The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-24

New York. Pennsylvania and the
New England states seem to be In
better condition than was thought
two weeks ago.
Havoc In Central West.
The central lake region, extending
westward to the foothills of the
Rocky mountains, and southwark in
to Kentucky and Tennessee, will
scarcely be able, according to Prof.
Henry J. Cox, weather forecaster in
Chicago, to produce a fourth of a
normal crop of peaches and apples.
He says he ''can see no hope for
peaches, pears, plums, cherries,
strawberries, apples and other small
fruits, which usually are so plenti-
full and cheap in the summer
months
Conservative opinion is to the eff
feet that the injury will run from
25 per cent to total loss of all tree
fruits in nose sections in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana
and Michigan.
The Pacific Coast Packer declares
the peach, berry and apple yield of
the Ozark region in Missouri will
likely be moderate" This journals
review of conditions in southwest
Missouri may be taken as a fair eX-
ample of the trustworthiness of its
ideas regarding other parts of the
country. Louis Erb, the largest fruit
grower in the Ozark region, says rel
ative to conditions there and in the
central western states generally:
Never has there been such a Sc
we're and prolonged period of freez-
ing weather in southwest Missouri
during the latter part of April as
we had this year. The thermometer
registered as low as &c degrees, and
never above 80, for over SO hours,
and to make matters worse, a snow
storm prevailed, which iampened
fruit and foliage and added the
death-dealing qualities peculiar to
what is termed killing frost.
Complete as Possible
rs it any wonder, therefore, that
most, if not all, of our fruit crops
that promised so much, have been
totally annihilated. In my opinion,
the destruction of fruit, not only in
the Ozark region, but all over the
southwestern and the central west
ern states generally, is about as COM
plete as it can be, and the losses
will run into the millions. On my
own place, in view OF the excellent
prospects I had, l estimate the loss
at over $4,000.
Il expected to harvest over $4,000
barrels of apples, and from my 49,
900 peach trees, all loaded from top
to bottom, about $4,000 crates Of
peaches. There may possibly be
some apples left, but of peaches there
will not be enough to make a pie or
cobbler
''The widespread destruction of
the fruit crops is nothing short of a
John F. Moore, general manager
of the Grand Junction (Colorado)
Fruit Growers association, says that
early in the season the fruit crop of
the Grand Valley district in Colora-
do was estimated at 5000 cars, but
that now the yield is placed at 1000
cars.
1--WE are safe in estimating the
Grand Valleys crop at so per cent,
or a total of 1000 cars of fruit" de-
clares Mr. Moore. "In this same dis
trict last year" he continues, "the
were as follows: Peach
es, 731 cars; pears, 210 cars; apples,
1918 cars; total of 1859 cars Our
association handled 1714 cars; other
945 cars"
Other parts of Colorado will not
average any better than the Grand
Valley, so the states fruit crop can
be figured at less than half the
amount calculated before the recent
cold weather.
Utah, which had very light crop
last season, will not do much better
this season. Her estimates Of a
month ago are now reduced at least
SO per cent.