Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-05
STRAWBERRY CROP
| NAY YET Be FAIR.
SECRETARY cRANEFiELD SAYS
TWILL AVERAGE rs PER
CENT. IN STATE
FRUITS uNlNJuREp I'M nooR
couNTY-EuT LITTLE I'M
BAYFIELD,.
Madison. Nav g

Madison, May 8.
Secretary Frederic Cranefeld of th,.
state horticultural society says that
reports received from leading fruit
growers supplemented by persona, in
| spection over most of the state show
that apples, plums. cherries currants,
gooseberries and grapes are very Sc
verely injured
The weather since the storm has
been favorable for the development
of such buds as were not totally de-
stroyed by the heavy frosts and snow
storm and with continuance of the
cool and cloudy weather for few days
it is quite possible that there may be
a light crop of these fruits.
One section Of wisconsin has so
far escaped injury. In Door county
and along the Michigan lake shore as
far south as Manitowoc no injury has
occurred, due to the influence OF Lake
Michigan and Green Bay In retarGing
the bloom. The fruit growers of Stur-
geon Bay have sent out the following
statement:
THE recent severe storm that
swept over the state injuring the fruit
in most all portions, has not caused
any injury in the Sturgeon Bay reg
ion, the lateness of the season in this
region causing the buds to be not far
enough advanced for any injury to
occur Strawberries are entirely safe,
the buds not showing up enough to
cause any damage. Cherries will not
be in bloom for 10 days and, there
fore, are not injured. Apples are safe
not being far enough advanced. even
the Japanese plums escaped. AL
though the storm was very severe,
the thermometer did not register be-
low rs degrees The cold cloudy
weather following the severe storm.
and the heavy rains following the
snow Is what saved our fruit. The
prospects are as good as ever for a
good cherry and berry crop and Door
county expects to harvest as large a
crop as usual"
Il am able to verify this from per-
sonal observation during the past
week." said Mr. Cranefeld eff no
further setback occurs this makes
Door county as the safest section of
the state for fruit growing
Mr.. William Knight of Bayfield,, ,af-
ter careful daily continuation. reports
as follows:
'Apples, uninjured; cultivated
plums, uninjured; native plums,
killed; cherries, 80 per cent. injurtd:
strawberries, raspberries and black
Eberries, no injury: curants and goose
berries, killed
This places Bayfield, in the second
place SO far as freedom from unsea-
sonable frost injury is concerned
Mr.. w. H. Hanchett of Sparta, the
largest berry grower in Wisconsin,
says:
Regarding the fruit crop here, will
say that apples and plums are a total
loss and raspberries are nearly so and
won't be over 10 per cent. of a crop
at best. Strawberries are not seri-
ously damaged except In cases of
light soil where the covering had been
removed early and they had the fruit
stems well out. On the heavy soil
the loss on the strawberry crop will
not be noticeable. Strawberries as a
whole are good for rs per cent. of
crop to date =.
1t is quite likely that this estimate
on Strawberries will hold for most OF
Wisconsin, although the injury in the
southern part is apt to be greater
Mr.. Lewis Post, who has the greatest
acreage of berries i'm this vicinity re-
ports Is per cent. or more of a full
crop
| The outlook ON the whole is very
discouraging; something may still be
saved but not much. In southern
Wisconsin the injury is not confined
| to the flower buds alone but in many
| cases the trees are also severely in
jured. Oaks, elms and forest trees
lin general will suffer least, while cul-
tivated trees will be very severely
checked
Il still hold to my original estimate
of $1,500,000 loss to commercial fruit
growers" said Mr.. Cranefield.
Housewives will feet the pinch lat
or; crabs, plums and grapes for jams
and jellies will be scarce and high
priced. Fall apples, like Transparent
and Duchess, will be almost unknown,
at least from local sources.