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just throe and four degrees cooler than during the past two years, respectively. And the low temperature was within one degree of last year, and equaled the temperature set in 1987.
The cooler night time temperatures, however, had the orchardists worried about their peach crops.
“I thought I had lost them all." Mr. Call said of his two or three acres of peach trees. “At second glance, I can see the crop will he fair."
Rose Ann Sharp, who runs the county's largest fruit business with her husband Alex, said most of their trees survived the late frost, unlike our neighbors to the west in the Shenandoah Valley.
Extension Agent Williams said that almost all of the orchardists in the Frederick County area reported their crops to be heavily damaged by nighttime lows which dipped into the 20s in early May.
The apple crop was largely unaffected by the cool nights, he added, but still shows the damage of the past three years of drought. “The apple crop will probably be light to moderate."
Consumers. Mr. Williams said, can expect to see higher prices per bushel for peaches, though those fruit harvested should be good quality due to the adequate rainfall.
Rut, as is usually the case, what is a bane to some is a boon toothers. Mr. Williams reported that, as of mid-June, insects have been less of a problem this season, particularly the flies around livestock. “The cooler conditions and rain may have helped to control them." he speculated, "although this, like, the weather, is likely to change."
May awarded
scholarships
The University of Evansville in Evansville. Indiana has announced that Tiffany May, a senior at Metamora High School, Metamora, Illinois, has been awarded the Physical Therapy Department’s Direct Entry Scholarship. In addition to the physical therapy scholarship, she will also be attending the university on a softball athletic scholarship.
Tiffany is the daughter of Jim and Karen May and the granddaughter of George and Mary Stuart Bain. Washington, Virginia. Tiffany plans a career in sports medicine.
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