66 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 402 



Date of Frost Range of 



Year ^ Minimum Bog Remarks 



Spring Fall Temperatures 



1920 Sept. 19-20 No frost damage on Massachusetts 



bogs. Estimated loss in New 

 Jersey 20 per cent. 



1921 May 11-12 18°-24° F. Estimated loss 5 per cent, mostly 



around South Hanson. This frost 

 killed strawberry blossoms gen- 

 erally and many blueberry blos- 

 soms. 



May 24-25 23°-32° F. Estimated loss 15 per cent, mostly 



in Barnstable County. Esti- 

 mated loss in New Jersey (May 

 23-24) 10 per cent. 



1922 May 27-28 25°-32° F. Estimated loss 20 per cent. 



Sept. 18-19 21°-30° F. Estimated loss 10,000 barrels. 



1923 May 23-24 26°-29° F. t^- ,. ^ , , .n nnn u i 

 Mav 29-30 25°-29° F Estimated Joss 40,000 barrels. 



Sept. 17-18 20°-29°F. 10,000 barrels estimated frozen. 



1924 May 31- 26°-30° F. Estimated loss 7 per cent. 

 June 1 



1925 May 25-26* 23°-28° F. Estimated loss 7 per cent. Esti- 



mated loss on New Jersey bogs 

 15 per cent. 



* There were heavy frosts in New Jersey on both May 25-26 and May 26-27, 1925, the latter 

 being the more severe there. 



