Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-26
WEDNESDAY. ArRu %. 1922.
Arplcs. Frcczcs. Banking, and Nirginia

S, Apples Freezes Banking, and Virginia
n. lGHLY disCouragng reports come from
Is the apple growing sections OF Virginia.
& Gu tiuned cold weather, with freezing tent
ii.sraturcs four or five successive nights, have
9 .ithout doubt wrought enormous damage
10 apples and have nearly wiped out
: aacies. pears and other fruits more sus-
sEttptbe to frost Possibly the harder York
4 ,nperials OF the lower Valley will withstand
Il ne severe weather. but i, seems probable
: lat the Rem Davises and winesaps are gone,
-.tnd that very little else will he saved i'll
s-Sc Winchester section, Will" reports in
.A.,cate that in the upper Valley fruit region,
9Th Siauutou as the center the yield Is
i .;rohahS cut al least onc-haN
-. Thlscaiamlty is especially disastrous COM
n tsg on top OF the failure OF 1921. when the
-yarch freeze made the apple crop OF Viz
R-,3nia almost total loss. Fruit is an in
q 5sdent Ga farms OF the eastern part OF the
Ssate. but in the Valley there are many
tEowers who make its culture their sole
Business, and upon a crop depends the lv-
rs of thousands OF people. More, the loss
Ittends to many related industries. The
isuit men began the year with their sur
1us badly impaired by the i'll fortune of a
.riar ago, and many of them Will find ii hard
r. weather this additional blow.
) Science and ingenuity must. and WILL
& ND an effective and not too expensive way
Y avert such tremendous losses by ircez-
'fg. We have the sMudro pots, and Harry
GOOD Byrd the States foremos, apple grow
3 =. saved the bulk Of his York Imperials las,
,.ar By their use. But they are highly
,ipensive To install and very costly 10
i i.erate, the oil and ahdr. being a heavy cx
,nee. So many years had elapsed prior TO
.2l since very disastrous frost, that the
r-,;f
Il .5eir own risk rather than incur the ncccs-
-iry expense. The pots raise the Temporal
Ri're four or five degrees i'll an orchard
;;nen no wind exists 10 blow tho smoke
& green away. and sometimes this is suni-
s. isnt 10 cover 'hc margin between safety and
+ fistrnction. But the damage resulting from
,tr early warm weather and late freezes
,flst be guarded against in some way.
NThe history OF the race is mainly =
Sroniclc OF mans struggle agains, the
sTces OF nature, the beasts OF the forest
Il I'D the infections that attack the body Men
I Eve beaten the forests and the moors in
!! re race for possession OF the land They
i eve destroyed the menace OF wild animals
: sSey have chartcd and sailed the ,racklcss
!. Gas. They lave lived and wrought under
!. N ground and under the water. and final
I. IS have CONQUERED the air They have har-
!. sissed the rivers and waterfalls and forced
(. re lightning 10 DO their bidding They will
7 fine day c'rcUmycnr Jack Frost which nv
+, mparison will be but an inferior victory
+ ttLarge seal" apple growing and scientific
G slrkeiing ar" comparatively now deviation
!. i},nts in Virginia
4 S!Jamcs Craig Dlazed The way in AUGUSTA
Md others have followed and porfcr,oa
= horticulture has bcrome one OF tho mos, i'm,
\ irtant Of he States Agricultural ac,iyi,i.s
fri!r apples can easily ou'scll tho larger ana
htire highly colorcd products of the Pacific
I;tast States. which lack tho flavor o., our
,Iit
7, ,iCold storage has com" in the yoka "a,
in.fit growing. The orchardist no lo,,o.r
.sf;eds 10 dump his produc, on the MARI,
2it harvest time, and take tho lowest prjca
ne consumer is assured OF steady sun
~ from the Warehouses. avoiding the fancy
!. ces OF midwnter. Senator Byrd leader
ia horticultural progress. has established a.,
q nchester The largest apple storage plan,
= h the United States Last wear. win m.
:. e.crop at home almost total failure
.. washable TO secure through the effort. az
If Stale Corporation Commission a stor.
10 In transit rate on Far Western aItu..
~ means OF which he managed to nav ma
4. ts,enses of his plant for the year sirnilar
85Iyigion was secured through the same
]. n.ncY for Richmond from the Chcsapaa k q
f,Et OHIO Railway, and for Roanoke from,
.fsy Norfolk and Western. The local ware.
.,sises have handled during the past seasons
.pis,dreds OF carloads OF apples from Wash
~ ton State, and much OF II In still on tho
'Srs In this city. II IS too bad that tho
chesapeake and Ohio feels that the trans
q Sh'nental rate on this commodity Is so