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Show APPLE-GROVEnS 0? UKE ; i' iKEGLEGl AN OPPORIUHITY; ' '' ' - ' - ... v They Allow Other States to Supply tlie; Market that ; - : c ' - Should Dc All Their Own.'V : Ths latter are fast finding favor with epicures, and find a ready market- The warm weather has caused aa Influx In-flux of Utah sgga. OA account of their fresh condition they are a favorite at the breakfast table, and find a ready sale. No Eastern eggs have been received re-ceived during the week. Ths receipts of ths wholesale houses for the week are as follows: The W. M. Rash company, two cars of oranges, dally express shipments of California vegetables, together with dally, shipments ship-ments of ths following fish and poultry: Steelhead salmon, Chinook salmon, swiped bass, halibut, sturgeon, scles, flounders, Idaho trout, fresh herring, catfish, smelt, crabs, lobsters. Toke Point and seal ahlpt oysters, chickens and turkeys. C. J. Crabtree, three cart of oranges, one of bananas, a half car each of potatoes po-tatoes and onions, dally shipments of California vegetables and shipments of Mexican tomatoes by express. , Martin A Co., two cars of oranges, one car. each of bananas and lemons, daily shipments of California vegetables, vegeta-bles, with local shipments of eggs, cheese and butter. Hancock Bros., one car of Bear River applea and local shipments. Prices as quoted by retail dealers are as follows: Apples, tO to 0c a peck; figs, 10c per package; lemons, Uc a dosea; oranges, 40 to 0c a dozen; bananas. 25 to 40c a dosen; pears, 6e a pound; by ths bushel $1 to $1.25; limes, 20o a dosen; grapes, black, 16o a pound; Tokay, 10c; pomegranates, pome-granates, 12tto a pound. The following prices are quoted on vegetables: Celery, 10c a stalk; oyster plants, 5c a bunch; Chinese radishes, 5c a bunch: parsnips, 6c a bunch. 20c a peck; peppers, three pounds for 25c; sweet potatoes, eight pounds for 16c; potatoes, sight pounds for 15c: turnips, 25c a peck; green onions, three" bunches for 10c; carrots and - beets, 2tto a bunch; California, Cali-fornia, two for ' . 15c; dills, . (c a bunch; chile peppers, 25o a pound; parsley, three bunches tor 10c; potatoes. pota-toes. 20o a peck; new spinach, three pounds for 25c; curly kahol. Be a bunch; cauliflower, 12c a pound; cabbage. 2o a pound; -artichokes, lOo each; Brussels sprouts, 12Ho a pound. Fish prices are as follows: Walleyed Wall-eyed pike, 10c; sturgeon, 15c; sea bass, 15c; oodflsh, 15c; Idaho trout 40c; black 15oj perch, 15o; codfish, 15c; Idaho trout 40c; black bass, $5o; halibut 15c; striped bass, ; 20c; salmon, 17Hcj Mackinaw Mack-inaw trout 20c; soles and floua-15J5c: floua-15J5c: sturgeon, 16c; fresh codfish, 15c; lobsters, 20c: brook trout 40o; bluefish, 20c; ponp&no, 40c; red snappers, 20c; lobsters, 17Ho; pike, 20c; crabs, 2530o each; flnnaa haddle, 12ttc; whlteflsh, 20a Oysters are quoted at 75c a can for New Tork counts; extra selects are 60o a can, and New Tork counts are selling sell-ing at 30c a dosen. The following prices are quoted on poultry: Hens, alive, lOo per pound; dressed 17Hq a pound; spring chickens, dressed, toe a pound. Dairy products are quoted as follows: Butter, creamery, cream-ery, SOe a pound; ranch, 20c a pound; fresh Utah eggs, 10c a dosen. There has been no change in tha price of meats during ths week. Boiling beef is quoted from 1 to lOo; prime ribs. 15c; porterhouse. 20c; stewing mutton, 7o; mutton chops, llOntte; legs, 15c: lamb chops, 10c; lamb roast lTVic; spring lamb, per quarter, $1.0001.25; veal. l2H920c; veal loaf, 20c a pound; pork, lO017Ho a pound. Thousands Of boxes of apples are shipped Into, and used on the Salt Lake market from Oregon. Idaho and Colorado Colo-rado every year, . practically every box of which pays a profit to ths grower. Every dollar sent out of ths Stats for this kind of fruit ought to go to the orchard or-chard owners In Utah. Utah has climate cli-mate and soil eqpalfor the proper raising- of apples to any of the three States named. . The. fault lies with ths grower And the care which he gives to his orchards or-chards Not only should Utah supply Its own wants for this fruit but with proper methods It could be a heavy shipper to other States. ... Not only must the Utah grower learn better methods of .raising the fruit but he must learn bow to care for it The dsy of the commoa storage system of cellar or pit which Is not only imperfect imper-fect and unhealthy, but also entails heavy losses, is fast becoming a thing of the past The new system of cold storage is of great advantage to the small farmer as well as the large, and In a country la which Ice may be had In such great abundance as It may be had in Utah, the system offers great Inducements In-ducements to the grower, who knows the kind of fruit to raise and the proper prop-er cultivation of the same. To give some idea of the growth of the cold storage system It Is only necessary ne-cessary to quote the figures for 1898 and 1902. In the former year 800.000 barrels of applea were preserved by this system, sys-tem, and In 1902 2,000,971 barrels were kept In cold storage to be distributed to the people throughout the country needing them. . . The failure of the Utah grower to be the equal of the world Is ascribed to two causes, lack of attention and lack of knowledge. "Why Is It necessary fof the Bait Lake market to ship so many cars of apples from other States every year?" This question, was asked one of the leading wholesale shippers Thursday. The answer was quickly given. "Ths Utah apples are not the equal of those shipped from other States. They lack flavor, slas and color, and worst of all, they are too often wormy. The best apples received on this market come from the other two States, but they are lacking In flavor.' The same question was put to Fruit Inspector John P. Sorenson. "Utah has aa good climate and son as any other State in the Union for the raising of good apples, and the varieties raised here are pretty much the same as those in other States," he said, "yet ths fruit is not the equal of that raised In other States, speaking of the State as a whole. It Is true that In some sections sec-tions of the State as fine apples are raised as can be found anywhere, but this Is the exception, and not the rule. The trouble with a majority of the Utah orchards Is that they are too old, played out In fact They were planted thirty or forty, years ago. and the owner it still trying to do business with them. In a number of cases which I know of the owner of the property has rented or leased it and the maa who has the lease Is trying to get what hs can from the place. I repeat Utah can raise apples ap-ples ths equal of any in the world if the grower will only give, the proper care and attention to the Industry." That this statement is true Is proved by the fruit which comes from Moab. Grand county, and tha Bear River country, which Is the equal of any offered of-fered on the market In both cases ths orchards are new and well cared for, and in both districts the grower is well paid for his labor. In the greater part of the State the orchards have had little lit-tle or no pruning for years, and less soraylhg. These old orchards are slm- ply breeding - grounds for the pests which make poor applea At the present pres-ent time there Is a bill before the Legislature Legis-lature which if passed will make It necessary ne-cessary to thoroughly prune and clean all the old orchards la the State, or destroy de-stroy them. It is admitted by those in a position to know that a majority ot the orchards in the State ought to be wiped out of existence and new ones planted in their stead. If this is done and proper care given to the Industry ths Stats will not only supply Its own demand, but will be a heavy shipper. The careful buyer of apples judges the fruit on three points, flavor, else and color. Theee three points depend upon the soil, climate and fertilization. Nitrogen Ni-trogen gives the slse and meat phosphoric phos-phoric acid and potash the color and flavor. Utah can equal any Bute In the Union In the raising and handling of this class of fruit All that Is needed Is care and attention in the growing and experience in the handling of the same. The local market has offered but few changes during the last week either in prices or receipts. The shipments of fish have been larger than for several weeks, and include among the new arrivals ar-rivals steelhead and Chinook salmon, both fit which arrived In the pink of condition. Several shipments of extra fine striped bass have also arrived, also three shipments of Toke Point oysters. |