throughout the central and northetr
,ecuons during ths ioreparl OF th'
week. Damaging irosts occurred from
the 18TH to the ION, doing much dam
Rre to tho fruit aud vegttsble crops
OF the northern portion oi the safe
Light frost occurred At st. George
Warrington county, on the morning OIL
tho l2th.
The outlook for iruit this season l.
not very encouraging m a great deal
oiit has already been killed, especially
apncots. peaches, cherries, plum
ami strawberries. Ia tho extreme
northern counties potatoes above
ground were frozen, and luoefn
pippsj, on the 18th and l6ib. Tho
stable crops are reported ns looking
well ana In n satisfactory condition.
but the prevailing cold weather has
retarded growth 10 all sections.
Evpfythinr ~ at n ataudttlll, anu
vegetation 10 ut least one month BACK
wafd.
RfMAMls OF CORRESPONDENTS.
Holicn 49, Fine weather tue last
week, but cold aud winuy every day
with frost every night which has
retarded The growth OF vegetation.
Planting hbout all done. The cold
weather IL keeping our water back IN
the mountains.
New harmony-May0 OH and ION
cold and stormy; lllh aud l2th windy
and cold; iS,n, lilh and 10Th, warm
and pleasant
Pinto-SlOet and snow on the night
Of 7lh, done u great deal OF good TO the
range anu crops; snow anu rain ON the
9th anu 10Th at Intervals; crops max.
inz slow progress; some OF the grain
very thin On account Of 10 much wind
aud dry weather
SoipiO-Cnld dayb and frosty nights.
Fruit all killed. The rain good iot
grain, but good weather needed;
prospects Tor grain some better.
81. George - Frost on very early
morning Of l0,b; very tight touch OF
llVat ~ "" iiHsNa NAiag SahAHb "
18Th.
C7Alville-Coll and stofmy all the
wsek. Wheat growing slowly; rhu-
barb and other things itoz,i grass im'
proving.
HArrisvllle - The week has been
stormy and cold with frost four nights
In succession, damaging berries anu
tender plants, Farm work much i'm
peded. All crops aro greatly In need
Of warmer weather.
Plymoulh-rhe week ending on
May l7ih was some better for the
growth Of crops than the one previous,
Snow ontho 10Th; crops growing very
slow.
Cache Junclion-'rhe last week very
stormy; rain, hail anu snow every
night; wheat growing slowly.
Newtou-StOrmy and COLI a. wlntei
the past week; fTost nearly every
night; showers OF rain aud nail fire..
quenl; no work golng on; no potatoe,
planted; shade trees lsAflng out; iruil
buds swelling, but We are afraid thai
tho hard frost will XIII them. Every.
thing growing very slow; gardens not
In yet.
Portage - A cold aRd generally
stormy week with heavy frost on this
l8ih, l4th, 10th and l0th.
PAYsou-COld, colu, cold; too cold
for anything ~ grow; very cloudy and
wiudy; sun seldom rninCs.
Pleasant Groys-The cold weather
has done lots OF damage 10 aprlcots o. {
early fruit. Rain and snow inst o.
week aud II iroEu Ice at nighti. LuceTI
aud grain backward.
TOoel1-rhe unreasonable weRtho
IL moTs like n change OF climate thar
anything | know o. some patches o
oats that Just started seem 10 hhv
been forced back into the ground agaii
o. they 40 not lock as well by 90 20
cent NJ they did before the storm O
week ago.
Lake BhOre-Warm weather 10 need
I'd for growth OF CROP; sugar beels no
doing we'll; some Tvplanliug again
irlgating iuuurui psas, raiish, ONION
End other gRIuen truck CROWN
good.
Heber-Auother cold diBagTeeabl
week. Vegetation about at a tthuI
huili seeding about completed. Yer
colo winds from tue west about q
week. ono inch OF snow morning
the lith; showing again today, SUI
day the l7lh. Fruil trees have n,
advanced any since last week vine
said trees were In bloom at this dal
last yenT.
UluIah-Flve more days OF rain MI
snow TINS week; irlst on l2.h; Eillir
irust aud ice tue 10Th anu lBlh; stray
berries all killed. sweet corn futted
the gfuunuj potst0cs auOve ground b
IT, zuu; y nCh efop damaged; lucei
uippru ~ Too cold uyihing TO gro
wutu tive sun sni.us. Vegetation iul
Inr mouth behind.