Show FRUIT OUTPUT a M OF UTAH FALLS r Farmers Receive Better Price Berry Crop Exceeds Previous Year Because of the tremendous yield In 1932 and the severe winter which fol to fol- fol 1 lowed Utah's 1933 fruit crop dropped d of off generally generall although though farmers sa saw w II better prices and markets market Strawberries led the way in Utah Utah's s fruit output for th the year Most l growers growers grow ers reported a better belter crop and market mar mar- ket A million pounds of b berries berrie rrie s were b by the Utah Cole Cold d Packing company which is affiliate d with growers representing 35 0 acres of berry crops and hiring 2 2000 pickers This s figure is five times that of 1932 Th Tha successful berry season was celebrated at the annual PI Pleasant t Grove Strawberry da day which attracted spectators in in- eluding duding Governor Henry H H. H Blood The governor termed the celebration the most mast remarkable spectacle I have ever witnessed The celebration tion featured a parade including floats Onions continued to gain prominence promInence nence in the states state's farm outlay Approximately Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- proximately bushels of onions were ere harvested in the vicinity o Pay I son ion n. n The extreme winter killed many Utah peach tre trees S and reduced the thc yield of others The peach each yield for 1933 was bushels compared to the record breaking figure of bushels in 1932 Utah's apple harvest for tor 1933 was bushels as compared to for the previous year Potatoes were estimated at bushels compared to for 1932 r Cherry shipments dropped off oU about bout one half approximately 15 carloads carloads car car- loads load being sent ou out as compared to 32 carloads in 1932 Tomatoes also i W a drop of approximately 50 percent per percent percent cent from the 1932 figure Weber county heart of Utah's tomato industry In in- in industry included acres of plants |