Show UTAH iMi GROWERS MAY CUT TREES ThEES f it Interests Study Problem of Overproduction t and Suggest Wholesale Reduction Reductio of 0 f C Crop rope I What is the matter with Utah's fruit b business To Too many Elberta peaches The first Is fa the big pig question that thatis I is 18 being ask asked d by the State Horticultural tural society of all the tile trust fruit interests in the survey now pow on The second is the way way t the e representatives of ot the I shippers answered the tile question today at the conter conference nce in the office orrice of J. J Edward TaYl Taylor r state horticultural in In- The decision of the shippers shippers shippers-mem- mem members bers bera of ot a special committee appointed to discuss marketing marketing- waS was w unanimous and ncI in a a. report to the survey they will wiil urge the immediate removal of or 60 o per cent ent of ot the the Elberta peach trees r Affects Acres Inasmuch as 90 per per cent ent of ot the peaches peach s grown in Utah are ot of that type this means a radical It step p It is said that nearly acres will be affected Th The plan is to remove the trees and in their stead other varieties of peaches or other fruit Pears are strongly favored by some In the meantime while the newly planted trees are slowly maturing to the bearing stage vegetables and other crops will be raised between the TOWS rows The question arose at today's meetIng meet meet- Ing lug as to whether or not the destruction destruction destruction tion of so many fruit trees will not mean a eo heavy loss logs of money for a few I years years tin the new trees mature We arc are losing money on a per percent percent percent cent acreage said one shipper Bet Better Better ter reduce the acreage and make male money on a 50 60 per cent acreage and at the same time have room for other crops Pears Are Popular As regards pears J. J C. C Knudson of Brigham City strongly favors a big increase in Jn pear acreage Last year and before that you couldn't sell fifty tifty bushels of pears out of Utah this year I 1 could market twenty five cars from Brigham Cit City alone if Jf I had the fruit I ISome Some objection was raised to I pears by William M. M Roylance o ot Provo on the ground of blight often ruining the crop He favors vors how ever a p. pear Increase The growers' growers committee will meet next week and will be followed by bythe bythe bythe the canners the final meeting to be pe held Those present at today's meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing were William M. M Roylance William Roylance Roylance Roylance Roy- Roy lance company l Provo G. G W. W Watkins Wat Vat kins Brigham City Fruit Growers' Growers association association as aa- Brigham P. P M. M McGregor Utah Fruit Growers' Growers association Salt Lake G. G W. W Bowen Cacho Cache Valley Fruit and Produce association Logan J. J C. C Knudson Knudson Bros Dros Brigham Brig Brig- ham City C C. C H IL Smith member state horticultural commission Centerville J. J Edward Taylor state horticultural Inspector Salt Lake and J. J 0 O. Smith East Mill Creek |