Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-09-22 | Page 8 | Provo Peaches Lost in Car Shortage

PROVO PEACHES LOST IN CAR SHORTAGE movo. Wept. 2 Accord i hit ta fruit ahlpper. i;tih county ahlpped o er 400 carloads, or approximately zH',M0 buatt- ). of peaches to Kaatern aad Waatern market. Thta represented about 74 per rent of tha peachea crown. The other i'fc per cent were aold locally or lost be-raua be-raua of ahortag of refrigerator" cara. lt year the farmera af thla county hipped approximately U'&.vOO oualiela. The average prl-e paid for thla year a crop waa b rente per bushel, whlcb brot igh c a ppro 1 1 mat eiy 1 1 W. turn, - amatieM (4 - mm wy1 lerrt buaineae wen and the Pmvo chamber of commerce to aecura auffkrlent care to handle the tnarmoui crop, and through their cooperation I tan county a toaa waa reduced to a minimum. j Apple picking will begin within tha ' next few daya and. though there are! 1 few buere In the field aa yet. It la expected ex-pected that the farmer a aill receive a fair price and a maiket tor tbelr product.