Show MUST GROW I 1 BIGGER FRUIT at a i recent meeting of the board of directors of the brigham city fruit growers association filhe he question of size of fruit was discussed freely and it was nas unanimously decided that the association will not accept fruit of an inferior size this season or any more diore in the future by inferior size the thought to be conveyed is that peaches that require to fill a box are too small and will aill not be accepted the utah fruit exchange Is making a mighty effort to establish a reputation in the markets of the united states for high grade fruits both both as to size and quality and unless a decisive stand is taken at tile the outset very little can be accomplished and the wonted reputation will be a long way off it has been fully demonstrated t that hat tile the sie of peaches can be materially I 1 increased creased li through pruning for big fruit heavy pruning must be done arld and allcie t acie is no tree that grows that can stand beav and almost malicious prun arun ing like the elberta peach tree it seems according to those who have hare experimented that the more the pruning ng the better tile the tree and by all odds the better fruit this will all apply to apples also monday afternoon at the meeting called for tho the purpose of considering the organization of a peach day and county fair association lion ion john P holmgren related an experience he had while visiting the north northwest Nest lie went out into an apple orchard near tacoma washington upon the recommendation men dation of dr rich and lie he was astonished at what lie he saw ile he was informed that tile the man paid two thousand dollars per acre for his twenty acre orchard and ar mr Ilo Holms lingren ren could not understand how lie he could make a half interest on the investment because he could seb see only a sparse crop of apples on the trees when he mentioned this fact the man told him he lad had his crop and then went on to exclaim that lie he never raised anything b but ut the very fanciest stuff for which fr jbf t box the freight on the apples to the eastern markets was fio cents the same that our growers pay and so lie he netted per box minus the picking while the man in ill washington did not have as many apples they were more choice required less to fiill a box and lie he gets fully double the price that the fancy apples in this valley bring why simply because lie he has learned the secret of growing the right article this ex amilo can be pondered with profit not only by the apple growers of this county but by the peach growers as well for the principle w will i it apply in either case and in view of the action taken by the fruit growers association it would seem that the I 1 growers have no excuse for not changing their methods with w ith regard to pruning ng if cutting away a few more branches will add a few more cents per box to the price of the peaches poa clies and will wiil establish a reputation for this section the grower ought to praise tile the biord tor for the knox knowledge ledge and use liis its pruning shears unsparingly |