Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1909 — Had a Light Freeze But Little Damage Resulted [ARTICLE]

Had a Light Freeze But Little Damage Resulted

It warmed up several degrees Monday night and that was all that saved the fruit crop. As it was there was a heavy frost and quite a freeze, as much as an eighth of an inch of ice being found on small stationary basins of water. A few degrees more would have put cherries and most other fruit out of business. An examination of fruits at noon today disclosed that very little damage had been done. Occasionally there was a cherry blossom with a blackened stigma, but only a few of these. Peaches and apples and pears and plums seem uninjured. Strawberries were not far enough along to be injured. Indications are that we will have an abundant crop of fruit Cherries were never in fuller blossom and every blossom almost contains a fertile ovary. Last year and the year before there were practically no cherries. We have the agency fer the “Detroit Taper* GaseUne and Ceal Oil Steves. Alse the “Quick Heal* gasoline steve. E. D. RHOADES A SON.