The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-23
CALIFORNIA
Is HURRYING
SHIPMENTS
PACKING HOUSES ARE TAKING
FRUIT At RISK OF OWNERS
SHIPPERS TRYING TO INDUCE
RAILROADS TO GRANT EMER-
GENcY RATE ON FRUIT FOR
FEW WEEKS.

FEW WEEKS.
The New York Packer this week
prints the following letter from Los
Angeles. giving conditions in the west
ern state since the disastrous freeze
the first Of this month;
The citrus situation. as far as the
condition of both trees and fruit is
concerned, remains practically I'M
changed. Packing houses are clean
ing up on fruit picked before the
freeze and are accepting new pick
ings at the owners risk Rain has
been falling this week, which will
still further reduce the amount of
fruit going into the houses.
For the first time in two weeks
the orchardists are drawing a free
breath and those who have had
smudge stoves in their groves are
making up lost sleep, unmindfuI of
thermostat alarms. That smudging
has been beneficial is now an undis-
puted fact, although those caught
with scant supplies of oil were soon
out of the running.
Estimates of damage vary consid-
cradle, although it can now be defin-
mite stated certain districts came
out better than others, this with an
average minimum of two to five de-
Il grees lower than last December,
which was record breaker up to
that time San Diego county, consid-
cred practically frostless before, is
II now given up as lost as far as the
II present crop of both oranges and lem
ons is concerned. Horticultural Com
missioner Stuart estimates the pres
, ent final loss at $4,000 900 All Bula
Vista lemons are gone and the next
years crop is cut in two if not more.
Orange county has suffered great
wind damage to both Navels and
: Valencias, as well as from frost. C.
G. Chapman's Valencia grove prov
ing the most important exception. Riv-
erside has one section which came
out practically light and it now looks
as though Corona will furnish about
one half the entire lemon output
from California this year.
Riverside was badly damaged while
Redlands in San Bernardino county,
which came out practically free last
year, is about a total loss. Rialto es-
capped with less damage than last
year. At Uplands and Pomona the
damage is great, so or 20 per cent.
outside of the smudged districts, and
San Dimas has lost rs per cent. OF
all lemons remaining on the trees at
the present time. Ventura county
suffered about a total loss of lemons
except from the districts which
smudeed heavily for two weeks.
: Both exchange and independent
shippers are at present endeavoring
ito restrict the output from their re
Ispective districts and a committee
headed by C. C. Chapman is endeav-
oring to persuade railroad officials to
: grant an emergency rate Of zoe per
, box or lower on oranges for four to
six weeks as a relief to growers.
, Messages of sympathy are pouring
i'm from all sections Of the country
3 conditions being recognized by the
5 country at large is most unusual. The
legislature of South Dakota tele
graphed its sympathy to the Califor
MIA legislature in session at Sacra
; mento. Strong sentiment is also ex
: pected that. the railroads may SHOW
4 spirit of fairness by refunding owe
: half million dollars now which the.
t hold on the s1.15 lemon rate case
It which the commerce court declared
I wrongly applied and is now befor
: the supreme court.