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Show MOAB STRAWBERRIES STRBERRIES STRAWBERRIESWIN STRBERRIESIIM WIN 55 IIM EDITOR'S EDITORS ' ' ACCLAIMRecently Recentl Recently Rccentl3 Val H Cowles editor of ofthe ofthe the Price Sun-Advocate Sun Advocate - , visIted visitedMo'mb visitedMoib Mo\b Mo b Mo'mb Momb ' \ valley , . and called at the thethriving thethriving thnvm thriving ianch laneh of H B Evans , , who whohad whohad had just started to harvest harmest han . est his 193j 193L 193jClOp 193Lciop 193Rciop ( ClOp ciop of eirly e\r1y e r1y e'mrly emrly ' \ strawberries That ThatEditor ThatEditor ThatEditor Editor Cowles was ' \ favorably f\\orably f orably f'mmorably fmmorably ' \ im- im impressed Impressed im impressed - - pressed \ with mith Ith the possibilities pcssibUitles o of ofstiawberry otstiawberry ( shawberry stiawberry culture in Moab is m- m in- in mdlcated indicated in indicated - dicated dlcated by the folowmg folowing interesting interestingrticle interesting'mrticle interestingirticle \rticle rticle 'mrticle mrticle ' \ which he published pubhshcd in last lasteek lastweeks \\eek eek \ \ eek s SunAdvocateGroundwork SunAdvocateGroundwork Sun-Advocate Sun Advocate SunAdvocateGroundwork - Groundwork on a comparahvely comparatively comparativelyextensive comparativelyextensive extensive bisis b"isls bisls b'msis bmsis " ' has been laid in the theMoab theMoab theMoab Moab valley foi the development of ofa ofa ofa a negarden new ne\\ ne ncm \ garden fruit production producticn foreastern foreastern for ' eastern Utah one that gives givescromlse givesoromise givescromise cromlse oromise of a 3 yeaily yeally crop \ which mmhich hieh hiehT \T T will willbe \ willbe , III IIIbe be measured in m thousands of do- do dol- dol dolars dollars dol dollars ] - - lars was brought to lig light t recenth recentl3 recenthto recentl3to recentlyto to a repl repiesentative esentatlve of ot The Sun- Sun SunAdocate SunAdocate Sun-Advocate Sun Advocate - Ad\ocate Ad ocate Adocate \ en the occasion of a VlSlt visit VlSltto visitto visitto to our neighbor-Grand neighbor Grand neighbor - Grand countyThe countyThe county countyThe The fl fiult fiuit uit is strawberries strawbernes a chClce chcice chClcequahty chcicequality choicequality quahty quality of ploductlonhlch pioductlon ploductlon pioduction \ which \\hlch hlch \ surpas surpas- surpasI surpasses surpasses surpasses - - I , ses most of the bemes imported importedI importedIfiom I fl fiom om Cahfcmia Califcrnia Calif crnia and other states statesI statesPicking I ! Pickmg Picking started on a substantial substantialI substantialbasis substantialbasis substantialbasis I basis early thiseek this weekApproximately \ week \\eek eek weekApproximately eekApproximately Approximately fifty acres of ofstra.bemes ofstrawberries ofstrawberries I ofI I stra\.bemes stra.bemes stra .bemes bemes strawberries \ . are in m crop this year m in mthat inthat inthat that district dlstnct and it is believed beheved that thatthis thatthis thati I this will be mCleased incicased inci eased to five hund- hund hundI hundred hundred hund-1 hund 1 - - I red acres during durmg the next few yealsreahzahon yeaisrealization yeais yeals | realization reahzahon of the of the possiblhty possibility possibilityof possiblhtyI possiblhtyof I , { of production prorluctlOn pro ; iuction of this crop in the theI I Moab section on quality quahty and andquantity andI quantity basis just beginning to be beI begeneially beIgeneially I genelally geneially appreciated in m that sOll- sOll soil- soil sOlll1ch soiliich scil-lich scil lich - l1ch iich aiea alea It is believed that the thefive thefive thefive five hundied hundled hunthed acie aCle markill mark \ will \\ill ill be bereached bereached be'reached bereached ' reached reached1thin \ within \\1thin 1thin \ fi\ fi five fie fime \ e yearsOn yearsOn years yearsOn On the occasion of our trip to the theMcab theMcab theMcab Mc-ab Mc ab Mcab - district an opportunity opportumty was wasafforded wasafforded wasafforded afforded to " visit "islt islt the ranch of H B BEvans BEvans Evans located in m the outskir outskirts outskirt of ofthe ofthe the Grand county seat On that thatfalm thatfaim thatfaim falm faim pioperty plOperty something somethmg over three threeaCles threeacies threeacies aCles acies are devoted to production productlcn of ofstra ofstrawberries ofstrawberries stra strawberries \ berries this year , ear more land landhVlllg landhtving landhiving h\Vlllg h Vlllg htving ' \ been p placed aced in line lme for crop cropproductIOn cropproduction cropproduction productIOn next season b bv 1\1r 1 1r Mr 11rJans MrEmans \ MrEvans J\ans J ans Emans : \ One of the choicest berries berriesdeveloped berriesdeveloped berriesdeveloped developed but lecently iecently by the Unit Umt- Umt Unit- Umted United United - ed States depaitment depallment of agrlcultUle agricultuie agrlcultUleand agricultuieanti agricultuieand and anti creditedlth credited \ with \\lth lth being bemg the finest finestberry finestberry finestberry berry fci table use now being bemg raised raisedm raisedin raisedin m in the nition n"bon nbon n'mtion nmtion " ' the Dorsett was wasready wasready wasready ready for tfor picking the size of this thisfrUlt thisfruit thisfruit frUlt fruit being bemg extremely large foi fOl so soear soearly soearly ear early ] ' in m the season in this state stateSamplmg stateSampling stateSampling Samplmg Sampling the berry fiesh flesh fiom flom fioin the thevmes thevines thevines vmes vines demonstrated to our sahsfnc- sahsfnc satisfac- satisfac sahsfnction satisfaction satisfnc-ition satisfnc ition - - , tion that the national natlOnal department departmentcf cf agriculture agnculture 'knows knows kno\\s kno s ' \ its fruit frUlt ' and andI andthat andthat andthat I | that the Moab ranch owneras owner \\as as was waswell \ waswell \ well \ ell up on his line Ime of production m in mplantmg inplanting inplanting plantmg planting this newly ne\\ly ne ly \ \ developed berryI berryMr berryMr berry berryMr I Mr Evans has more than onehundied one I ( hundl bundled hundied ed \ varieties arlehes marieties of strawberries strawbernes on onhis onhis onhis his ranch of evel eveiy y type kno\\ kno knon known knohavmg knownhaving knownhaving \ n havmg having used this method methcd cf of ex- ex expenmenting experimenting ex experimenting - - perimenting penmenting to determine determme best of ofquality ofquality ofquality quality qualitynd ' \ ind \nd nd 'mnd mnd production most adapt adapt- adapted adapted adapted ofI - I ed to the fertile ground grot1l1d in the Moabaiea Moab > , aiea alea aieaMoab aleaMoab Moab beiries belries are attaining attamlllg malk-I malk I malkIet maik- maik maiket maik-et maik et - - | et extensions e.tensions etensions } . with the passing c cyeats ctf CIf I Iyeals ( yeais yeals yeats demand for this t11is product nc\\ nc nca ncabeing newbeing \ bemg being received from as far as SaltLake SaltLake Salt ncI I | Lake City a remarkable spreadingof spreading spreadmg I Iof iof of maiketing malketlllg aiea alea consideiing consideling the thel thelshort theshort I Ishort short time that community s berry berryproductlon berryproduction berryproduction productlon production has been canied cariied can led on on ona ona ona a commercial ccmmercial basis In fact , the theGrand theGrand theGrand Grand county berry gives premIse promise premIseof promisecf premiseof of cf attaining attaming fame on a parallel with withUtah \ withUtah Ith IthUtah Utah celery and Greemiver Greenilver melons They have the advantage advant.age . too of ofbeing ofbeing ofbeing being about three ' \ weeks mmeeks eeks ahead of ofother ofother ofother other Utah major mitjor m .jor jor . berry producticnAgricultural producticnAgricultural production producticn I IAgricultural Agricultural producers of Gland Giand Glandcount Giandcount3 Giandcountv count count3 are anxious to . . .establish establish .estabhsh estabhsh . a amarket amarket amarket market In Price and Carbon coun coun- county coun- coun county county - - ty for their bernes berries and in m turn are arePI arepiep4red arepiepared PI piep4red ep red to extend e\tend e tend ' \ their retail buy buy- buylllg buymg buying - ing lllg mg in m this section , it was pcinted pcintedout pcintedout pointedout out to the writer a spnit sPlllt spuit of co- co cooperation cooperation co cooperation - - operationhlch operation \ which \\hlch hlch might be well wellprometed wellpromoted wellpromoted prometed promoted to the mutual mutul . ! advantage advantageof of both communities commumbes Placing Placmg the theMcab theMcab theMcab Mcab berries benies beriies on the ] local ocal market marketshould marketshould marketshould should prove ctf CIf cf matenal material advantage advantageto to the ] local ocal consume consumel consumea ! because of ofthe ofthe ofthe the more limited shipping shlppmg dIstance distanceas as compared with the fruit fmit market markethere markethere markethere here from Cilifornia C"llIforma CllIforma C'mlifornia Cmlifornia " ' superior supenor qual- qual qualitv qualitv qual quality - - ity itv of cui cm home state pioduct ploduct and andthe andthe andthe the eaily eally availability of the Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county supply adding to the ad- ad advantage advantage ad advantage - vantage of the arrangement in inevery inevery inevery every wayGrand wayGrand way wayGrand Grand Junction Jundion Colorado is al- al alleady alieady al-leady al leady - - leady ieady using usmg generously of the Moab Moabproduct Moabproduct Moabproduct product a considerable ccnslderable ccnsiderable portion of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Moab trade going gomg to that com- com coni- coni communlt conimunitl com community - - munlt munity munitl . ! as a consequence |