The herald., 1898-03-17
BUT DECIDUOUS FRUIT WILL NOT
BE PLENTY
REQUEST OF THE CATTLE MEN
Will Not Induce the Government to
Make ANY Modification of the
Quarantine Regulations
Associated Press Special Wire

patches to the Associated Press from al
sections of the state indicate that heavy
frosts, which have prevailed for the
past few mornings, have done great
damage to the more tender varieties OF
fruits. In many parts Of the state the
apricot crop will be almost total failure
Nectarines and peaches have also suf'
fered severely. Nearly all the fruit
trees are in bloom or budding, and the
cold weather came at a most inoppor-
tune time. Late varieties of fruit viii
make a fair crop, and prunes, one of the
staple products of California, have not
been injured to any appreciable extent
Early corn and potatoes have been cut
down, and in general the vegetable croI
will be late. The early almonds will not
produce more than one-third the usua
yield, and while cherries have been con-
siderably thinned, trees in many places
were overloaded and the damage will
not be excessive. Grain is looking well
in nearly all parts of the state, par
ticularly that which was summer fall
lowed. More rain is needed, and If 1t
comes soon, followed by warm weather
much of the damage already done will
be compensated for.
There was a slight fall of snow in sew
eral parts of California today, the storm
passing over a portion of this city. In
no case did the depth exceed two inches,
and the falling flakes were soon con-
Nerted into slush.
SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE, Cal. March 16.-Santa
Clara Valley has had two white frosts
this week, thin ice forming in parts of
the county each morning. 1t is not be-
lieved, however, that serious harm has
been done. In some sections, the cold
may cause some apricots to drop but
orchardists generally do not report SER
ious injury even from the frost of this
morning. A prominent fruit grower
says: $50 far no material damage has
been done by the frost. We are suffering
from lack of moisture. Unless we have
a deal more rain by May 1st there will
not be sufficient to mature fruit outside
the irrigated districts. In many instan-
ces the trees will die. consider the out
look most serious for the orchardsts."
The growth of grain and grass has been
seriously retarded by the cold and the
dry north wind. Much grain will be
ruined unless there is rain within the
next fortnight. There is practically no
pasture. The rain of the last three days
only reached .0S of an inch and was
dried up by the wind.
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 16-There
has been no damage in this county to
fruits, as far as can be learned, by the
cold snap of the past week, as the coldest
nights have been cloudy The hay and
N nrop ic olf,1oSt aptiral1- rlipp1 bN-
dry weather along the coast. while the
interior valleys, which have had more
rain, are sure Of about half crop. The
last rainfall has stopped irrigation for
two or three weeks. The main anxiety
here is due to the short supply of stor-
age water for next summer, and all irri
cation systems in the county will put
consumers on short allowances.
STOCKTON
STOCKTON, Cal, March 16.-The in
dications are that the heavy frost of
last night has been very injurious to
almonds. not only in Stockton and in
the immediate vicinity, but throughout
the fruit-rasing sections of San Joaquin
county, with the exception of at Oak
dale and the adjacent country, where
there was a rain last night of L of an
lnCn All lllSDtCllOll VI DlOSSOIlllllS IGulI
there showed that the frost had done no
damage whatever. From Acampo, Lodi
and knights Ferry, however, come re-
ports that of apricots, almonds and early
peaches, there will not be more than half
a crop, and possibly not more than a
third. The outlook for grain is fair,
but more rain is needed to assure a crop.
FRESNO
FRESNO, Cal, March 49, - Last
nights frost was one of the most severe
of the season and has done much dam
age. 1t reported from all parts of the
county that the apricot crop is ruined.
The peach crop is also badly damaged.
Out of one thousand peach buds taken al
random from various parts of the coun-
ty, not one was found to have escaped
the effects of the cold snap. The out.
look for grapes, although these have
not been frost damaged, is bad on ac-
count of the thrip, or vine hopper, which
exist here in untold millions, and threat
en- to eat the young leaves as soon as
they start. Grain, thanks to the rain of
yesterday, is looking well, although
many authorities claim there is not
sufficient moisture in the ground to ma
ture the crop.
SACRA AME1NTO
SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 16-The
Sacramento Valley was visited by
severe frost this morning. j. r. Run
yon, a prominent fruit grower below
Courtand, in the valuable river fruit
belt, states that this mornings frost has
done great damage to peaches and april
cots, if it has not entirely ruined them
and that pears may have escaped seri-
Gus injury. On the lower part of Grand
Island, also, the orchardists have suffer-
ed great loss by the frost.
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO March 16-Short-
ly afternoon today the weather, which
had been bright but cold during the
morning, changed suddenly, and for
awhile there was a fall of snow, which,
however, melted before it reached the
ground. This was followed by rain.
AT OTHER PLACES
Stocllton.-Rain is falling here tonight,
lnd the indications are that the down
pour will continue throughout the night.