Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
most orchards to insure = fairly good
crop OF peaches and apples.
Eastern shore Of Maryland.

Cecil County--(Cclora) Peaches SD-
parcntly good. Ovarics In many apple
buds and blossoms dead. Some vari-
eties IN better condition on higher
grouud than on lower. North EasD
4! Damage to apples very slight. Peaches
about 80 per cent on, low lying or
cherds completely killed. (Rising
SUM Peaches suffered most. Apples
and cherries only slightly hurt;
leaves out enough to protect the bios
soms. WARWICK Apples and peaches
uninjured. Grapes unhurt Barring
| further frosts good crops are eX-
pocted.
Dorchester County, (Hurlock) Ex-
animation OF garden vegetables-to-
matoes, Irish potatoes, Strawberries
and peaches, pears and apples dis
closes very little. Il any, damage,
though there was frost and n little
ice. Cambridge Peaches and pears
promise heavy crop; little damage.
Apples not so much bloom and not
much damaged. Apricots still carry
heavy crops OF young fruit. The most
damage is TO feld sown tomatoes for
canning; they are mostly killed.
Strawberries damaged slightly; also
grapes and alfalfa. All vegetation
backward because of continued cold.
The windy weather prevailing prob
ably saved many crops from the
frosts.
Kent (Betterton) Pears
about so per cent Of a crop. Apples
only slightly harmed; wind kept buds
and leaves dry. Tomatot plants
whore up We're badly injured. Wheat
looks a little pale where not pastured
short. (Chestertown) Apple damage
10 per cent TO 80 per cent Pear loss
about 40 per cent; plums 40 per cent;
peaches 60 per cent: cherries %
lper cent. About so per cent
of the early tomato plants are
reported lost. (Galena) Apparently
no injury TO fruit of any kind. But
IL cold weather continues IL is be-
lieved apple blossoms may fail to set
(kennedyville) About 2S per cent of
pears lost. Apples hurt only slightly
Peaches believed to be uninjured
Strawberries and other small fruit II
per cent lost. Tomato plants for the
packing houses are reported all killed
(worton) Reports indicate no dam
! aee.
/, Queen Anne's County-(C (Centreville'
|. This not fruit section. but wha
peaches there are were too far ad
vanced 10 be injured seriously; sam,
for apples. Tomato plants up hav,
been damaged. Alfalfa leaves touched
by the frosts and growth checked
Wheat was fine but shows here anC
there bad effects OF the frosts. Straw
berries appear 10 have been harder hi
than other fruits.
Somerset County CMarumsco'
|, Much damage 10 strawberries anS
small fruits. (Pocomoke city, Eros
. on night OF 22d very destructive; dam
age 10 mid-season strawberries Yer.
. severe--at least so per cent Peaches
apples hard hit. Night OF 23rd ic,
: is inch thick. princess Anne) Har,
/, freezes nights OF 22d and 23d. Peache
. and apples considerably damaged
Strawberries. early varieties, damage,
. about so TO IS per cent; late varietie
about 80 per cent damage. Snap beam
most all destroyed. but farmers pro
pairing 20 replant. Early tomatoes
/, all that were set In the fields de
stroyed Potatoes not enough ad
: vanced to permit of much damage
Very dry here. A warm rain voul
do n world of good.
. Talbot County-(Cordova) Up {
noon, April %. no injury discernibl
= to apples, peaches and farm crop.
Near Ridgely about so per cent of tn
: open strawberry blossoms died as
result OF the frosts. Easton) Genera
y opinion is that the frosts and ic
worked only slight injury to apple
. and peaches. Latter were we'll sc
: and in perfect condition. Jackets abou
= half removed; while the apple bios