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Show First Cauliflower Shipment GoesOut Splendid growing conditions and timely rains, have given the growth of cauliflower in the Japanese gardens at Clarion a fine start and the delectable delect-able and appetizing product is showing show-ing better now than at any time since the industry was started in the valley some three years ago. Indications ar that a larger yield will be harvested during the next three months than last season. S. Kimum;, the "daddy" of the enterprise, told a News reporter report-er yesterday that approximately 220 acres of cauliflower had been planted and in every instance the plants were doing fine and were now starting to mature. In addition to the cauliflower some 80 acres of cabbage had been planted by the several gardners. The crbbage. too, is said to be fxr in advance ad-vance in growth and development t.h.in is usual. Carload shipments will start about the 20th day of August, and the farn-t farn-t ous Gunnison Valley product will fi;,il its way to new markets this year. The ! Pacific Fruit Produce, with hcadquar-, hcadquar-, tcrs on the coast, will handle a lan'! portion of the cauliflower shipmen -i this year, through a Rait Lake branch ! house. Smith & Hancock, Salt Lake ! wholesalers in farm produce, will handle a portion of the cauliflower as i well as some of the cabbage. The first cauliflower shipment of the season was sent to Salt Lake Mon-jday Mon-jday of this week, a truck load having been taken north by Tom 'Kwwa.hai-3. The shipment is not yet nitfjure, but will be in prime for the first, on the market from the local fields. Beginning Begin-ning Monday the early maturing cauliflower cauli-flower will be picked and several truck load shipments will be made. |