Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1910 — Fruit all Gone all Over The State; Small Grain Hurt. [ARTICLE]

Fruit all Gone all Over The State; Small Grain Hurt.

While the fruit had weathered the early freezes and frosts the combined snow and freeze of Friday night, Saturday. and Saturday night was too much for it, and now it is probable that every bit of fruit has been killed. Even the leaves on many trees, both fruit and shade, were so badly frozen that they have curled up and will mostly fall off, it*is believed. All seem to be sure' now that apples, pears, peaches, plums and cherries are totally destroyed, not only in Jasper county and most of Indiana, but over a large area of the central west, which is sure to make fruit extremely high. N. S. Bates, who has a large strawberry acreage, has looked over his patch and thinks it escaped very well. The snow on the ground gave the fruit protection from freezing that the tree fruit did not get. He thinks if favorable weather ensues we should have at least a two-thirds crop of strawberries. He also thinks raspberries and blackberries have not been hurt Early gardens were practically ruined and garden making will have to start anew whenever the weather is favorable. Oats and wheat did not suffer materially by the last storm. What damage they have had came mostly from the dry weather of March and early April and froth the dry freezes of the early part of the month. The cool weather vith its moisture of drizzling rain aid snow will not hurt oats very much unless it continues too long and several farmers with whom we have Bpoken think the oats are in a very fair condition.