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Show Proseects Good for Record Fruit Crops Stale llnrllciillural Inspector Issues Itepnit mi llill Prospects. J- Kdward Tajlor, Btate horticultural horticul-tural Inspector, Bays In a report Issued Thursday that the 1011 crop throughout through-out tint state is far mor0 promising than It has been in many years. Ho adds tlmt favorable conditions apply to every county In tho state. The ro-port ro-port alho shows that tho crop of now orchards combined with old orchards should enter a larger number or cars of fruit Into commerco this year than at any time In tho history of the Btate. Mr Taylor also bIiowb In his report that the marketing or thec rop linn been greatly facilitated during tho last few years, and that ea'rertil preparations prepara-tions haie been made to turn tho oi chin d output Into quick profit. Ho comments that fruitgrowers' organizations organiza-tions are stranger this year thun they haie been heroic, while individual shippers haie bolter facilities than in the past for putting their product on the market Summary of the condition or various kinds of fruit in tho statu Is given as follows In the report: Apples. Of tho total area devoted lo fruitgrowing fruit-growing in this atoto 50 per cent is planted In apples, principally tho red winter v-ailetles. Thoso trees that boie heavily last year, of courso, havo a llglite rap on this year, but with the new orchards that are coining Into bearing the Indications are that tho It'll crop will bo considerably In excess ex-cess of any other yenr. It Is a llltlo too early jet lo report on tho probable prob-able market conditions ror this crop, but there has been more and better spraying dono than ever beroro, so that the crop will be relatively rrco mm mi' i:iui win iin luiiiuvuiy nt'u from Insect pests and diseases and able to nieef the strongest competition. competi-tion. ' Pearhrs. Or the planted area In the state 25 per cent In devoted to the growing or peaches, principally of the Klhcrta variety. A very large proportion or this crop enters commerce in straight carloads. At tho present time tho Indications In-dications are ror a fair market for this ciop, and with the marketing fncllltleH which we now havo probably prob-ably ono-thlrd mora cars will bo shipped than over before. The advance ad-vance Bnlca of peaches havo been quite active. A considerable number will be shipped lu bushel baskets distend of twenty-pound boxes, which has" bi-'en tho general praetleo lu the past. ' Cherrlfh. Of the orchard trees of the state 5 per ceht are cherries. The sweet Hierrlos blossomed heailly. but there has been considerable, thinning later, duo possibly to the wet weather preventing pre-venting pollnntloii. The sweet cherry crop Ib uullo light on some trees, but taking the state as a whole there will bo more cherries produced than previous prev-ious years. Tbo crop ff sour cherries Is relatively heailer than Hie sweet sherry. This crop Is now moving In straight carloads and thoro Is a fairly good demand. Small lrullH. . Tho so-called small fruits iiiaku up about 4 per cent of tho fruit area of tho state. This crop Is likewise considerably con-siderably abovo normal, and It will be necessary to llud outside markets for a considerable proportion of It. I'cnrs. About :i per cent of tho orchard area of the state Is devoted to pear growing, mid tho crop or pears Is rolutlvoly light, but It has been a number or years slnco this product was n siibslnntlnl commercial factor lu tho state. Uascd on a norniul year tho' pear crop this year possibly will not exceed 80 per cent . . L'luRiN nd Trimcs. Those form II per cent of the orchard orch-ard area and will havo a normal crop. This crop never has been a largo car lot factor. Tho crop of apricots will bo considerably, consid-erably, abovo normal. Only about -per cent of tho planted area, however, Is devoted to apricot growing, and the large proportion of this crop will probably find Its way Into tho local market and canning factories. Utah has never been a heavy shipper of apricots. |