April, 1922 (Time Machine Archive)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
FROST BLACKENS EASTERN SHORE'S BIG POTATO FIELDS
Great Territory of Growing Vines Nipped by Cold Wave.
(By Associated Press)
CAPE CHARLES, VA., April 24,.- A Killing frost, with ice, covered the entire peninsula from Delaware through Maryland, and down to the lower end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, in Accomac and Northampton Counties Saturday and Sunday nights, with resultant damages to crops in all sections.
Through the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Northampton and Accomac Counties, potato fields are today black with frost-killed potatoes. Farmers of this section are hard hit, especially after last year's short crop.
Before Saturday night the potato fields in this section were pictures of well-advanced vines. Today they look as if a fire had swept over them.
(The Salisbury Times)
November, 1891
(The News, Frederick, Md.)
May, 1949
(The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis)
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