Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-08
Every Acre Of Citrus Fruit
From San BernardIno to Los
Angeles Frozen With Small
Chance for Salvage,
RISING TEMPERATURE
DREADED BY GROWERS
Large Percentage OF Orange
and Lemon Trees Seriously
Damaged but the Maturej
Growth May Not be Ruined
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", Morning Ioufnnl special Ica.rd wirc)
Les Angeles Jan. From San
uornardno to Los Angeles ovcrf aero
&c orangos and lemons has been froz-
en- This was the statement that
came tonight from Pomona. ccntcr OF
one ef the heaviest produeins sections
uf the citrus fruit belt. only One
rlth II the crop may De- snlyaeed, it
vns assorted 1t inis be true. the too
ml loss On 10000 acres of fruit viii
amount 10 close TO St0,00o,OOo
More conservative estimates. how
ever Figured the total dnmaee at
S2o.u0H.u0O Between Sa.OoO.000 aud
$4,000. QUO of this sum VIII be- the loss
90 railroads n eurtailed freghts ln
lho face ~ this situation. fruit srow-
ers worn ont hy forty-eight hours
battle asainsl an almost unprccedeut-
ga visitation If frost received listless-
N Warrlns "a got out their smudg-
ng pots aealn tonight with the
warming the weather bureau issued %
bulletin Stating that The worst ef the
cold Rayc had passed. hut even this
prediction ~ Uarmor weather brought
With 1t SOME apprehension and un-
eerlainty
eoldlne q srowers . sudden re-
turn % the Warmth &c normal winter
conditions would irenarh, dumase
fruit which mleht De- stlll In such
condition that a gradual rise 0i tem-
pcrainre would lCayc II ID mnfketsblc
Shape This additional loss would
mouu practically the complete ruin OF
the citrus crop the value of which
has been placed at s50oeo.0oo
smudging operations were again
used la many psfis of the citrus belt
tonishi The outlay fer this added to
the amount expended during the last
two daSs fer labor and smudge fncl
viii 1rins the total frosl-fIshtins es-
ponse e. more than 100000.
The e,st oi fighting toe frost has
been approximately St25 per acre
per night Already there have been
Two nishta Of amudins GA nearly sf-
cry ore of the 10000 acres which
comprise the citrus fruit zone OF
southern California Growers and
representatives. of uut-huylng and
shipping concerns reported tonight
that an inspection Of the citrus eVun-
iry showed great devastation. The.
cold eas so intense and $50 sustained
I'm an sections that today the orange
and lemon foliage appeared shriNeled
ana dfy Orehardists maintain how
ever. chat the mntured trees were not
damaged, though They admit that
frost killed much nursery stock
While Pomona reported a dainagr
Of so per cent If the crop san Ber- /
nardino county appeared toAny t. IT,
ihe heaviest sufferer san Bcrnafdlno
includes the large Rcdmnds Orange
section adionins Riverside and IL
WIS declared that 900 per cent Of the
crop 0as irrotrIcsably ruined. In this
-ountg clone. ii was asserted growers
would lose from S9,o00,000 20 Sil-I
100000
Managers of the orange groves cen- +
lcrine around Pomona held meet
n- today and announced that no
fruit which showed sign Of having I
packing houses which prepare the
oranges aud lemons for shipment toI
narkct The weather moderated CON
s.deraily today. In Los Angeles thcl
was f6 at noon and .
dignity higher at O'Clock this aftcr-
noon in other places the thcrm0me
crs recorded Temperatures as high or
higher
Bu The mercury began 10 drop at
a d 1. f.t.