Show emer pine fine I 1 ault I 1 mery count county leads the state in the quality of fruit produced this fact fiet a vas parti partly demonstrated first in 1894 1694 ind was as fully established this year by ane exhibit made by mr 3 C lemon at a the late state fair mr lemon a exhibit wis gro nn on his farm at ferron perron 12 miles south of 01 here herc and con consisted isted of apples peaches pearland pe arsand prunes twelve vane ties in all bad the display beenen been en in competition for I 1 prize it would according to the best authorities have gained the highest awards it wis w is sta stated in the salt lake papers tint the of fruit tt it this falls state fair wag was the finest over ever seen for emery count county therefore to show supe I 1 1 nor quality in a dozen varieties of fruit I 1 is something worth our while to boast I 1 about secretary seirs sent some of the fri fn it to the nation nations a capital some was given away to visitors and a box of it t vi was as presented by the se secre cretai to gov arnor wells whose clinion 01 of it ii ex pressed in a letter given div en below W G arigun one of the judges on fru t says that the emery count counts exhibit hive won the first premium some of mi lemon a weighed eig hed 16 18 ind 20 ounces each and the quilitz qui lity was in keeping with the sie of the fruit other fruit gro v ers vers in this v alley hav have e been almost as successful in the culture of fruit as mr lemon ane e ought to ong eng ige more ext extension ensiN ell el in this indus try following is mr cragun s letter UTAH HOT SPRINGS utah oct 10 3 0 lemon esq perron utah deir dir sir enclosed please find check amount received for your fruit at the close of the mir part of the fruit was as given to visitors with nour compliments borne some was sent to washington Wae hington D C and a small box to governor wells had your fruit been entered it would have drawn first premium we mended a 10 premium which we ue hope the board will grant grint your yours truly W G x walls LETTER EXECUTIVE SALT CITY oct oi t 5 1 goo 1900 mr J 0 lemon I 1 terron erron utah my dear sir permit me to thank you tor for the be beautiful dutiful box of fruit this day received receive ed through mr S 1 W soars sears secre tary of the state fair I 1 certainly ampre date the favor and have sampled the fruit and find it the best flavored of iny that I 1 have eaten this year ear the unusual grow growth of the fruit certainly shows that your locality is favorable to tol the fruit growing industry indu itry and I 1 have no doubt also that the favorable conditions of lo 10 cikity are largely augmented bv by your in tell igent and careful attention to your orchard again thanking you for the fruit and assuring you of mv my tion of bour thoughtfulness I 1 a it very respectfully ilber HEBER M |