Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-03-21 | Page 5 | Fruit Exports Climb in Utah

FRUIT EXPORTS . CLIMBJ UTAH Utah exported mora fruit and vegetables In 1938 than In any pre- vious year,- according to a report released Tuesday by Walter Kingsbury, Kings-bury, federal supervising Inspector, and Lon Thompson, director of the state market newa service. The atate Inspected 3071 railroad ears and 6058 truck loads of produce, prod-uce, at an average cost of 11 cents per ton for the inspection. " Qualities Cited On tha 51.9A4 tona of canning tomatoes to-matoes inspected, they reported, 62 1 per cent were of U. 8. No. 1 quality. 4 for which, growera received $12 2ft per ton; 24 per cent were of U. & No. 3 quality, for which growera received 65.80 per ton, and 1 per cent were culls, for which growers were not paid. There were 17,221 truckloada of potatoes shipped from the southern part of the state into Arizona and southern California. Imports to tha state during the year totaled 1(11 ears, compared to 1927 cars tha previous year and 1626 cars In 1936. Im porta listed , Among the Imports were 486 cars f bananas, 70 cara of cantaloupes. 146 ears of lettuce, 304 cara of oranges, 390 cars of sweet potatoes. M ears of tomatoes and 67 cars of watermelons. Slate fwtilcTl flipped must prod" nee into Utah were California with 826 cars, Idaho 31 cars, Louisiana 45 cara, Nevada 26 cars, Texas 108 cara and Washington 27 cara. Other nations, mainly Mexico and Central American countries, sent 496 cars to Utah.