| Show 1 1 plant fruit trees the importance everywhere attaching to fruit f growing Q will be our voucher vou chei chef ir for agal agai again n alluding tito lito to the subject it is a fact now capable of demonstration that utah can produce as fine fruit I 1 as any other section of this country and in in as great variety we have already tested some varieties in ali all ail respects equal and in some instances even superior to the same varieties in ne ae eastern states from whence the cuttings 0 were imported As to fo 6 s our varieties are exceed eniy enly angly numerous embracing some sorts that iraq hav e been pronounced by competent t judges 0 highly worthy of propagation those inda that are of indifferent chi cha character will e ec e long iong be supplanted by more established and ap approved provid varieties I 1 those whose former avocation ns have instinctively led them upon their arrival here to at once put forth efforts to raise fruit do not now require from us any exhortation more especially directing their attention ioro loro to this matter such are now to some extent and with a a well earned on reaping the fruits of their heir labors A glance through the gardens of some of the most active and enterprising t of the early settle s of hese kese bese 11 valleys especially within the of great salt lake city v ill we thinly be a sufficiently forcible illustration of M a edg works can bring 0 to pas pa seven even uder under the most unpropitious cir clr circumstances cumptan cum stances 8 to induce others to forthwith set hems elvis elvil at work with a view of laudably eau cau lating C av the examples ot hose eminently ivorey of imi tion aroi n acqua are convinced that A thread tHre 0 real aI a H aunt of tabor an and d mean means s hitherto expended in this v cikity vicinity at least in he the hof fruit trees for the purpose 4 f ornament is as well as fr raising fruits daes dots t appear adl why so from fron the simple r f lct ct that I 1 many auter auer they have procured the T ees f from 10 om the nurseryman nur eryman perhaps on a aroln prom orom rei to cayll pay the labor require required 4 setting themous the mout have thereafter therea tur fUr partially or totally ne neglected f acted them neither 0 round nor dunging dungie du nging 1 nor pruning nor irrigating ahm and the consequence consequence has been that many of tile the trees yearly transplanted have perished thyself the selfsame self seit same season vayle others anore vigorous have lingered 0 on in a thriftless state until the second season and ana if perchance a few f evv should finally survive s urvine the neglect ne lect elect thus thug lavished upon them they sel dom fully recover the paralysing paralyzing para lysing effects of the first seasons season 3 treatment though with extra future care some of them may do reasonably well there is no period in the life of a tree when it requires more nursing care more judicious attention than at the time of transplanting transplant iD 03 for tor as already intimated and as might ie be satisfactorily shown by reference to the lamentable men table condition of sundry young orchards in this dicinit vicinity Y though the trees be the choicest and most thrifty to be found in the best nursery in the territory if indifferently treated at that critical period they become withered stunted and of little worth the means expended in trees under such circumstances w will ill lil not prove t the h e most profitable investment we should not hot however deduce from this a plea against planting fruit jirees there is no excuse no palliation for such criminal neglect elect lect when exhibited in this respect there are some 0 grounds rounds to suspect that other matters also are not all looked after as they should be our advice to all who have young 0 orchards growing browin L around them or on grounds in their possession is to take proper care of them to those who have not mot av availed ailed themselves of the favorable opportunities afforded the citizens of utah for obtaining almost all kinds of fruit trees of as good quality as can be purchased elsewhere within the united state or any other part of the world we say let not another year pass without doing something 11 towards raising fruit for yourselves Iti it is much cheaper than to purchase besides the far greater gratification of suiting the appetite and taste from trees of onek ones ones own raising greater reater range of 0 flavor and kind is also thus more accessible the ile little ones to whom nhom ripe fruits are the rarest of delicacies and the one best adapted to the he promotion of health long iong life and cheerfulness in them are not then prescribed to the paltry dozen pf af apples or peaches or plums or apricots or pears purchased from the applecart apple cart at the corner of the street which only serve to whet their appetites for more which perhaps are so high priced that in in the good mans pres present ent circumstances he cannot afford to buy go to then thell every one who possesses a little land and adorn it with fruit trees dig out gut the wild barren forest trees if you have any within your inclosure where the spot would be available for fruit trees if practicable set them out for shade trees and street ornaments and plant the apple the apricot the peach the pear the plum or a grape vine tine in their stead that ere long your heart and I 1 the hearts of your family may be made glad with the of your tour labors |
