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trees he was referring to which indeed had a very limited number of peaches on them and those that had none at all. While the trees looked healthy there was visibly no fruit on them. Those that fared better were behind the area where his home is located and he feels they were some- what protected because of this.

“Our grand kids eiach have adopted a tree, put their name on it and are taking care of it. Some of them have trees with peaches and some don’t. We have about 12 adopted trees,” he said.

He said his nectarines did not fair well either although the apples, with the exception of the red delicious, are okay.

That comment was bom out by another area grower, Jerry Jenkins.

“I have a pretty good idea now what has been damaged by the freeze,” he said. “Mostly the Red Delicious as far as the apples go, I think we’ll have a right smart crop of apples.”

About 25 to 30 percent of the Red Delicious at Mr. Jenkins’ orchards were lost he said, but what concerns him most is the loss in peaches, pears and nectarines.

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