Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-15
HEAVY DAMAGE AT PROVO
Where Heaters Were Not Used
Practically All Buds Were
Wiped Out.
y.,,.,, Of the outlook From Prom
,,.nt Fruitgrowcr Frost
Predicted for Tonight.


.,,r springville ~. the south to Logan
in the north a small army was out all
,lgbt among the fruit trees working
t,rd 10 save the abundant blossoms
.,,r, the ravages Of Jack Frost. The
amount OF smoke and fumes that as
ended as peace offering to the Their
rometer last night is affirmed to be
.t.,reudous Those who smudged their
erst frces this morning triumphantly
,,nt 10 yindication Of what some skep-
49, have been wont to scom at as a
n.ory Those who smudged saved
felr crops: those who did not Will
i've No plethoric bank account superin-
Inesd bv abundant fruit crops. II WAS
M ola story Of the wise and foolish
,Irvins. the former with their lamps
trimmed and burning, the latter seek
inc 70 borrow OIL
fbe same scenes are due TO be enact
"a again tonight as the weather bu-
rau is flying the frost signals and pre-
diets another heavy visitation.
The damage TO the crop Is general
with possibly the rich Provo and
gDrinsville sections the hardest hit. on
Provo bench, the east bench and at
springyiIle the frost got in its work
h every case but where one heater was
used for two or three trees. Late
appes. however, are still reported safe
Al Brigham all the smudSe pots were
out early in the evening. but very few
we're used Orchardists sat up all
r'sht and consulted the thermometer
ana were ready 10 get busy as soon
as the mercury gave indications OF fall
inz below the danger line.
The frost tragedy IS not without its
humorous side. In numerous instances
those not Immediately Interested in
the culture OF fruit arose from their
lets under the Misrepresentation that
their home was on fire, one lady who
occupies a large house 10 the south
vest section Of the city searched from
DE basement up 20 the roof for the
Imaginary fire. What she said when
hsr husband admonished her 70 go to
bed as Il was only the neighbors
snudging their fruit trees. deponent
sayeth not
Several Of the prominent fruit-grow-
es Of the state were called up by
telephone by The News this morning.
The following review Of the situation Is
herewith presented:
UTAH COUNTY LOSSES.
William NJ Roylance Of Provo to The
Vows this morning declared that the
most Of last night had been particular
lagtructive In the Utah county fruit
Every crop suffered he said. but
ouisrly peaches, cherries. prunes
early apples. Pears stood the cold.
laps better than any other crop,
bui every tree in the belt suffered to a
ereater or less extent. Where orchard
sls took proper precaution I'm response
20 Che plan laid yesterday at the mass
heated viii perhaps realize from one
Third 20 one-half crops. The tempera-
ure dropped to % degrees, or 10 de-
gives below freezing. Where the or
charus were not heated, crops win be
complete loss. Mr.. Roylance believes.
throughout the county orchardists
we're M and doing all night, keeping
Hfe pots going and building rubbish
hfes where the pots were not available.
Those who did 50 will BE- well rewarded
lor their efforts, for instead OF losing
lher whole crops, they have at least
@ved portion, whereas those who
l.'' nature to tend the trees have lost
every bud and bloom.
DAVIS COUNTY HARD HIT.
w. H. Stecper. Jr.. of CentcrviIIe. re-
ports the damage throughout Davis
county as very heavy The benchlands.
Where the orchards were protected
somewhat more than ia the lowlands,
we're not no hard hit but AN fruit grow
th nave suffered considerable losses.
WIN a normal value ON the fruit crop
OF Davis county ia its south portion
OF RON $4,000 TO $4,000. there has been
slsa.ned as the net result of last
Nents visit OF the Frost King loss
Of rom 10000 to $4,000 In the entire
pulh portion OF the county the Fiber
"a peach belt, the loss is complete where
W. orchards We're not protected by the
utls or where they were not heated
E'eh where the orchards were heated
mere nave been large losses, due to the
10y mat the pots and fires were not
uslied soon enough and that the fruit
s.VWers were not provided with n suf-
menl number Of smudge pots and did
~, build a sufficient number OF rub
oiah hres The temperature dropped to
degrees, which temperature was
..h'e , for the greater portion OF
me northern portion of the county.
u~e apples are the prevailing crop.
where a considerable peach crop
also grown, suffered more severely
man the south portion as far as lis
reaches we're concerned, but not I'm
'1.u,s' II Is believed that the entire
lsaeh crop is wiped out, though this
-es not mean as large crop as Is
s,oNn IN the southern portion OF the
sglunty. The apples were not far enough
us 20 have suffered severely, but
r,slu cradle damage has resulted. The
uolinal value Of the fruit crop OF tho
t arm end Of the county is about $3.50.
GRANGER VISITED.
-. hemenway OF Granger, ono OF the
-, sest truitgrowers in the county, this
t ..lng stated that on the west side
'ne Jordan along the fruit belt IL
w 's no exaggeration 10 say that 20 out
Il, 'Fer} n apples had been killed by
~ nights frost, where the smudge
r Ivy. had not been used. out of the 100
.y''srdlsts In the vicinity 30 or 10 used
s',.Iuse pots last night and managed 10
NV b.g percentage Of the prospective
~. Mr. Hemenway had 200 pots
rali.'Die ON four acres Of apricots and
bnes With the result that the or
a'a was not damaged in the slight
IN With close upon 500 gallons OF
y" the premises he stands prepared