The herald., 1897-12-23

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good or bad, and, from what 1 gather, l
suspect those estimating the damage so
high as fifty per cent are interested in
booming the market for oranges already
shipped and hard to sell. 1t would be a
rank injustice to this whole section in
my opinion to publish any such estimate,
especially for a paper ON the ground,
which would be vixen as better author
ity than the eastern papers.
The damage at Riverside is nothing
like SO great as that of two years ago,
when the thermometer fell to IS degrees
and stayed thereabouts for ten hours
Out Orange county way and in the sea
air there Is less damage. Our reports
show some damage at Pomona and On
tario but it is generally confined to the
lower lands all over the district. 1t
was estimated that there are 5000 to 10000
carloads of oranges yet to be shipped
from this section, and while l do not re-
ly much upon percentage estimates, es-
pecially at this stage of the matter, l
repeat that / do not believe there is q
damage to exceed twenty per cent"
John II. Lowe of Riverside was at the
Westminster yesterday and said that the
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slight indeed, not nearly so much as was
at first thought None of the fruit
grown on the higher lands is affected.
Through some eccentricity of nature, the
wind perhaps, the frozen fruit there this
year has quickly dropped from the trees
and so is readily kept separate.
Mr.. Bigelow of Cleveland, Ohio, liv-
ing at Riverside, said yesterday that he
had wired his house that there was alb
solutely no serious damage done yet.
George Faust of Riverside Is quoted as
saying that about half the oranges in
the lower lands below Magnolia avenue
are frosted, one the other side ten per
cent, above that none, and in the east
ern part no damage is done. The pro-
portion of damaged fruit in Redlands is
about twenty five per cent, and in High
lands about fifteen per cent"
A prominent shipper reports the lower
valleys of Pomona, Azusa and Riverside
badly nipped, but the extent of damage
cannot be ascertained until after week
of warm weather.
At the Southern California Fruit ex-
change 1t was reported that no damage
was done at Ontario. Azusa, Glendora.
Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Bernar-
dino and Pomona. Another report how
ever, says the lower lands of Pomona
suffered and that San Dimas was un-
affected. Still another report of Po-
mona from a good authority, just re-
turned from there, says oranges there
are badly frosted in the lower lands and
nipped in the higher levels also, and
adds that from damage apparent in
n leo ha1f
the orange crop is destroyed.
o. T. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is not badly
hurt. the upper parts are all right, the
lower parts below California avenue,
which ought not to have been planted in
oranges at all, may be nipped."
South Riverside oranges are reported
badly frozen.
Simpson, Hack & COVE cannot get
any accurately reliable news yet, but
the frost has done a lot Of damage, per-
haps 80 per cent"
Ex-Governor Lionel Sheldon-"No
fruit is hurt at Pasadena, it is too high
for the heavy frosts. Tustin, Orange
and Inglewood have been protected by
the sea air. There has been damage
done at Redlands, Riverside and Po-
mona"
Ed Rust of the horticultural commits
sion and the Park nursery says that a
great deal of nursery stock has been in
jured and considerable citrus fruit, but
that it will be several days before the
exact damage to the orange crop can
be known.
C. G. Kellogg of the horticultural COM
mission says that oranges are badly
nipped for several miles south Of Los
Angeles. Dry land has suffered most;
we'll irrigated orchards least.
George l.. Stearns-"I was in Whittier
Tuesday and drove around there and
over to Norwalk. All reports were
that there was no damage, but I saw
FROST bitten trees and ice half an inch
thick everywhere, and if that don't
mean frozen oranges don't know what
does"
Mr. Severance telephoned from his
ranch under the Arrowhead, north of
San Bernardino, yesterday that no dam
age was done there except to the new
growth and none to the older trees, bu.
that trees in the lower lands were
nipped.
San Jacinto reports that in spite of
heavy snow on San Jacinto peak and
extremely cold weather in consequence,
oranges have not been frosted.
Cahuenga valley reports no damage.
San Diego none except on very low
lands, Cotton, cold enough to injure
fruit. Verdugo, new growth nipped, but
no serious damage. North Ontario, low
est temperature for week 30 degrees,
highest go degrees. From thorough ex-
animation Sunday and Monday it Is be-
lieved no damage has been done either
to orange or lemon crop.
Redlands, 18th, 18th and 18th instants,
the nights were very cold, but an east
wind kept the air in circulation and or
anges have not been hurt.
The estimated orange crop of South
ern California for the season is 10000