Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — FRUIT IS PROBABLY RUINED [ARTICLE]

FRUIT IS PROBABLY RUINED

Heavy Freexe Thursday Night Does Much Damage It is very likely that all the fruit was killed In this section of the state and considerable damage, done to early gardens Thursday night, when the mercury dropped several degrees below the freezing point. The ground yesterday morning was frozen solid enough to fo-'ar the weight of an adult person. Ice nearly a half inch thick is reported to have frozen on basins of water left out over night. Whether or not the freeze injured the oats, more than to set them back a little, remains to be seen, but on some of the low, muck ground they may have been killed completely. Until this freeze the fruit prospects were never better, but there will be but little now, as peach, cherry, plum, pear and a few apple trees were in full blossom, and strawberries are also damaged badly.