| Show ran Fun snore A Hasty Glance Over Ccntervlllo Fruit Farms VISITING THE DAVIS COUNTY NURSERIES A Mitt Driptlon f tile Frttelu 01 lrOIRtlon nna Oln 01 NrIry Sork There me many beautiful spots m Salt 1lke I Valley but in no place his nature spread her mantle of greet with a more lavish hand thnn between Silt Iake I City and Farm ingtonmOie cs ecidly in and about Centerville along the line of the Salt Lake I and Ogden rmlwn eleven miles out from this city I The 1 allr ictions of this section arc so great that it was deemed essential I essen-tial to the general interest of this edition to devote some spice to a dcsciiUon ol a firming and fruit erowm neighborhood to prolific I i gin i I tl Tking 1 into consideration liinl tile price of land l ranges from 400 to s6oo per acre one of the mOit nil portant enterprises ill this section is the Davis County Nurseries located lo-cated in the very midst of this ltln growing region Oil every hand as fir as the ce cm reach along the level of the valley arc to be seen thousands and thousands of fruit trees many of them at this time laden with bright luscious fruit while other varieties ire Mill in vigorous growth As before mentioned the Davis County Nutsertes arc located ill the vcrv heart of this vast fruit orchard land l-and It is largely due to this fact that this district has become finious for its superior quantity md qiinht of fruits because of the elegant stock that flat been supplied from the nurseries to the farmers m the viciiut The nurseries arc among the largest and mSfl successful ill the State There ire three great esscntinls to the perfect growth of nursery stock VI7 Soil climate and water This combination coupled cou-pled with expel knowledge ol the business are the qualifications that can produce only the best results The Snub Tiros headed b 1 Mr Charley Smith in charge of this great 1 lrtii have groin up so to t speak m it fruit tree nursery mil arc well qualified to look after such a gigantic enterprise Their s stem ofpropijatmg and growmj is i sun ply perfectit would seem that nothing was left to be desired To the uninitiated the system in 111 its elclmls is truly irvclous It is impassible possible in an article of this kind to explain all the various details but somewhat of an insight into the modus mo-dus operandi may be given without i waste of too much pace In the commencement all seedling arc mi jortcd from France where they are grow from the seed until about eight > r len inches in height When endy for shipment the are put miles m-iles and sent to the nurseries here vhere they arc planted in trenches irniinuslv prepared and the roots overed Here they arc allowed to gain a good grovlh when wlnt is knOll as the budding process is tone through with An incision is made in the seedling about one ind a half or two inches from the ground and a bud from a homegrown home-grown fruit beirine tree is inserted I in the incision This bud at once knits and a rapid growth follows After the budding process is through with the seedling above the budding point is i cut off and the result is a clean straight beautiful tree which in one and two years after budding is ready for delivery Theie are now in growth at this nursery about 500000 trees consisting of apples pears plums prunes pencil cherry apricot nectarine etc of ihe various v inelies that will be ready for dc hery next spring and it must be truly said that never was a finer lot grown in any state in the Union The 1 are all tall straight and abso Intel of even growth and uniform proportions Everything on the farm is systematized system-atized and run on the strictest business busi-ness principles So thorough going is the S stem in vogue that nn error in filling in order is next to nn nn possibility There arc many other attractions about the nursery firm other than the fruit tree features There arc the shade tree ornamental trees and shrubs also the small fruits de partmentall of these come in for a share ot mention and admiration The management ol he Davis I Count nurseries Ire strictly alive at I all times to new and modern i methods in tree culture and ever active and generally in the lead in I securing new varieties of trees and shrub that will tend to increase their popularity and reputation as strictly uptodate nuisermen The latest and most interesting feature along this line is a new v nriciy ol large 1 lucious sweet cherry lO ety tint his been vccurcd by f tir db rfJ them Its chief md 1 st wonderful quality is the fact tint it ripens along the Inner part of August when the balance of the cherry crop has matured and out of market for fully a month There is certain to be an nimense demand for this variety as soon as the stock is ready lor delivery It is well worth a linlfda of inv ones lime to look over this maji ifi cent nurery buildings and grounds and Manager Smith who resides on and l has charge of the firm wilt be glad at any time to show visitois 5 through the nurseries and the attraction 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