The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
EuRrHER DETAILS OF CALlFoR'
MAS MISFORTUNE

mercury dropped to IA degrees. Otner
reports record as low as degrees
EIcaion was as low as 10. weather
bureau reports taken at the top OF the
Grant building cannot tell the STORY
tt is awful. H. w. Clark, one OF the
hest informed growers, says both lem
ons and oranges are frozen hard. Tne
eron here is destroyed and not Dox
of good fruit can be shipped from
here this season, unless a miracle
hapnens. Other growers claim favor
able weather may redeem the sltua-
ton to a small extent. Trees Dadly
damaged.
Redlands-This city has had the
worst freeze in it's history. On the
low lands the thermometer registered
as low as IA degrees and on hlgh
lands as low as IS. Tuesday morning
prominent growers estimated that
not an orange remains in the district
but what is frosted. Groves hereto
fore immune have been hit hard.
Nursery stock and trees badly dam
abed. One fruit shipper reports only
40 per cent. damaged while an east
ern buyer says the freeze was clean
sweep and that he found ice Tuesday
morning in front of his house two
inches thick. Shippers believe that
the favorable weather now existing
will render 10 per cent. OF the crop
marketbIe. Examination of all adj
Joining districts prove serious condi-
ton. Smudging may have saved
portion of the crop but this is doubt
full.
!, CIendale.-One hundred per cent
of the fruit in the San Fernando val
ley has been frozen. Favorable
weather may save a portion. Young
lemon groves are badly damaged.
Misunderstanding entertained the
belief that this section was immune
from frost, few growers were pro-
vided with smudge pots. Some say
they would have been useless. any
way. This district suffered like all
the rest. Prominent men found DESC
1ation and grief on all sides. Both
crop and trees are hard hit. The ex-
tent of the damage cannot be esti-
mated
Covina-The damage by the freeze
here is heavy. Experts amlit that
smudge pots are valuable with the
temperature around 80, but with the
mercury at % there is little hope
that the bitter fight waged saved
much of the fruit. The temperature
for two nights hung around 90
Favorable weather may save 20 per
cent of the crop.
scondido.-Citrus orchardists in
this valley are reporting either three
quarters or total loss of fruit,
mostly the latter. The records show
16 and Is degrees above at daylight.
Monday morning. There is not box
of good fruit here, so fruit-men be-
lieve. Trees are also hard hit
Irwindale-With the thermometer
down to 10 two nights, little hope is
left for the fruit crop.
Lompoc-Sunday night temperature
was 16 degrees above zero here.
Great damage has been done to citrus
and walnut trees.
Whittier-The cold snap destroyed
the entire Valencia orange crop here.
No hope is entertained for lemons.
Favorable weather may save a por-
ton of the Navel orange crop. The
mercury dropped to "a. Damage is
probably 100000 in this district.
Trees suffered severely.
AZuna-The thermometer register
ed "a here. Despite efforts in smudg-
ing, the entire fruit crop was badly
damaged, as also were the trees. The
damage cannot be estimated now.
Alhambra-The worst freeze in his
tory here. Both fruit and trees are
badly damaged, the extent of which
cannot be told now.
Ventura-The temperature in this
county ranged from freezing down to
IL above zero. Great damage has
been done to the citrus crops. Wal
nut trees may be injured somewhat.
Santa Paula-The Limoneira Co..
kept force of four hundred men at
work all Sunday night, Monday and
Monday night. This property, cover
ing about 400 acres, is one of the best
protected in the state. Special trains.
carrying oil, were rushed there. AS
much as 100000 gallons of oil were
burned in single night fighting the
frost. After a bitter struggle lasting
two days and nights, Mr.. league says
the majority of his crop will be saved.
In adjoining districts young trees are