Show judd is president at a meeting of the state horti cultural culau ral commission co m mission thursday thu raday afternoon officers were chosen a aa follows thom thomas thomis is judd st george president J ednard taylor ind and miss mus louise eldridge clerk the members of the commission now non aie thomas judd st G george corge IV 11 II homer pleasant grove grone E D ball and 1 L D ind and J edward taylor silt salt lake the appointment of thomas judd brings to the commission ono one of the most prominent horticultural authorities in the state he ile his has been ben prominent in the work vork for miny many scars i ears in utah and is is unusually well qualified to take charge of the coin mission mr judd reports fruit crop conditions in the southern part of the state satisfactory there is C every cry reason to look for a bigger and better crop this year than in many years he lie says reports show that the quality of utah fruit rapidly is improving the work of the commission under the direction of its secretary J edward taylor will be to maintain the campaign of improvements in fruit quality and to increase the output the records thus far this year show a big increase in tree planting with this work in progress the horticultural ti com commission sion will find pi plenty enty of work inspection of fruit trees regularly IV under the supervision of the commission surely and swiftly misdoing is doing away with injurious insects orchards that might be past bearing are ao sa saved ed to add to the f fruit ruit crop by careful and timely pruning this is another part of the work norl of the it is urged that utah has the climate and soil qualities to become one of the greatest fruit states in the union the quality of utah apples the flavor of the peaches grown here bere in fact ever eer fruit native to the sta has taken a P place lace on the macket not to be lost fruit dealers send to utah for an increased supply it is said that with the thousands of trees planted this tear ear coming into bearing the market will be ready to receive the output in years gone ba b inferior packing methods had much to doin do in keeping utah fruit back tins this largely has been overcome come and is one of the problems the commission has undertaken to solve solie for the growers it is agreed that the finest fruit grown packed in an indifferent manner finds a poor market while a great deal has been accomplished along this line there is more to bo be done and this year will see further advancement van cement in packing in taking up all these of fruit culture and in offering brogi erogies es sivo plans for increasing the output and improving the quality of fruit J edward taylor state inspector has taken a prominent place as a competent authority bisca his campaign m laign for the i 3 ear lar largely izely lias has been mapped out and will be prosecuted with energy tribune |