Show FET at the inc meeting eting called by the growers tor last mond monday e evening le pies john P christ Chrls christensen e n pie L sidrid and in a few words elpi expressed essed his pleasure at the good attendance and presented mr air john F moore alar mgr of 0 the grand junction fruit growers one of 0 the tha best authorities ties on fruit and its handling in the west mr moore albore explained the california system of 0 inal fruit first stating that up to about tour four ears ago they had about the same system as utah has at present they now have four grades of peaches the california exchange comprises a number of fruit growers associations and handles about 65 of the fruit at present they do not consign any fruit but fix the price themselves ony about ic I 1 of california fruit Is rejected the packing of frustis fruit is tile the important matte tho the fruit business grand junction fruit growers association has adopted the same system as california insisting upon proper grading and packing the association has a thorough in man an in omaha where they expect to market a large tills this season mr moore explained the associations method of marketing peaches pe aches thoroughly inspected ana and all cars are iced in omaha it billed to points last east of there and every car of fruit shipped by the association is guaranteed as to pack the worst tiling thin that can be done in packing is to put in one or moie soft peaches the peaches should be picked about three days before they begin to get soft and the greatest trouble has been in shipping ripe peaches because they spoil the whole shipment brigham city he stated has a larger per cent of commercial orchards aids than any an other place lie he visited lit in utah or colorado no peaches ale aie being raised in grand junction this year aud and it is useless to attempt to sell ell art anything thing but east cast of 0 omaha omah a mr air moore stated that the association will send a man here to inspect the packing ot of fruit and it was his opinion that it would not be an easy matter to market brigham peaches this ear car A new association has a certain amount of difficulties to overcome and the local association will grow more prosperous each year by the experience it will acquire the districts in which elberta peaches can be raised are nery ey limited california cannot glow them and only about one tenth 0 of the cultivated area of colorado Is adapted to peach raising mr Illchen looper member of the state board or of horticulture from weber eber county was introduced and endorsed all that had been said by mr air booie and added that the system proposed would be the making ot this country the system of marketing fruit in the past has been wrong ile he asked all to be honest in their packs and give brigham city a reputation that will be of gibat advantage spoke highly of mr moore and his association george IV watkins alar mgr of the fruit growers spoke of tile the arrangements that are being made for packing and shipping peaches tills this season each grower will have a stamp of his own and tile the variety of peaches and number liber in the case will be shown on oil the box the discussion during tile meeting was lery ery interesting and the large attendance present showed a lively intel inte interest est iest on oil tile the pat pait t of the fruit growers to become thoroughly acquainted with their profession |