| Show TO THE FRUIT RAISERS ani dryers territory Terri ory Z cl M I 1 has repe atly called mc I 1 tiivi to tile importance of our dried frail ii as n wi i article of export it II is veil that for sonic some veas the price has gone down ait yea there qc to ile he little or no lie demand arill anil the trade wa i unsatisfactory is kiil alid ilif liNa astrom to both alry 0 er cr and shipper 4 tile the 0 outlook at tho the present time i a agne one of improvement and of a able lc mairl somewhere equal to lo the supply although thero may inay becio special advance as to 9 liet there will be a market which is m more 0 re ahan could lie ile said lal 5 3 car at this date we cannot ignore 0 tile fact however that ther e are arc c certain erta iii pre I 1 ui site success 11 in tilis industry which we have liere here lof leforc ore pres seft upon tile atti of interested alit and tor for their benefit we will now biow repent them tile competition to which hiT 1 our tir fruit fruit is subjected we think lias has hardly come home to our producers many of them bliem follow the old methods yet et and even the product of tile careful is and has bus been discounted in ill the market by the alie negligence of their ind ff efferent erent neighbors 0 all fruit before drying r flidr should ld be fairly ripe then it should be cut ns as near uniform size as possible that tha t which will divide in halves or quarters make the most showy tried 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 ano a no I 1 consequently it is necessary that gradi grading ngor or classification should be attended to by some goine one free and clin clingstone astone fruit does not du do well together get 0 her nor mixed lare laie and small pieces or bright and dark varieties california fruit is mainly evaporated a and nd so much brighter cleaner aai and more uniform in appearance th than a ii ours hence it gets away with the utah product I 1 by an appeal to the eye while utah fruit is admittedly superior as to flavor aud and being drier also it is really cheaper ili in use all our dried fruit should be sacked uniformly into 2 12 12 bushel burlap sacks quality should be designated on each one and that so reliably that sales could be made from sample without danger a air of drawback or refusal at th the e point to which it is shipped persons have somewhat of a disposition p to ban hang on to their fruit in expectation of better prices while this is a praiseworthy our experience is that properly cured fruit which comes first into the market all other things 0 considered gets the leading prices dried apricots should be coming into market maret now and the best of ou our r dried peaches should not be later than october 1st ast preserve your drying fruit from rain which dissolves the saccharine and avoid the direct rays of the sun where possible the air will cure the fruit fully it if aL attention is paid to its cpr spreading ending and turning hoping that 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 1 I am yours respectfully T G WEBBER supt bupt I 1 salt lake city july 1892 |
