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Show Peach Trees In Utah Above Average Age More than half of the peach trees in both Utah and Idaho' are ten yours and over in age, it is revealed in ll report by the department of agriculture. According to this re port, t'tah has ;nS,r,Cl ix-ach trees and Idaho 2.s,U7." trees. Of these totals I'taii has 3).;77 and Idaho 21.0S4 past the ten-year mark. Utah has 20.2S1 trees one year and under, while Idaho has but 510 trees falling fall-ing in this class. The peach tree survey shows that 80.3 per cent o the Utah peach trees are of the Elberta variety, while in Idaho this percentage SI..'! per cent. The age situation existing in Utah and Idaho does not prevail national-I national-I ly. More than one-half of nearly IM.Ouo.oiio pencil trees are less than six years of age and about one third are less tliau four years ol age. |