| Show TO THE FRUIT RAISERS anil and dryers Z 0 M 1 I has rep repe eally atly called attention allen lion tu tuc MIL itu of 0 air fruit as an all arleele arli of export it is well known that thai for or some ear the atice ila hai gone down ilo vii last yd arthero coined to ti bo be little or no demind anit llie ale trade wall and ami t to lo both boll dryer and ami ulai ilic outlook out loik ill at the llie prout time 6 one of and ot of a lule it ii in L i equal to the ilia allio agh therk may lie no ail ailva ance nue as is to lu prices ii rices yet eliere will be a market w which tell is were more than could be said last year at tills this adlae we cannot ignore M the frt art liow ilow ever that thai there are arc certain pre li sites for in ill this industry w which v have heretofore here herc tolore pressed upon the attention iii of interest 1 all I 1 ir their benefit we will 11 now ow repe a taum the competition to which our fruit is subjected vie think has hardly come home to our producers many of them follow the old medio methods als yet and even the product of the careful esaud is and has been discounted in the market by the negligence of their efferent neighbors 0 all fruit before drying g should hould be fairly ripe then it should be cut as near uniform size as possible that which will divide in halves or quarters make the most showy dried fruit when too ripe the dried product is dark and unsightly green fruit windfalls wind falls wormy and fly specked or dusty fruit cannot pass as a no 1 consequently it is necessary that gra grading diDo 0 or classification should bp be attend attended ed to by some senie one free and clingstone fruit does not du do well together nor mixed large 0 and small pieces or bright and dark varieties california fruit is mainly eva pora ted and so much brighter cleaner and more uniform in appearance than ours hence it gets away with tile the utah product by an appeal to th the eye while utah fruit is admittedly super superior bior as to flavor and being drier also it is really cheaper in use all our dried fruit should be backed uniformly into 2 21 12 bushel burlap sacks quality should bo be designated on each one and that so reliably that sales could be made from sample without danger of drawback or refusal at the point to which it is shipped persons have somewhat of a disposition to hang on to their fruit in expectation of better prices while this is praiseworthy our ex experience perien ce is that properly cured fruit which comes first into the market all other things 0 co considered asid ered gets the leading prices dried apricots should be c coming 0 min g into market now and the best of our dried peaches should not be later than october 1st ast preserve your drying fruit from rain which dissolves tile the saccharine and avoid the direct rays ra y s of the run eun where possible the air will cure the fruit fully if attention is paid to its ts spreading aprea ding and turning 0 hoping that eliat these hints will be taken in a kindly spirit and that many little comforts may come to the families of utah from their dried fruit this season I 1 am yours respectfully Respect hillys T G supt bupt salt lake city july |
