Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-31
FLORIDA IN GRASP
OF The COLD WAVE
WILL EXTEND TO ExTRESfE
sour4eag GND 9F sfATE
BY Farftbe coldsst Weather ESpe-
rIenesd Here since the Winter
Of 1895 With Big Freeze
Of 1895 With BIG Freeze.

Of 1895 With Big Freeze
me eoitestfwsatbaf experiences in
this State since the winter Of 1895
was on Thursday morning when the
Government, therfnomefAS r6gisteree
10 degrees.
Not only was IL cold Can OF Thurs
day. but the weather bureau at Wash
inSt6n ladtised By wire that freezing
Weather would be expegienced as Car
sodth as the twenty-sixth parallel and
that frost would fall to the extreme
southern portion Of the mainland,
which viii probably DO the coolest
weather ever experienced in Florida.
and the loss in the vegetable line will
be great
From the best Information that
could be secured Thursday It was
generally conceded that tho orange
crop will be considerably damaged by
the freeze, which 1t r. predicted. win
extend to the southern end OF the
State today. II Is estimated that there
are not less than three million boxes
Of fruit left IN the State which may
be effectedlby the present cold, There
Is also a great number Of grapefruit
left In the State that will be effected
BY 1.-THE cold. but II Is GENERALLY be-
Ileved that the trees are in nowise 6f-
fected. owing ito the continued cold
weather that has been experienced for
th past two weeks. o.P ~
From other seetlone.
Telephone information received
from the Sanford section. which has
recently budded out as the celery and
lettuce section Of Florida, was to the
effect that that section has felt the
cold TO a great extent and the Official
register at that point was recorded
a. twenty.f6ur, while in some places
It went even below this mark. This
will effect the vegetables grown there
20 some extent, but the younger truck
will not be hurt to speak Of unless II
gets great deal colder there by the
wave predicted for this morning.
From manatoe twas learned that
the cold had also hit that country and
the thermometer registered as low as
twentyfour, but the general oplplop
was about twenty-five as The true
mark.
Leosburg reported a temperature OF
twenty-five degrees and the message
stated that II was generally. conceded
that the oranges we're effected, but
the trees were In no wise injured, for
the general prevailing cold during the
winter has had the tendency TO hard.
en- them up and make them stand the
hard weather. 7
covered o6sds safe.
nha little early 70 ascertain the
damage 70 the covered lettuce 10 this
section ana many o. the experienced
truckers are divided As % what extent
ne growers sdfteted here, some
seem 10 thiak that cctsrsd lettuce
vas IisiarSa. IhlIS Othbss Are lpcliE.
Cd % believe that the damage, q Sey.
was very tlisht. aud that The lettuce
viii tOdio out Of the cold prsStleAllt
uRlnlured,
AllhodEA Il viyl Be . sambet Of aays
Before anything definite IL kA6Sa 4
u estimated that the cabbage crop
81 injured 10 some extent. and while
the greater part OF the vege.alee Win
grow out OF the effects h short
while, II IL safe TO state llat lhs crop
win be cut short on account Of the
cold. n DO n a
= (prfm AaamI s,dtloN. of
TeksrAp1AS NhtorrhatsoS received
from parties who are interested In
the fruit and vegetable business AZ
IlauA 20 J. =. 1Husiey Ia this city