The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
ORANGE TREES NOT DAMAGED.
BELIEF is THAT FEW, IF ANY,
WE'RE BADLY HURT.

They Were Mostly Dormant and Not
So Liable to lie Affected by tho
CoId-WiI Take warm Wenther
Again To Tell the story-some
Fruit Men Are Apprchensivc-CoId
weather VIII Materially Aid GeOr-
gin's PeHch Crop.
Orlando. Fla, Feb 10-The coldesE
weather Of the winter has just passed
over this section. On Sunday morning
the mercury went down to % degrees.
This morning It was at 20.
The low temperature lasted but short
time and it Is not believed that any se-
rious damage has been done to the
orange trees. They were as near dormant
as trees could be and the healthy trees
were showing neither bloom nor fruit
buds, In some cases The leaves may fall
but this will be the extent of the dam-
age.
The reported snow storm at Orlando
was a fake owners Of pinerles kept fires
burning within their sheds both nights
and the plants were not in the least hurt
Peach trees were in full bloom. These
may be found damaged in some locali-
lltH but many VI Ailt Aitta lAihhthidASAN
in town seem to escape injury Truck
farmers suffered the loss OF their more
sensitive plants and the strawberries Will
be checked in their fruiting.
Fruit Men Apprchensive.
Jacksonvie Fla, Feb. 19-Fruit mem
here are approhensive that Saturday and
Sundays cold weather has hurt orange
and other fruit trees
At Milton Fla. on Saturday, there was
a..
Sunday morning iu Jacksonville the ther-
mometer was l6 above.
Thousands of fires were kept burning
Saturday night oil day Sunday and Hast
night in groves all over Florida In efforts
TO save the trees. The trees We're. as Al
rule, IN good condition TO stand Freeze
and this fact will prevent serious damage,
but the effect Of the cold cannot be ascer~
tanned until warm weather comes.
Truck growers Will lose heavily all
through the state.
The expense to orange growers in keep
Ing up the fires will amount 20 many
thousand dollars.
Freezing temperature was reported to-
day far south as Tampa.
Only Tender Vegetables Hurt.
Tampa, Fla. Feb. l9--Reports from the
orange and vegetable district shows that
this section has enjoyed a remarkable es-
cape from the cold snap Of the past two
days. Oniy the tenderer vegetables were
injured and they only in a small degree.
The orange groves are practically un-
harmed. Experimental bananas were ruin
ed, and tomatoes not properly protected
were damaged Outside OF this the cold
VIII not have any effect on the future
of The crops
The usual process of firing the groves
was adopted promptly all through HilIs-
borough and Manatee counties.
Pench Trees Were Not Hurt.
Triton. Ga, Feb 19.-Durlng the past
two days the lowest point reached by the
thermometer h re was Y degrees above
zero. Reports from every orchard In the
entity of r fton say that the peach and
other fruit crops are unhurt. The cold ia
rather an advantage to the peach trees
as it will prevent premature budding-
There were no swollen buds in this Sec
ton, therefore no damage was done A
few early vegetables We're killed. There
is every indication here of the most boun-
tifu peach crop for years
Largest Crop in Years.
Atlanta Feb Estate Entomologist
Scott, who returned to-day from the
southern part of the state after a care-
full examination of the orchards lin that
section, has given out the statement that
the freezing weather of the past week
has had the effect of checking the unnat-
ufdI ADVANCE OF Int llult trees caused Dy
the recent warm weather and the pros-
poets now are that the crop will be the
largest in recent years
Report From Gainesville, Fla.
Gainesville Fla, Feb. 19.-The tempera~
ture here yesterday went down to IA de-
grees above zero. II will be impossible to-
tell for a few days just what effect the
cold has had on the orange trees and
growing vegetation.