The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-17
DANGER TOFRU|T
SAID TO Be OVER
Predictions Are For Warmer
Weather Without Prospects
of Any Frosts.
INSPECTOR INVESTIGATES
J. EDWARD TAYLOR BELIEVES
LOSSES oVERESTiMATED.

No further damage to fruit crops as
the result of frost is expected In TINS
district for the time being at least
While the indications last night were
for light frosts Ia the more exposed
places, it was not believed there would
be any general cold spell and the
cheerful Information was given out that
fruit growers might spend the night
in peace. Rising temperature was the
order yesterday, and the indicauons are
for a continued advance today.
The weather bureau yesterday re-
ported a mean rise of degrees Friday
night over Thursday night, making the
lowest temperature IS degrees me
forecast for today and tonight is Ior
steady rise in the temperature.
That the heavy frost OF Thursday
and Friday nights did not lnJure al
of the fruit in the state. was the state
ment made last night by J. Edward
Taylor state horticultural Inspector
upon his return from Brigham City,
where he made an exhaustive eAanii-
nation of the orchards there. me
damage in that vicinity, he said, ap-
peared to be in streaks, and some 10
calities were not injured In the SIG ~
est.
OF especial interest is the fact that
the 'smudging" appears to have been
successful in the places where 1t was
carried out consistently and much OF
the saving of fruit was brought ABOUT
by the work done by fruit growers IN
stated that he was not now prepared
to give actual figures on the damage
10 the crop at the present time, ana IL
viii be several days before the returns
are all in so that careful report can
be made.
At Pleasant Grove.
Discouraging reports continue TO
come in from various parts OF the
state. At Pleasant Grove an immense
amount of damage was done TO the
fruit crops. While many or the 1rult
growers have their smudge pots OUT
and others built fires, it was not su1Il-
cient to avert the damage, Fears ana
cherries suffered the most, nearly all
being destroyed. while most OF the
peaches escaped without harm- Inc
frost was more severe on Provo bench
where il is repOrted, vast damage
was caused those who failed TO guard
against the impending frost. The tenn
perature dropped to 26 degrees ana NJ
tie hope is held out for any Irult crops
in this district.
REPORTS from Bountiful are that the
damage was not quite so great as Ilrst
reported. There was no wind ana the
temperature registered not lower imam
More detailed reports of the loss to
fruit In Salt Lake county was tod yes
terday at the meeting of the salt Lake re
County horticultural society, held IN
the county comm. ssioners' rooms in the
CITY and county building. 1t was
started by county inspectors and others
that the crops Of all stone fruit-such
as cherries, apricOts, pruaes ana
peaches-are practically ruined as re-
suit of the heavy frOsts of Thursday
and Friday nights, and in many cases
the apples, pears and other fruit VIII
be less than half crop.
smudgine Saves Fruit.
]. NJ. Smith of Draper. one of the dep
uties. reported that in a talk with VIII
liam Boice of Granite il was learned
that All Of the stone fruit in Granite
wes killed, as we'll as most of the ap-
nles and pears Mr.. Smith smudged
All of Thursday and Friday nights, but
raised the temperature only about .
degrees in his orchard, with the result
that much of mis- crop viii be lost. The
thermometer fell TO about 2Osdegrees.
that he had smudged both nights and
had saved nearly all of his crop in the
part of the orchard where the smudg-
Ing was done. In the unprotected part,
however, he lost more Than 20 per cent
OF the crop. -,
A report was received from East Mill
Creek that right in the path of Mil
Creek canyon the fruit was not dam
aged much, because of the effect OF the
canyons mouth the damage was heavy
where smudging was not done.
The local offices of the weather bu-
reau were busy all day yesterday an
sWering telephone calls from anxious
fruit growers all over the state as TO
the prospects of frost for last night,
The cheerful assurance was given them
that there was no need OF worry, as the
frost scare has passed and no further
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