Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-24
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MORE. FROST DUE
'a,,oks County Peaches Hi
Hard, but Pears and
Apples Escape
ElesseY CHERRIES HURT

r.,,t growers and State and govern.
1T vsssencies are checking up today on
~ amaze to fruit crops BY frost:
rSs damage has already been heavy,
II the cold spell, according to Fore.
.ts, Bliss, is not vet over.
ssThere will be more frost tonight"
"a M. Bliss, land IL will continue
Il mi fair, tomorrow. North winds
- teepinr the temperature down."
'iccordinS to authorities at the M.
ssssi Farm School, Doylestown,
~ 10 per cent Of the peach crop
Sssushout Bucks" County has been
INN There Is one exception; the
fSfmsn variety has come through 100
sveet cherries are all dead, but pears
"a apples seem to be all right. From
ssker parts OF the country, however,
Gowers report 80 per cent loss to the
~ crop and all plums killed.
Pears Unhsrmed
Conditions in Northern New Jersey,
aeording to the experimental station
| Il New Brunswick, are not 80 bad.
/ ptars are all right, as are peaches.
lpoles are only slightly injured, late
srples being all right. The pears sur.
|yEed, but cherries are 60 per cent killed.
| iums also are slightly injured.
Fruit growers in the Glassboro dis.
MET are not alarmed. Apples have
come through all right, they report, but
some varieties Of peaches are slightly
injured. There will, however, they say,
Il plenty Of fruit left. Early straw.
berries are badly hurt.
The blossoms were not 10 susceptible
10 the frost this year as last, as this
|yar several days Of cold weather pro.
clded the frost. As q result the bios.
sons on the trees were hard, and had
aWry slight moisture content as com.
pafed with last year. Last season the
1esther was very warm just preceding
~ freeze, the temperature being "a
1olrees at 8 o'clock one afternoon, fall.
NJ to % degrees by 4 o'clock the fol.
loving morning.
Delaware was q heavy sufferer, &C.
eerding to growers in that State, Re.
Dorts received at Dover, from various
poffS Of Kent County, indicate tho
ksvy frost had seriously injured those
Wfieties Of strawberries that were I'll.
fesdy in full bloom.
N Grapes Not Hurt
Grapes, according to reports, have
nd been seriously affected in the dis.
tfict. Peaches, apples and pears are
lelieved to have been only slightly in.
jured.
The experimental station of the Uni
versity Of Delaware at Newark, how.
ever, reports a 80 per cent loss to ylr. |
tualy all varieties of peaches and
lpples In the district. Cherries were |
eefiously blighted.
In the extreme southern rjart of the
Dtate, at Georgetown. near the Mary.
Ind line, growers report a heavy loss
b peaches, apples and pears. Some
pessimistic growers fear n total loss of
lhse crops. The frost did not hit this I
Dection hard until last night. The late
laretics have q fighting chance. The
mt week will tell the tale, according
b the growers.
Reports rom Laurel, DEL, are to the
&eCt ice half an inch thick formed on
w lying pools. The frost is said to
ave killed strawberries, peaches and
VARS In the section.
/, According to Mr.. Bliss the cold is due
b On area of high barometric pressure
.llch has moved eastward from the
Middle West. 1t is moving more slowly
han anticipated, therefore the cold
myers.
The lowest temperature registered
lere during the nisAt was 81 degrees.