| Show FRUIT fAUlT G CROWING G GI I IN UTA S DIXIE Work Being Done at It the thc States Slates Southern Experiment Farm Farni l At It St George Georg IMPETUS OIVEN DIVEN GRAPE DRAPE I Irrigation rl Culture WorN Disaster arid Its It Lesson ul Fruit Im It The board ot of through Its It secretAry 11 ii ha just Juat No Nu 2 of ot the tho Bouthern Utah rim nt Parm on oni 11 I i Orchard I for tor the tbt lion of ot Fruit c in III Southern jt j f Utah Uti The Tho bull U l 1 IlIum with views of ot the Ule j Iii I form turin and J given In tho varied which have hae been heen conducted on oni i L i tho tn farm located near tit Jt by bythe byi bYthe i the Mato of lino the they y 11 farm arm was hed tWo Ove yean enri niro oro Tho rho ot of the Iho bulletin t L tills tile time tinie Is s quite opportune In tn view of the In notation for tor tho the of another i tj went statIon In tn tho thu eec eo ee fj If lion of ot the th us ns an un of ot i j the nl itt an uc It I It dou i thu tha great value of work I rk to the fruit I AH Au the tho climate ecU Bull ull and aM other conill of ut southern Utah Ulah ore are to the growing of age other fruits and alai in nl inthis title this IB te the chief of the of Va county count the need value of huge oX eX work wok hud long been Imen f lt by Dixie U Jl Willi not Mt only nitty n needed d d to 0 determine the profitable type nud of or lioen and to plant hut but also allo to 10 how holl to 10 plant ant prune and Irrigate the same mine I for tor the best liest and then thell to tuko talle care caro of tho the fruit and RIt show holY how holY to pro pru re 1 1110 It for commercial purposed The olk of ot the farm Is I Intended to MV orchard anil vineyard vi years yann of nt costly experiments and from In lii a bul bulletin letin No 1 J Grape nail flats In la Southern i In Ift January 1501 is I 1 shown the tho value of ot the work orl done nt lit thin experiment turin farm farmIn In It I d and promoting tho thu grope grupo J nod n In III Five l I years ngu this Industry nn an In III t factor In lii the economic eon con of ot title this r relton ilon but through the tho Influence of or the experiment forum furm the tho th growth of tho the grape Industry Is le already very er marked markel l anti ami the fu tu future futuro turo ture of Dixie e me assured Tens Tena of or of ot vine lne Ine have been buen set eeC out throughout title thIH region and over In III Ne lie Nevada vada adu particularly or of raisin grapes anti ami antian nn an Riven the Industry that as ae mires Its success l What faun done for grape grapo culture promises noon MOOn to be duplicated In the tho culture of almonds pome grannies peaches and amid other rammer com mer fruits and note From rom ltd it orchards vineyards embracing a n very Urge large number of ot have havo already been heon thousands Ihl of scions Clon buds and of at new and promising mite fruits among mong the farmers of the entire Dixie country The he h farm farn hue has year after lifter year the economic ul and 1 nil proper us and nud application of lit if uter when ua u need fd d In lit Irrigating nolla lIolis charged with ealta It linn the Ih of or clean and thorough orchard culture c which hart luu not only kept the vt mineral In check cherk but bitt bus hue ul also o con COli the tho moisture kept the trea mid and vines vinos healthy In thrifty with tine tha use mo of I IU IM lithun titan than half the water on nn adjacent Irrigated farms farina AH Aim the tho southern Utah experiment form farm haH hau H now ut tit there expert technical experimental work In Ia needed to accomplish h the Iho object i I had III la view In I it Its lis I ta It la le IsnOW lenow now proposed ell to the Iho direct management of ot the tite faun to 10 the Agri Agricultural cultural college experiment station elation IU a with the state hoard board of If horti horticulture culture for advisory cr The Ilia lonni holds hold that Hint nil all experimental work worl worlIn In horticulture and other branches of ot agriculture should be done dOM under one ono management for consideration cOll of cull ao Oil well as ns of economy There would then be no duplicating ut of f give eive and each cacti substation would have the benefit of all alt the protea atonal engineering toni ad advantages nl vantages enjoyed at the thc central eta sta station lion tion A 11 great variety of ot fruits nuts and rupee ure on trial trini at nt the St farm turn Grope drupe culture him tuta received n IL ILI largo I Jo share of attention front from fro III the fact tho the climate anti other condition Of If Dixie warrant the presumption that th t viticulture will viIi become the tho chief horti cultural Industry of or title thin entire region ind md when It lit In on u II permit nent ond Intelligent husla It will Mill be become become come tome u II source of untold wealth to thin section of ot the state Early fruits of ot the thep p peach and apple will MHO nino soon become Important economic factors In this thie die dl triot as tee soon Moon ns ita shipping facilities favor thlu hitt branch of the Industry Tim Ihn Introduction troll uelton of or now varieties of I I grapes graies Inure more profitable and of better quality than the old kinds formerly grown In this thia congenial clime has been of f Inestimable to the tue people 1 he following varieties have hare been basic thorough thoroughly ly Iy I tested tell tell and lire ure confidently recommended mended for tor planting Black Flame Tokay lur le Da Damascus mascus a 1 nil all noted I for tor or their line tattle table unit mull tie These with Thompsons Seedless 8 and Muscat of Alexandria for raisin milking give n a variety unexcelled for tal Dixie vineyards riou AGAINST One Joe lute lino of work wok of expert experimental mental Investigation undertaken by hy tho the furm management Is the if the Hie adaptability of ot resistant re vines lites to the various types of ot soil coil found III In southern Utah and amul of ot the congenial congeniality I ity it of at such stocks to the loading leading Euro Kuro vines Slices Vitis I 14 All 1 ii tho the cultivated In southern CIJI with few exceptions belong tt to this thin I wih The Tho need heed nf if this lila Investigation I arises from tho tito fact that the tho which destroyed yei practically nil all al the vineyards of France sonic some sOle year ago ag unit 11 which has hns seriously Injured Injure tho of ot California will wi sooner or later Inter invade warm climate nOd al althe the tue Vines 1 will till wl succumb to thin attacks of this destructive Insert when whelon on their own roots rotta 80 Bo for far far pout POet l ions has resisted all aU attempts to eradicate It I Tho ho only satisfactory method thus far tar discovered of or combating Is tile the use of nf resistant vines some somo species of If which ore lire Iro applicable to t all nh al ali i conditions A resistant vine vitie vin Is one ono which la Is to all 01 conditions A resistant vine Is 1 one ono which Is in II able I to 10 keep alive 10 and grow even evoli evel when are living upon Its roots rots 11 The experiments conducted at nt the tho state form furm and ond what l js IS learned wilt will bo ho helpful to the tho Dixie I wi In iii II showing him what to plant nOd nd how ho to plant It when the Insect enters enter his tile own or his neighbors vineyard It 1 I will save him from costly cOlty experiments perhaps from expensive failures and amid ho will wil not have to trust to the experience once ence of pome one Ilse whose conditions may differ in lit seine way WI from his own AND AN I WORK In tho the absence 11 of o water measuring and ami RI devices no ito determination tins has yet yot been beell made mado as I to how much luch water I has hua been bell applied to each plat pint of trees and alit ymca vines vIne In lii Inches Ince or acre feet Ceet but records have hMo Uen kept of tho thin number of or Irrigation and each plat pint plit hns hiis hll received during the tho year Including I both summer anti winter Irrigations Modern weirs are nN now un under unI under I der construction and hereafter herel It Is he I Intended to determine the tho exact amount of If water ater wlter needed to mature the various 1 roll rollI I kinds kill of fruit In this semi semitropical tropical climate This hire 11 of experiment c will wl be b of Incalculable value to this entire region where Irrigating water wlter Is so ito s limited Every Eor Inch of water saved Me means menn tin nn Increased area of or cultivated soil as al alI thero Is ho JiIn in southern Utah tens of ot thousands toll I of ot Ideal IMal fruit fruitland ands andl of at acres grape land now lying Idle and ond worthless be beI I calico allO there thor Is no 10 water for It AND AD ITS LESHON LEBIO AD There was wn every promise In III early ariy spring 1004 OOn of a tine lino Ino crop of ot Rr 1 peaches apricots plums Illum and prunes at nt atthe the state farm farni Alt All Al the above fruits started aLerted well wed fruit had formed on 01 the grape vines ine and that on the tho apricot and poach ch tre tres trees 8 hod grown ns na large Iorge as n Di hn el nuts when on April Apri 24 21 2 follow followIng frost lug Ing R a I cold storm tho the severest known nt at nt this title season selon In 20 years year occur occurred red rell and nail tho the destruction of ot nearly nearl nil all 11 the tho fruit on the tho form farm followed Much of ot th the tho fruit of the entire section was os osmore more moore ore lees Icon damaged at the tamo sano tune time The ho was wn a severe levere loss loch to tho the farm rm as It disarranged plans plane made to tu convert the had been ben fruit crop Into commercial products such as M raisins and evaporated and fruits of ot various arioul kinds kind I with witha wih a view of ot Illustrating best beat methods methode of accomplishing I title this work for the benefit of ot the fruit growers rower of o the tle Dixie DUIe coon coun country try tr This rutis experimental work so In highly Important to the Iho success of the fruit In ln Industry In that section of ot the state Is II isit of it necessity deferred for another sea season e son con lon lonAs As a IL similar frost may ia occur again at t any uny Im time In ui Dixie and as al It I occurs In one ono part or another of ot th the state cv ev ever er cry year er nearly neal always the culmination of ot a R protracted storm It will wil bo be well veil for tor Utah to provide means m nB for protecting their thel r fruit plantations injury or destruction frosts threaten by the use ties of smudge fires In Europe resort Is II frequently tr hUll hud to this hue method metho of guarding frost Dump straw or out old olt hay hll gre green n brush tar turpentine A coy any anything 11 thing t that will wi result In iii the greatest gr amount of ot smoke will serve ns nil fuel fUll for them these fires IrN U It 1 It Is the tle blanket of ot smoke which protects against frost not the tho h helt heat t of ot the tha tree fires lre m eo l damp fuel should hould be used t to tu make the smoke as us a l ns as AI possible The fhe fires Bree should be on the windward aide lle of ot the this orchard or vine vineyard yard If It there thre b bo be wind or scattered l te lt through the plantation If It en cain calm hut but hit In Inno inno no so 50 near either tree Iree or vine A I to burn them hIate the fuel Cuel on the time round around In tim advance und and start th the fires while the temperature I l several di above aboe the thee degrees jr point Various patented compositions OI are Ire offered in European markets as u sub substitutes for tor or the lime bundles of If straw and other othel primitive smudge material but the French vine sine growers glowers generally generl me use bundles of smith small faggots In which they the Insert halt half dried hay Imy and wet straw A AHue Alne Aline line Hue of ot about 60 O for tor hund lne 1 a I hundred 1 acres When obtainable tar ta or nativo would make Rood good lOI material for tor smudge mudge Urea tires rel This Tile method of protecting orchards from frol rout the disastrous results of ot late spring frosts fronts fro tl Is II to all 11 se MI v c thuit lp of or the st tat ti U It 1 routs hut but lull Il I tr Ir It ft t but bUI A part patt of or f lio hi fruit It jl if ji 1 t n U tic thi t corf tort and an th i l k it t ton con of 01 the lie disastrous spring frost of m ItH will wi not be lost 01 OK 11 In II nil ni tines lines of ot horticulture hitherto the principal drawback of OX southern Utah Ulah lieS hoi leech l n that th time the fruit growers till did not plant enough of or any one ono kind kiwi to tile tho business worth North white The Vito h I production of ot raisin alone be b u a I sou source ret of at untold wealth and peuch growing could be L made matle a 1 lw ho l In iii 11 this unction sectIon Is Its Ii Im un Immediate 11 mediate medial Il demand for to tiny any IY quantity of antI and fanny tany fiM dried fruits frolic trul In the markets ot of the state tate but It Is II doubtful If it a It carload nf at o cured fruits trl could be b collected 1 nt at lt the present writing In In iii II all au of Washington county Th Time sumo cuino con colt conditions dlton obtain in lii II the tho growing of lt IgI one ule of ot the thi thO most mOlt fruits of this semItropIcal chute and atul a Q very vary pro hiro orchard product Thom The trees treel flour flourish hit ish everywhere notwithstanding ng tho h Very Poor IJ care generally given yet there Is ic II probably not one oriO on orchard of II 11 an n here acre In extent In II nil all al of time Dixie country IOUI The h purpose of the state Ile experiment farm farni Is II to tl aid In II placing l nil nh ni branches of the Iho fruit Industry III In southern Utah n a I permanent nt paying basis ball If Jt the time people will wil hut but plant the trees ices amid vines recommended the turin furm management will I them not only ly In I ii the I iii of ot time the propagation und end culture of or the tho tim fruit best adapted to this timis favored region but hu nici o in of lt harvesting curing peeking packing lullI g shipping chipping and timid marketing the tho products of ot their th lr orchards and vine vineyards vineyards yards ars timid and make the tho fruit Industry tho th most lucrative In that part of the state |
