The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-25
The Freeze MP Much Damage Ia
North Tcxas.
VERY LITTLE IN SOUTH TEXAS.
The weather IL Modcrnting IN the
Coast Country nrd There IL M
Fear Of n Freeze.

and no turther troupie from inc coiu en"P
| Is expected.
sherman, Grayson County, Texas. March
i 2s. --Yesterday morning a light mortimer
| visited North Texas. bringing In II pene-
4 trating mist OF rain which continued IN
termittently until about . o'clock tn.s
1 morning, when the rain was converted INTO
| "a driving slect. the norther having M
j creased its velocity to that of q gale. All
i vegetation which had been forced 70 an
i early growth by the recent warm weather
was covered In 4 coating OF ice tnls
4 morning. When interrogatcd az 10 tue
! effect of this sudden cold wave Mr. joan
Is Kerr, North Texas veteran nursery
| man. said. "The early blooming fruits are
badly hurt. though the thin coating OF
| ice has so far been n great proteet'oh
| against the cold Wind There aie enough
fruits vet TO bloom to make fair crop
i If fruit IL no further disaster osc'lrs-
| The fruits most hurt are straw berries.
plums, pears, peaches and apricots Iheie
As a chance for half crop of peaches, some
] plums some pears and almost u full crop
| OF apples. grapes and blackberrtes. The
| gardens VIII suffer severely from inns
| freeze, and a conservative estimate OF the
| damage done truck farmers would &c ~
least $4,000 Mr. Kerr very much fears
| that tonghts freeze viii do far more dam
age than the last as the plants VIII DO.
! without the protection of the thin cost
/ ing of Ice
Cameron, Milan County. Texas. March
24.--ft is feared that the fruit crop VIII DC
seriously damaged by the recent coid
| weather. There was light frost and ice
] In many places this morning though u is
thought not 10 be heavy enough TO inlure
| corn very materially. Gardens generaily
have been protected from the cold
1 Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, Marcia
| 2a-Many feared frost last night but for
| tnnatcly 1t did not materialize, though the
! thermometer was unpeasantly near II.
| Tho cold snap has done very little injury,
| cxcept TO very tender fruits and yege-
] tables. and has not hurt cotton OF fruit
+! Which were in most danger.
| Waco, McLennan Copnty. Texas, March
| q. 1.-THE freeze this morning killed all the
| carly peaches aid garden truck ana laid
| the corn flat Upon the ground; the wheat
| and oats are up unhurt. 1t IL believed
| most all corn will come out, very little OF
1t having reached the jointipg stage.
| Carmine, Fayette County Texas. March
| 2i-,rhere is no loss TO- report on vesee-
| tables and corn is standing pretty we'll;
4 even some cotton that had made its a'-
| pearance is alive, but suffered some. To-
| day the weather is undertaking very last
| and no more frost is feared.
Denton. Denton County. Texas. March
PA heavy frost appeared here this morn
| ing, which will probably complete the loss
caused by the seni-blizzard OF Tuesday.
| rhe wheat crop win be- 1t Is Thought, Sc
| riously impaired and the fruit crop Is al
| most total loss.
| Lockhart, Caldwell County, March "a.
1 II is feared that all crops have bean Sc
1 rlously injured. and that the fruit Is de-
| stroyed, but II the cold snap should wind
| Up with a good rain. which now seems
| probable, 1t will prove blessing to this
| section.
Wharton. wharton County, Texas,
March PA stiff gale blew all day yes
| terday; it was at first feared that 1t would
| destroy the gardens and blast the fruit
crop, but il quickly moderated so that
| only the tenderer vegetables were slightly
| damaged.
! Waxahachie, Ellis County Texas. March
| 24.--Hundreds of farmers were mere today
! buying seed corn to replant the acreage
| nipped down by frost last night, Nearly
all garden truck was damaged. peaches,
| wheat and oats were only slightly dam
| aged
Mckinney, Collin County Texas, March
! "a. Great damage has resulted to fruit
| and vegetation from the freeze and frost
of the past two nights. The blizzard found
the corn crop w, volunteer oats heading,
| wheat jointing and the spring far add
| yanced
4 ~
| There was slight freeze through this sec
| ton last night. which killed the potatoes
| leans and tender VEGETABLES, II Is not
| lciicyef thai the peach crop Was damaged
| by tho freeze. Char and whrn today.
| Cuero, Dewitt County Texas March "a
| II did not freeze last night. tut from re-
| ports most OF the cotton that was mp will
! be killed by the cold wind. Pain lis needed
| here now. the recent hard winds having
| dried the ground very much.
| Frelsburg, Colorado County, Texas.
| March 24.r-Farmers hay that in some
| places their green corn is frozen. Cold
| Gnap did sseat damage to fruit trees and
| probably there will be 10 fruit of any kind
! raised here ins year.
| Hesrne, Robertson County, Texas. March
PA number Of fruit raisers in this rec
| ton took every precartion 10 save the
| fruit. but a great fnpny think that the
| euryiyc.
Lcdbetter, Fayette County. Texas.
| March 24.--There was much fear that It
| would freeze last night and kill the gar
dens. corn and fruit crop, II Is not thought
| anything is damaged to amount to any
| thing.
| Ennis Ellis County. Texas, March "a.
| The cold SNAP OF the past two days and
| the heavy frost last night played havoc
/
say the fruit prospects are blasted
| Kaufman Kaufman County, March "a.
| A Killing frost fell here last night. accom-
panied by two-inch freeze. this Will Kill
| al the carly crops planted as well as
wheat which has toilted.
| Ycakum, Dewitt County, Texas March
! 2i.-lt has moderated considerably and
| there is no ice this morning so far as seen.
Damage TO gardens and young corn viii be
very slight.
| Ardmore, /. r.. March 23.-Two inches Of
| sleet covers tho ground; corn was up and
| fruit trees in full bloom. and great damage
has been done By the freeze.
| Winona. Smith County. Texas. March %.
Corn was looking well before the cold
| spell: Il was very dry and the freeze may
! not have hurt the crop,
| BeeyIiic. Bee County. Texas. March "a.
| Weather not undertaking; frost Is almost
sure tonight. which would be very disas-
| trous to the country.