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Show Valley Cauliflower Sought By Big Eastern Concerns t ! : Gunnison Valley has. and is i achieving fame and through a ; new industry started here last year a splendid future is promised those who will enter the growing I of cauliflower. Wholesalers in I eastern cities like Chicago, New J York, Cleveland and other centers, cen-ters, when placing orders for cauliflower, are specifying the product from Gunnison Valley . To date some seven carloads of the product have gone to Salt Lake and from there it is distributed distri-buted through Smith & Hancock, commission merchants, to the eastern markets. Last year experiments were made by a number of the local Japanese gardeners and the ex-I ex-I perimentations proved that the j soil, climatic conditions and all I were highly favorable for the 'growing of cauliflower. Only an ! acre or two were planted for the I experiment, but it was proved ! that the conditions were favor-j favor-j able and this year approximately 1 6 acres were seeded and the result re-sult has been phenomenal. The seven cars already shipped have carried more than 140,000 1 poilhds of the succulent vegetable vegeta-ble and the delicacy is finding , its way into thousands of eastern homes. Not only is it being used in eastern cities, but much is sold and distributed throughout the west. The growing and cultivation cultiva-tion of cauliflower in Gunnison Valley has passed the experi-; experi-; mental stage in a year and it now promises to become one of magnitude mag-nitude and next year 1 00 acres will be devoted to growing cauliflower cauli-flower alone. It is also planned to ship, during the harvesting of the crop, two cars each day. This year S. Kimura grw three acres; K. Hoshida, two and a half acres', S. Mori, one and a half acres; S. Hoki, two acres, and D. Miyotaki, seven acres. Each of these gardeners, in addition ad-dition to devoting acreage L.i beets and other field crops, will devote considerable acreage to cauliflower. The product already sent out is bringing the gardeners about I eight cents per pound, and the j total to be received will be over i$l 1,000, or at the rate of better jthan $1,500 per acre. Practically Practic-ally all of the cauliflower grown I here is of extra fine grade and ; little, or none, is waste. It is u- perior in taste and when it reach-, es the consumer it is white, crisp and in splendid condition. The starting of this industry, and which is sure to expand, now that all conditions are found to be highly favorable, will prove a bis? asset. It i3 estimated that with the increased acreage planned plan-ned for next year- ! -kvje , will be erected to v ..idle the immense im-mense tonnage. 'tie cauliflower orodurt alone will demand a large building and, as has b--n suggested, plans could be made to adopt a co-operative marketing market-ing plan and orovision made for the storage of potatoes, onion and other field and garden products. pro-ducts. This plan )ias been successfully suc-cessfully worked out in Northern Utah communities and through it farmers have been able to get from twenty-five to forty per -pnt more for their oroducts than by the old method of seeking sales through the onen market wi'b fluctuating and unsettled prices. |