Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-09-05 | Page 9 | Bumper Melon Crop Forecast

BUMPER MELON CROP FORECAST A bumper crop of ol Utah c cantaloupes cantaloupes canta canta- hta- hta loupes will r result sult from recent rains and add mild mUd t temperatures if frost does not appear soon Frank Andr Andrews ws United Stat States s d department department depart depart- part part- ment of 61 agriculture s senior statistician statis said Friday in a report on Utah truck crop pr r Mr Andrews forecast from to cars of cantaloupes containing containing con con- taming from to pounds each would be shipped from the state by October 15 if no frost occurs He forecast shipment of cars of pounds each of gre green n peas harvest of ol which has just begun in Beaver and Iron coun coun- ties Carrot shipments he said should run about cars and celery shipments 75 to 80 cars Some onions have been harvested harvested har har- vested Mr Andrews noted but the main p pOrtion of the crop still is in the ground and it is ImpossIble Impossible impossible im Im- Im- Im possible to estimate the yield