Deseret Evening News | 1908-01-20 | Page 2 | Exploit Science of Fruit Growing

I 1 EXPLOIT SCIENCE Of FRUIT GROWING Fourth Annual Convention of I State Society j Convenes Today ii f THREE HUNDRED ATTEND E o Present 11 IIII from VAn Vari Various iti i 7 ous 1111 ts or o tin tho tau Pro Irn Irni f 1 i i i or t tt I ii i i i Tho science of or fruit growing in k to th tolo g lo 10 exhaustively narrated II II In u n It f r III DIH is beginning Ing lit a t 2 o lo JI Hits Ih In Armory hall hafl Tho The occa occasion i sion IK l I Iho th fourth convention j of ot it tho lijo Sato Horticultural society ty and andi tt i It will continuo continue until tomorrow after afternoon f i noon when It will adjourn In time for or Xi tho th dry farming congress Immedi Immediately following It About Abou 3 O delegates f wro i ro on un 1 tt nt lit n tho opening of ol tho the convention 1 thIs thin till tit v afternoon largo large delegations 1 Oren Green Her r i Utah county Cache county count City Cly Hear Dea flyer valley oin i ty tr t 8 DavIs 0 county and nn of or IL from rain Hull Halt Lako county Spa dul IL parties will attend from flom tho the ag ng agricultural a collego lit Ut Logan and the 1 I Toting University at Provo Tho fruit growers expect oX through The iho convention to lo discover dl battor h lor ways way J to tt pack puck ship fruit tin un getting the product et safely saI to LU market Is h I now nb one ono ot oC orthe the most serious problem connect conn oct cd eit Il with It John F I Moore president of the Iho Grand Junction Fruit Growers Grower t association M of ot o Colorado will make the C Y leading It U Is t that thal he II will advocate closer relation I I hip between the tho Utah fruit growers and nuil an Oft association to protect their In trade The program of or the tue convention for or today olin follows Afternoon 2 ck Invocation John P Sorensen SKIt Bait City Presidents annual address lames Tanies G fi manager Utah County Count Fruit Produce company Provo Utah Preparations ot of Fruit for Exhibition tion Judd president state data board 1 of horticulture St George Geor e Tho ie San Jose Joso Problem 10 T R Q O Titus entomologist 1 college Logan Utah Discussion r C A or orr r monitor board of horticulture View Weber county David nursery nurseryman man ninn Ogden Utah The Tue fh Cannery mill and tho the Growers William manager Salt Sal Val Vol Valley Icy ley Canning company Ogden Utah Discussion DI Joseph Sr il l P th h II 11 j W V Valentine Fruit company City Utah 1 O o loek Necessary Nce Orchard Method Prof horticulturist Agri Agricultural c 01 n S 8 Northrop v cultural college Logan Utah I Discussion C e O 0 apple grow grower er cr r Corinne Utah Knoch nuch l Parr fruit grower Ogden Utah In Moroni Ilver l fruit grower near Bear I rl Utah Ulah t tU U l J M 11 i Fl 1 rither her president y Salt Halt County gust Kast ast SHU iiiI ICek Utah Hu Huh bard baril fruit grower Willard Utah Ulah HanIng J Wormy Fruit From Mot lar tata Het iet J Edward J Taylor hoard of at horticulture salt t ke City S Discussion f I 1 t men Hancock Bros Produce company agor ngOr Snit salt Lake Laka City It William II U Horticultural Syracuse SYI aule ely ety ANNUAL A James Janies G 0 DufOn Duron said Bald saidI i 1 I urn fin most to meet Iho tho fruit glowers of our state and oth rn wh havo hOo met hero horo today In tho the Interest o a othis athis I this Industry In of ot tho tilo Statu Horticultural society I It jt t Io yon OI u LI hearty welcome to nit nil of at our c 6 and nod a II most ii tar for r l tl who shall shull listen tn to tha Ih able In lo t be o t presented by b thoa whoso hoso valuable services have been boell ss s curel for or this convention c Through thu tho able work york of ot the state Stale hoard board of ot horticulture tho the c ll gl at nl Logan tho tha B 13 Y university lI lit ft t Provo end and other othel schools In lit tha th statu at itt which courses In horticulture lire are given gl I II and Ifill the Intelligent of lending and shippers r the IIIi primitive conditions that have havo ine ite itei i so long are uro being replaced by byS S modern methods of n growing and mar marketing of or our ItIl fruits Tho The year lar Just JURt panned padded pa Bed marks an 1111 Im hn Important omit era In the tJ fruit Industry of O V V Utah Tuu fuu to 10 thu the late Into freezing we n nYi Yi cr m e in many parts of o the tho United State rf 11 the till spring ot or the fruit rox rol was wag either cither badly damaged or on en enU U But hmo heie In lit r j while hlll we y 0 suffered sonio sorito lassos In what r might properly bo he termed th the tho poach peach hells belts unusually heavy rl t c ad d the tilt heavy roo o of f of or f April 19 10 and iO 20 0 This ThIN ha hitS demon clemon c Ii Ii the tho fact that Utah 10 is one of ut ofIlio time Ilio slates In III the thu Union for In In fruit lands UTAH urt 1 p our last mooting lell I en 3 If if thUU nf of fruit tRues have hao linen loon planted ld mainly anti Ic that have havo Iho tho loud loudS S In III II Ill are aro 1 elder o CI and But nul i this liis Is II i trite thorp U Is not lint a II county out nut I I of or the tho 1 T In III the tho state that has not I one or more Important fruit belt belh Look for tor Instance at the tho possibilities of or the thc belt bilt of or country in III fl Salt Halt 1 county skirting the western slope o othe oJ f the tho mountains capable capalIa o of producing hundreds of or tans lire ot or as nil In fin ponchos peaches apples pears vaar and other otho fruits tIM U are arc grown In III the tho world Juab Jual county I from which a I straight car Clr j jt f fruit Imai hM never naver been Hh I yet yot ha haIng till Ing within her liar borders one mIl of 01 the Ills t In tho thu Vcr Ver C CIr lly Ir tho tIO fruit Industry of ot Utah Is II hit mit In III Its It Infancy Utah Ilah county COl 1 alone I 1 Im capable of o producing lr mor mor i fruit soy sev several IO eral cral I times tia ban iia Is I grown Iro t In tin th of ot tin Ihu state and this thIM Ii l H hut but olio coo OlO of ot the tIit several counties countes with almost almos equal canal possibilities I A notable Improvement in orchard lg is I tho thu number of ut being set net Mt In lit tile HIP OJ great greut majority o hf 1 orchards are being reduced re l II to two or In II order olor that thil straight cur car might ho bo made mude madelie Cheat Oreal lie t Improvement Is b noted also alo aloin III in the COVe care of orchards Thoy rhoy ate are 10 being more 1010 liberally fed td more maro care carefully fully prayed ed nod and Ind and greater sure are l II is being bollI In II I n grud i ng and a nfl pinking I ug the th fruit rul Al All Alof Al of ot tiie things are nrc bound hound to give 11 us as usa 11 asa a standing In the markets within Ilia t ti next had few tew years such luch a II as wo sc w never J AT T 1 SACHA IlO The he exhibit made lalo at 1 tho tile Irrigation congress at lt Sacramento Cal nl by hy the sin t board of horticulture hot lieu I In no a nd by ml nil vote citizens of it the state statE through th which a IL number of or valuable cups und and cash prizes vero IH Is o osa a I source of satisfaction sa to o all 11 Interested In II the tile ma mn material material development of lit Ir the common Groat as aH are ure lie tho benefits de lie derived mb rived mm m exhibits of ot tI kind as ni a It I moans of o advertising a still sll greater greaten Is II tho the encouragement given the glower to 10 produce only the choicest fruits We ft cannot too strongly urge upon our people thin the Importance of t holding county lairs haIrs and making exhibits at atthe atthe the annual state fair At these thoo fairs while prizes will wi and Amid Ald probably should be bi b offered for to 0 exhibits put Iut In for tor mere metO show the Ih commercial product and tho the commercial orchard should be to bi emphasized sized in ilu the distribution of ot prizes WL believe belove If It this won done ilon It would give encouragement to the tie planting of If commercial orchards and the production tion HOll ot or commercial fruits and allies Tin Tho hu glowers associations In lii tills this are aro nr to a IL m certain extent In II the experimental stage limit But Iut where they thuy can coil be bs organized with a I competent board ot of directors capable managers li lie he employed and those these officers In II turn the th loyal l support of ut the pro 10 we they the will wi L t strong strong factor In 11 hu up lP our reputation tation In the tho markets of or the time world Hut no Ito association will wi bo be success fill fimi til In establishing a it I market reputation tion lon tic 10 Jong long as its Its ls members Insist on having Inferior fruits tull put hut on time the mar market ket kot nor nOI can eon Its ibm members bo lie 10 held hel to cother except on strict business The rime average acreage production of ot irrigated wheat wheal In 11 the hue state stale will wl probably I ably atly not lot exceed 35 alfalfa hay from three to four tons sugar beets beet l 1 Ii i tons Ions Sixty bushels ot of wheat six ix tons tomu tOl ot of well veli wel cured curel hey hay hl and 30 tons bus ot of o sugar li b beets etu ct would be an on 01 unusually unusual good yield Iehl yet et thousands of or acres acrel planted to these theeo crops are aro some lomo of ot the thc fruit taints lands In the tho state Now mako calculations on tho the returns tram front tho th wheat sugar heats bents helt and hay and alimi 1111 com corn compare following pare var with the time nl PROM FI Ol FRUIT FRUITA A grower In II Utah Hall county from ten teim tel acres ot of helta el peaches after pay payIng payIng Ing log for boxes boxe yammer paper and nails nals received over another glor from rom alberta elberta trees sold Hohl OO worth of oC PS es another grower sold sohl TOO worth of o peaches from trees still sUI another grower from a n little over Oer three mIcros acres of 01 alberta trees sold a little over 2900 worth of ur fruit Had our reputation beau established as all 18 that of Grand Junction or Palisade Colorado returns would have for far nr exceeded these tho figures What hal is I being tone done In tho time peach busi hus business ness Is 18 also being done lol with apples And Amid mark you 01 these thoo are not Isolated I ruses cases ellel for 01 other orchards In Utah Jinx Box Boxelder elder and Ild other counties have 1110 done equally well wel The question In Iii II often oren asked the speak or II With acreage being bell sot But ut to tu fruit Is tin the time tl riot near at lt humid hand hUld when there will wi be he an overproduction tumid and losses lasses In lii II the tho business T I bellu we uve should look bolt at this matter conservatively Markets are being opened In foreign countries for tur our fruits our own population IH Is II rapidly Increasing I nelu ll tumid and fruit Is in becoming a II amore more moore common article of or lint diN hence helee u a ur greater great r 1 or r consumption Joni From those sources markets are lre for a IL large lanH percentage of ot time tho now new no It I should also be bc remembered that old orchards imis and ii district at let rids which us III In 3 past furnished largo large have become unproductive of CIt fr fruit But lImit notwithstanding nil all ni of ot this thorn them may Ila 1011 n ft occasionally whelm whon thorn them III bo lie overproduction nail and low wi Mt prices be bl realized but hut wo we 0 o believe tim fruit industry wilt 1 follow lolow the tho ot r tush II I law buy of tho thu survival of at the time fittest Ho who will wi plant ph lt hat hul tho lie market D do de demands mands mandl will wi put ut his bin product on the tha Ih market l to Its Is requirements will 1 liars have j sale eale for tor his fruit nt nl remunerative prices while he ho who bo comes camel a n law unto nub himself must tAko Iho consequences of his own earl and perish with Uth others othel of his hil kind Fellow 1 low growers grower while wo we have not net attained time the full fruition of ot our nm am ambitions In lu the tho tho horticultural develop development ment of our state we WI Imo have loft heft the tho Valleys and planted our feet upon tho time steeps which wo we continue to climb n I I the tho summit of ot the Iho highest panic len shall be bo gained CONVENTION CONY lN OIEN rim rh large attendance at lt tho the of or t the th Ih two Iwo days annual con convention on of or Ut ih Fruit growers grower h commenced at 2 p m in t today to lY In Iho ho I Armory A 11 0 1 hull hail Indicated the lie great In interest terest tit which centering In this try In Is II h of or mf paramount In ill I 1 of or the tho state staIr I tho tall 11 to tl order n nt i ji lJ jim J m Ta mo today ln t Jumps G Duffin Durn de do delivered livered his hIl annual s 9