Show FORTUNE IN CHERRIES Remarkable Yield of Fruit in Davis County OVER 1400 PER ACRE I Enchanting Story Told by the Orchardist Wonderful Possibilities of Utnhas n FruitProducing State 2 > 7icely S Illustrated The late lamented P Donna whose ocabulury was protillc and elastic when attempting to lell of Utahs greatness would pause and ponder long today before essaying the task l of fllltlnRly deseilbliiR1 the possibilities of fruit growing In Utah Almost dally some Item I is recorded to show that fabulous crops are gathered in all lasses of fruit grown in Utah orchards lluc J latest report I and the one that eer iinly surpasses all previous records is the yield of cherries in the orchard of A Brown of Centervlllo Utah BLACK REPUBLICANS TOO From less than one acre of ground eveJitenths of an acre In fact Mr Blown this year marketed Ml0 worth I of Black Republican cherries A Trl hull representative found Mr Brown in Salt Lake City yesterday and that gentleman was fueling pretty well hank you ocr his very successful hllle 1 of cherries From six acres ant t to ehcrrlca of Black Republican lack Tartarian Iay Duke and Ku I lolcon varieties there was a net return re-turn after all expenses of S2700 tiM t-iM a result calculated to make even a pessimist smile and as Mr Brown does not look at things through blue glasses It goes without saying that he thinks life worth living REASONS FOR SUCCESS Mr Brown cheerfully responded to Inquiries as to varieties oC fruit and methods of cultivation and from his talk It Is plain that the element of utk has nothing to do with the yields of fruit The ground for the cherry orchard consists of a black loam Inclined lined to gravel and sand and Is a gen tie slope from the foothills westward at Centerville in Davis county There Is good drainage both from the surface sur-face and through the subsoil Trees of the varieties named above were procured pro-cured from home nurseries and planted about ten years ago Thtre arc one hundred and sixty trees to the acre which may seem close but the practices i is approved because the trees are all upright growers It will surprise many persistent and profligate users of water to know that TUr Brown irrigates his orchard only three times during the gyring and summer Between water Ings the surface of the soil is cultivated frequently for the triple purpose of conserving moisture destroying weeds and making the soil fertile by dividing the particles and admitting the atmosphere atmos-phere Other details such as pruning praying and fighting the borers are all carefully looked after by Mr Blown and the allImportant point of fertlll atlon is regarded as one of the chief requisites In short Mr Brown is a cherry specialist and he gives to his occupation oc-cupation the thought that Is demanded as the price of success OTHERS CAN DO AS WELL A prominent fruit man discussing this said There Is no secret process nor any requirement that may not be met by any man of ordinary Intelligence and honest application In producing results equal to those given above But the dullard and the shiftless farmer may not experience the same success as Mr Illown 1 enjoys There are many thousands of acres of prime cherry soil in Utah till varieties are proven adapted to the country lit market unlimited un-limited Is found in every town and city in the intermountain country There is room for 100 more such cherry orchards us Mr Browns right here In Salt Lake county and 2000 of them scattered over the State of Utah would not be sufficient to stop the Hood of cherries that come in each year from Oregon and California There Is big money III a cherry orchard In Utah |