Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-18
PRACTICALLY ALL BLOSSOMS DE-
sTRoYED BY UNUSUALLY HARD
FREEZE SATURDAY NIGHT.
DROPPED TO
TWELVE BELOW FREEZING
Al Varieties of Early Cherries, Apples
and Plums Destroyed-Bush and
Vine Fruits Which Had Sent Out
Blossoms Also Destroyed = Indica-

Serious and widespread damage. in
many cases total, was done to the fruit
prospects in this county and central
iowa by the freeze of Saturday and
Sunday which accompanied the cold
wave and snow. In many instances
The damage is complete, most of the
early fruit buds, and even some of the
young fruit that had set, being fro
zen.
The temperature dropped to 20 above
day the government instrument regis
tered no higher temperature than the
freezing point. The lowest mark shown
Sunday was &c at O'clock i'll the
morning.
Blossoms Frozen Turn Brown.
sunday many of the fruit blossoms
which were frozen the night before
began to show the effect of the hard
freeze by turning brown and whiting.
Practically the entire crop Of early
blossoms of the tree fruits, such as
-rroyed. 4 like fate overlook The earl
oIsly sent out leaf buds. but had put
forth tiny punches OF blossoms that
We're just beginning y show
The later tree fruits, such as the
later varieties OF apples and cherries.
We're not far enough along to be seri-
ously dana ged.
Small Fruits Are Nipped.
The small fruits suffered The same
ia te as the larger ones, but the dam
age was not so serious or Widespread.
,urrants that Were out in blossom and
had set fruit, in many instances as
Zig as good sized peas. We're frozen
and the fruit was destroyed Goose
berries We're similarly frozen. The
Fruit stems this morning We're wilted
and the fruit shrunken by the freeze.
The earlier strawberries, that are
tut in blossom and Were not protected,
Mere nipped, but the later varieties
Mil probably come thru in good shape.
Hasploerries We're not far enough along
10 be seriously affected, except ny such
damage as would result from the
foliage being frozen
Vegetation Suffered Generally
Vegetation of all kinds suffered gen.
orally and all of the tender early gard
IN vegetables that We're not We'll pro
tected were frozen. The season is 50
early however, that practically all of
This greenery can be replaced
The hardy trees, such as the elms
and the soft naples, and others that
bad set seed pods. suffered with other
vegetation. The seeds We're frozen and
the freeze badly nipped the tender
Young leaves, which the trees but re-
Gently put out.
There We're few. if any, peach trees
10 be DANA ged. The freeze early last
fall attended 70 that. catching the
trees while the sap was still running
and the wood was green. This spring
very few if any, of these trees showed
any signs of life.
May Freeze Still More.
The government therm ometer showed
a temperature of 33. one degree above
freezing. at o'clock this morning.
Altho this was seven degrees warmer
than at the same hour Sunday morn
ing, there is every indication today
that the temperature Will drop far be-
low freezing sgain tonight.
In fact the weather may continue to
endanger whatever vegetation there IS
left for several days, or as long as the
wind continues in the north or north
west, where heavy falls of snow have
bean reported over Sunday.