| Show OF FRUIT CHOP tho the storm last week that looked so ominous pissed passed oft off with a gent gentleness lenes s that caused scarcely a ripple and horticulturists throughout this section drew their breath more naturally chilly winds and falling failing snow right in the midst of oc blooming time would cause anything but pleasant sensations and had the cold wather w continued and the sky cleared off there would undoubtedly have been another big freeze the weatherman kindly turned up tip the gas a little higher ho however and orchards look correspondingly healthy in Inspect inspecting Irig the buds after a week of delightful summer sun sunshine shire it Is readily discovered that the elber elberta ta pea peach ch crop will bo be of no small proportions dud buds that looked rather sig si after the first frost have seemingly revived cad nd are now growing nicely gradually developing the tiny peach which will wi eventually grow into a real ripe lus luscious tilous beauty and it is surprising 6 to find how many good buds there are the trees in every section seem to have enough good livo live buds on them to insure a splendid crop which means that brigham peaches are going to be worth something this season with cherries the story is quite different one can look over a tree and find nothing scarcely but black buds the cherry crop will be considerably smaller than it has been tor for some years year s past the same is true with apricots and yet there will be some of a harvest of both these varieties peaches are the mainstay of this section and with colorado seriously damaged texas and deleware out of the running practically utah peaches should be sought after by the buy buyers ers this year as they have never been sought fo bedfor e arid add unless we miss agog fuere bir e ioa some fancy a ncy fruit prices before the end of the season and will do well to look after their fruit lands and treas this season in order that they may be induced to yield just as large a crop as p possible os sible the frost served its purpose in more ways than one for it taught several lessons that are undoubtedly worth the price paid for one thing it served to enlighten the people of this section on the matter of the value of their lands and location in these mountain vales over in colorado our neighbor on the cast where orchard heating has been reduced to a science the frost came oft off victorious and the fruit is killed that too on land valued at 2000 per acre in this locality where smudging Is still in the experimental stage in tact fact this is practically the first year it has been tried there is plenty of t fruit left on trees that were not warmed up and the thermo metor went as low as IG degrees above zoro zero A 1 locality that can produce fruit under such conditions Is certainly a nice place to live in and yet that Is just the experience of utah generally and brigham city and bear river valley in particular assistant manager N J valentine of the utah fruit exchange returned last evening from an automobile trip which he made in company with bishop en of Piea pleasant pheasant sant view down thru weber davis salt lake and utah counties to find out just exactly the status of the fruit in that section sir mr valentine reports that tile the cherries and peaches in utah salt lake and davis counties are practically gone and the strawberries apples and pears are seriously damaged in weber county the condition Is better though the peaches down there have been harder hit than they were in this community from this report it Is very evident that brigham city la Is in the first run illi alie 9 this season for peaches and sir mr valentine thinks we will have a full crop it if rot cot in numbers it will be in size |
