
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, October 1, 1993                   TAG: 9310010323
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-1   EDITION: METRO 
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FIRST FROST

Here are average dates of the season's first killing frost for selected Western Va. locations. Some years, the first frost strikes weeks earlier; other years, the growing season may linger for weeks after the average date.

October\ 2 Floyd, Monterey (Highland County)\ 5 Galax\ 7 Pulaski, Wytheville\ 8 Blacksburg\ 11 Lexington\ 16 Bedford, Buchanan, Martinsville, Rocky Mount\ 19 Catawba\ 23 Roanoke\ 25 Stuart (Patrick County)\ 28 Lynchburg\ \ Source: Va. Agriculktural Statistics Service.

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