cams_JosephineJCrawford_b010_f014_013_003

Mar 4 1896
Dear Aunt
I was interrupted and have
had company from the Southern part of
the State and so much to attend to that
I have not got this letter finished and
started until this late day, but hope it
will soon reach you. We are having the
coldest rain storm of the season and can
see snow on the top of the Mts skirting
this Valley, but here the peach, pear, almond
Apricot and some other fruit trees are in
blossom. My Morning glories have not been
killed by the frost, nor the Calla Lillies
and they have not been covered to protect
them. On New Year Day we had ripe
tomatoes and raspberriers fresh from the
vines. Have had a pleasant winter and
not as much rain as we wish. not nearly
as much as last winter. Have had only
a little more than 9 inches. We hope to get
more, enough to perfect the grain and other
crops. Some parts of the State have been
visited by a cold wave that some think has
injured the fruit. Have some oranges on
our trees, but they are rather small. Our