Show fRUiT flUff i TELL O Of UT TAWS AMS r 1 I RESOURCES i I Begins ns a ij Two j Here es from All AllOver Over the state President Present W Po Pots Ou for 4 J Things e I The rhe fourth annual convention of the Utah Horticultural I tural 1 society opened in Armory y hall n at t 2 0 o'clock this after after- afternoon noon with ith an au attendance of nearly fruit growers gro fromI from froin I different parts of the state Large deler delegations are in attendance atI attendance at at- I from Moab oab Creen River Provo Utah count county Cache county Brigham City Cite Bear River Riy valley Garland Weber V ebel county Davis county count and Salt Sult Lake county Special delegates tes are in attendance from the Agricultural Agri gri Agricultural cultural college and the Brigham 1 Young oung university at Logan A feature of the convention was vas the address of 01 Jolla John P. P Moore 1 OOl president and manager of the tile Grand Grauel Junction Colo Fruit ruit Growers Growers' association tion Mr Ir Moore I is our one of the leading experts of the country in his line liue t I NOT ONLY WILL THE QUESTION OF RAISING FRUIT IN UTAH BE BEI I CONSIDERED BUT THE BEST METHODS OF PACING PACKING AND MARKETING MARKETING MARKETING MAR MAR- THE FRUIT WILL COMEIN COME IE COMEIN IN FOR A LARGE SHARE OF THE ATTENTION OF THE DELEGATES Immediately after calling caning the convention convention conven conven- tion hon to order t this bis afternoon President Presh James Imes G. G Dufin delivered his annual address which in part is ns IS follows Through tho the able work of tho the state board of horticulture the A Agricultural ral college e at Logan tho the B. B Y V. un university at Provo and other schools in tho the state at which courses in horticulture are arc arcen given en and the intelligent efforts of leading fruit growers ors and shippers shipper the primitive conditions that prevailed so solon lon long are arc lc being 1 replaced l by modern 1 methods hods of growing and antI 1111 marketing of our fruit fruits Utah's Fine Fruit The year just passed ed marks an u important important im im- im era in the tho fru fruit t industry of Utah Due to the tho late freezing weather in man many parts part of tho the United States during the spring of 1907 the fruit crop crol was either badly damaged ed or entirely entirely entirely en en- destroyed But hero in in Utah while n we suffered some losses in in what hat might properly be bo termed peach b belts Its unusually heavy heny crops wore were raised notwithstanding th the hea heavy freeze or ot I April 19 10 and ana 20 O. O This J has demonstrated I tho fact that Utah is one of the tho safest states Mates in the union for investment in inI in inI I fruit fru t lands I If Since our om last annual meeting tens of thousands of fruit trees have hn been heen I planted mainly apples and peaches Th The counties counties' that have o taken tho lead in ini in j i orchard planting are arc Utah Box Elder Weber and Davis But while this i iI is is I I tru true there re is not a county count iu mu the state I that ha has not one or more important fruit belts Look for instance at tho the I possibilities of tho the belt of country countr- in JD Salt alt Lake county skirting tie western slope of the Wasatch mountains I j capable of producing hundreds of car cars of or as fino fine peaches apples pears and other fruits fruit as are grown frown gown in the world i Juab county from which a straight f car of fruit ha has I never never been shipped yet yot ot having haying within her herders borders one of the finest apple districts dis lis in the state In Its Infancy Too Verily the tho fruit industry of Utah is il is but in in n its infancy Utah Utan county count alone is iH capable of producing more fruit than is grown in the whole state stat and this is but one of several oral counties with almost equal POSS possibilities I A A notable improvement in orchard plant planting jn i is the number of varieties be being meg ing bet het In the great majority of orchards orchards or or- charri these arc are icing being reduced to two or three in order vial that strai straight bt car shipments might bo lie made Great itu improvement provement is iR noted alvin also alv in tho the care o 91 of the time orchards They are arc being more liberally fed moro more pruned sprayed and cultivated ani and autI I greater care is bein being exercised in grading grad grad- i tag ing and packing tho the fruit All of these things are arc bound to give us u a standing I in tho the market within the next few years vears such as we wo have never ne had The exhibit made at the tho irrigation con congress rs at Sacramento Cal Col by the state board of horticulture and by bv private private pd vate ate citizens of the tho state th-rou th through h which a number of valuable cups and cash laRh prizes es were secured is a 11 source of satisfaction to all interested in io tho the material development of the commonwealth common common- wealth Great as nB are arc the benefits derived de de- rived from exhibits of this kind as a means mcanA of advertising a n still greater benefit is the then encouragement n given t the grower cr to pro produce only the choicest fruits Hold County Fairs II We 0 cannot too strongly stron lr urge ur c upon our people the importance of count county fairs airs and m making kiD exhibits at the thu annual state fair fan At these fairs airi while prizes will and probably should bo be offered for exhibits put in for or more mere show the commercial product and the commercial orchard rd should be ompha- ompha emphasized sized in ill tho the distribution of prizes prize We Wo believe if this were done dono it would give o encouragement to the plan planting tine of commercial com com- commercial mercial orchards and the production of oi fruits fruit and vegetables The Thu growers growers' associations in this state are arc to a u certain extent in iu the experimental ex ex- stage But Hut where ro they can enn cane be e organized with a l competent board boar of directors capable mana managers to be employed em- em pl and these theRo officers in turn re- re t the c loyal support of oC the producers we bl believe ho the they will become a strong factor in building up our reputation in i the markets of the tho world But no association association as as- socia tion will bo be successful rul in establishing establish establish- ing ins a market reputation no so o long loin as it its Sta I members insist on having liati ing nJ inferior fruits fruit put on the tho market nor can its members member be c held to together ether except on strict business busi lausi n ness s principles Utah's Wheat Crop Tho The average acreage production of irrigated wheat in In the tho stale will proby probably abl ably not exceed thirty five bushels alfalfa al al- al falfa faha hay front hay from three c to four tons taus sugar ar beets fifteen tons Sixty bu bushels h 18 of wheat six six tons of well cured hayand hay and thirty tons of sugar beets be an m unusually good 1000 yield yet vet thousands thousands thou thou- sands of acres s planted planter to these thes crops crop are some of the finest fruit lands in io tho time state Now make mako calculations on 00 the returns from the th wheat sui sugar ar beets heets' and hay and compare with the tuo following following follow follow- ing mg A A peach grower in m Utah county from front ten acres teres of elberta peaches attar af- af after ter tar for for- box and nails nail paying for paper received another grower rower from front frontone one hundred and six forty elberta I trees sold soM worth orth oi of peaches caches anI another another an an- other grower rower sold wort worth orth of peaches I from one ono hundred and thirty trees still another grower trower from a 1 little over three thre I acres of elberta trees sold a little over o 2900 1900 worth of fruit Had HacI our reputation reputation tion been e established aa as that of Grand Junction or Col returns would have havo far exceeded thc these thew o figures What is is being done in the reach peach pc ch business bu business busi busi- i. i ness nes is is also boin being done with apples And mark you rO these the arc nrc not isolated cases for other orchards in Utah Box Do BoxElder BoxElder Elder and other counties have done dono equally well II The Timo Tho question is i often asked tho the thoI I speaker With the being acreage agO being set setI j l I to fruit is the time not near at hand band handI bandI I when there will bo be an overproduction o I and consequent t lo losses ses in the business business' I More Fruit Needed I believe belie wo we should look at this matter conservatively Markets aro are aroI I boin being boing opened in n forc foreign countries for lour our fruits f our own population in is inI I I rapidly increasing and fruit is becom- becom becoming i in ing a more com common non article of diet j i hence the greater consumption FronI From Fron the these sources markets tire are furnished for fora 1 I a large arJe percentage of the new orchards orchard I It should also be remembered that old orchards and districts which in ten years past furnished large quantities ef of fruit have become unproductive But notwithstanding not 3 all of this there thoro may come como a n year car occasionally when there ther will bo be overproduction and ud low prices be bo realized but w wp we also believe e th the tho fruit industry will follow the eternal law aw of the l survival of the fittest He who will plant what the market demands demands demands de de- mands and will put his product on tho the market markol according to its requirements requirement will always M have sale for his Jus fruit fruit at It who becomes becomes be be- becomes remunerative prices while he lie comes a law unto himself must ink take tako the consequences of his own rashness and perish with others of his kind kina Fellow Fellow FeIlo growers while WI wo we have e not att attained ined the full hU fruition o of our ambitions ambitions ambitions am am- in the horticultural development development develop lle ment of our state we wo have ha left U the tho vaIle valleys and planted our feet upon the tha steeps which wo we shall continue to climb until the summit of tho the hi highest b t peak shall be he gained rho The program for the tho fir first t da day follos follows fol foh lows s AFTERNOON Invocation John Invocation John P. P 1 Sorensen Salt Lake City Tames O. O Presidents President's ent's Annual Address Address- s manager Utah Ulah County Fruit and Produce company Provo Utah Preparations for tor Fruit I exhibition Thomas Thomaa Judd 2 tate state hoard of horticulture St. St George GeorGC Wall Utah The San Joso Jose Scale Problem Problem Prof E.G. E.G. E. E G. G Titus THus entomologist Agricultural lese lege leg Logan Log Utah C. Discussion Discussion C A A- mem m member m. m ber board of or horticulture View Flew lt Moore Og Ogden n. n count county David nurseryman Thu Gunnery Ginnery and nod the Grower Grower Groner William Cral Craig manner manager er Salt r L-ako L Valley Canning company compan Ogden Utah Discussion Joseph Jos Joseph ph labe Sr Clear Clear- field Utah U II W TV Valentine Valenti Valentine Fruit comp company ny Brigham City CIl Utah 7 7 30 30 p R M. M Necessary Orchard Methods Methods s Prof R. R R. R Northrop horticulturist Agricultural rl col lel lege I Loran o nn Utah DI Discussion C C C G. G Adne Adney apple g grower w r Corinne Corinna Utah Enoch Farr Fan fruit grower Ogden Utah Success In Moroni Morten- Morten Morten- Morten Sen en n. n fruit mower grower Boar Bear River City Iti Utah Llah Discussion T J M Fisher president Salt Luke Lake County Horticultural society East Mill MITI IIII Creek Utah Joseph Hubbard fruit truit grower r Willard Utah Ulah Barring Wormy Fruit from Market J. J J. J Edward Taylor secretary state board of ot horticulture Salt Lake I-ake City DIcu l. lon lon-l. I A A. A Hancock manager Hancock Bros Product Produce company compan Salt It Lake oke City William H H. Wilcox secretary Syracuse Horticultural Hart society Utah Di Discussions cushions lons limited to five minutes tor for cacti speech t |