| Show GRAPE CULTURE IN UTAH the following la is reproduced cepro from the akron season and an pu published b in summit county ohio under date of may and will u undoubtedly be interesting reading to utah grape culture cul turere rs mr david Le lebcher beher of akron ex teo ten interested in the kelly island grape culture and who has had wide experience in the cultivation of graper grapen ro returned turned saturday to his home at the corner of south union and forge street after a six months trip through the est while mr lebcher visited many friends and relatives during his trip the principal object was an examination of Califor california ula methods ap ii grape culture and a comparison with wit those followed in the middle states while absent he made a careful and critical examination of the soil and climate of utah with a view of forming rio an n opinion as aa to the future of the grape industry in that territory mr leberer was wag today called upon by a reporter and in ID regard to his hia trip said 1 I was very favorably impressed by the west and marvelous her growth and especially with utah while in salt lake city I 1 was the guest of my daughter mrs geu geo arbogast and during my long stay there made an exhaustive bauB hau tive stive examination of the resources and possibilities of the territory salt lake city is a delightful city of in inhabitants habitants and bids fair in five years to treble its population capital anti ami brains are working great transformations in that old time city of the mor mons blocks are yearly going up which in some instances cost bostl the great mormon temple now in process of erection will undoubtedly be the wonder of the west it has already cost and will cost much more by the time it is colleta colle completed tV the present tortoise shaped tabernacle in which the mormon church worships is an immense structure and to is crowded every sunday if you ever had an idea that utah is a barren waste of sand get rid ot of it at once for it is one of the most fertile spots of the earth in mineral wealth it Is i inferior to no state in the union I 1 visited its immense silver mines and was astonished at the magnitude of their product A large portion of its so soil is suitable for cultivation and the magnificent system of irrigation makes it nearly all tillable but it is especially adapted to the growth of fruit and in that line will rapidly advance to the front the bench lands are perfectly adapted to the growth of fruits of the temperate zone and especially for the culture of grapes moreover grapes require no irrigation in fact to a certain limit the drier the better and in this climate our great struggle to is to prevent grapes from rotting on account of wet weather the soil to is very rich and I 1 predict that in a few years the immense stretches covered at present with sagebrush will abound in fertile vineyards the climate is pleasant the winters mild and the summers for the most part delightful the rainy season is now about over and the dry season will last till fall giving grapes a magnificent opportunity port unity to ripen it is equally true however that the climate will not de delope the more mere delicate and tropical varieties of california grapes but for the hardier grapes the climate and surroundings could not be better they are of course nearer the east than the california grape growers and would have an immense advantage there while they could command the whole trade of the northwest where grapes cannot be grown to advantage after my stay in utah I 1 went through the grape growing section of california the grape crop is in fine condition and if no accident happens the yield will be immense surely call california forn la has the secret of grape culture on a large scale all through the west wherever I 1 went I 1 found the spring backward the season is about four weeks behind and will have to hurry burry in order to catch up during mr Le Leb chers behers stay in the west he also took a tour through oregon washington and montana visit ing with his son dr C B lebcher Le beher in miles city mont |
