| Show APPLE GROP CROP THIS YEAR IS 13 ENORMOUS five or sl 81 thousand bushels lU NhI in valley and many will go do to waste henry L green brought four ben davis apples to town this week two of which are one year old and two of this years growth the old ones onea are perfectly sound and look as if they might be good for months to came mr green kept his apples in the cellar last year and these two had fallen behind some boxes there is no better apple countey in the united states than this very uintah basin that fact has often been stated but is worth repeating the crop this year will be enor enormous the trees are so heavily loaded that they are breaking down it is estimated that the crop will bo be from to bushels the market is very limited and the will be compelled to feed the surplus which will lie bo large to the hogs sh sheep I 1 P and cattle and incidentally it might be stated that apples are mighty good fatt enera clarence bird who will probably have 1200 bushels is said to have made the statement the other day that ho he would be willing to sell ell his crop for twenty five cents per bushel and tk begin giu picking right away Is it not strange that more of tho the apples of this valley do not find their way to the cider mill idill and then to the vinegar barrel hundreds of gallons are shipped in here every year mr green says he has ban a fifty gallon barrel which he could not ti dispose lepose of to the merchants who informed him that their customers prefer the imported if the cider and vinegar can not be sold hold why not dry the apples dried fruit prepared here would bo be much cheaper the peach crop this year in exceptional and the trees are fairly groaning under the continued on page 2 apple crop this year Is enormous continued from page 1 I weight and such peaches great big beautiful things full of color and delightful dc flavor the crops are all plentiful buffalo berries make the ahr finest f inc at jam and jelly in tal a and the bushes busha ale aie full will not the harvest be rich in this basin when the railroad ralli raili oad comes the cornucopia of wealth will spill out the good things from both bolh ends enda and the middle |
