Show HIGH PRICES OF SMALL FRUITS ATTRIBUTED TO Tf CROP FAILURE I Salt Lake dealers are arc suffering from a shortage of or 0 small fruits fruit The cold weather er wrought havoc with fruit blossoms last spring and the berry crop has been ma damaged by blight which has ban be been n prevalent in fields tributary to this city Dealers say Salt Lake Lahe must depend largely largel on California for fruits this sum summer summer summer mer which means high prices The strawberry season is over and white while the supply this year was good It fell tell far fr below the usual output The rasp berry and cherry seasons are now on but the cherry trees and raspberry bushes I have havo suffered much from the blight and aud i the crops are small There Thre are some so e farms In the surrounding counties which were not visited by the blight and their stocks of raspberries are good The great greatEr Er Cr r part of the seasons crop however is of ot poor quality Cherries too are scarce and d of inferior quality So small smell is It I the supply of first class raspberries that hardly a morning passes pa that merchants do not experience difficulty difficult culty cult in securing a supply for their days trade Th The buyer for one of the largest retail reta stores said yesterday that It was WM necessary for him to stand guard over his biB raspberries armed aimed with a club to keep the other merchants from taking hold of ot the fruit The merchants are so anxious to secure the he first class stock that they offer high er prices to the farmer famer and of course this advances adrance the retail prices The Tho farm farmers farmers ers rs have realized that raspberries and cherries are an in big demand and are call calling callIng ing for tor higher prices than over ever were ware asked In previous years Raspberries are arenow arenow arenow now selling at wholesale for per case This is considerably higher than the retail price of former years The TIle blight attacked the fruit bushes and what fruit it did net not kill It left stunted and small maU maUThe The late frosts killed almost the entire crop of ot peaches plums and apricots The cold coId weather came just at the time the trees were in bloom and but very lit little littie littie tie tle escaped e The Utah crop is js a failure i Utah must depend on California pro products products ducts this summer and the large num number number ber her of ot visitors which win wilt be in the city during the G A R B encampment will win cause the wholesale men some trouble In securing food for them in these lines Carload lots of peaches peache and plums are arenow arenow arenow now arriving from California but the prices demanded are so 80 high that the sale is not heavy Before the end of the sum summer summer mer the prices will be higher for Cali Call California California fornia too suffered to some extent from short crops crop in fruits this season The prices price on fruits are unsteady and chang changing chan chanIng changing ing almost dail daily Prices are now high but will be higher before the season is over |