Show FRUIT INDUSTRY jt RO IN VALUE Last Year Utah Shipped Out Worth of Products ii I- I MANY MAtIY MISTAKES MISTAKES' MADE V State Stale Board of Horticulture Says V GrO Growers Try to Raise Ral c Too j. j Many Varieties j VVS V V Varieties of fruits without commer- commer A tY cIal merits have floo flooded ed the local markel market mar- mar ket kel during the past year ear according to annual nual report of tho the state board or of of horticulture and reduced d the tho prices V below a profitable production The V report advocates the tho production of or a n afew few rew varieties of or fruits which are considered con con- 1 the tho most thrifty and ond of or staple V value alue The fruit growers and nurseries ies les of the tho state have made their mistake mistake mis mis- take tale In cultivating so many varieties In each fruit The Tue local market the V report states Is not hot In a 3 healthful con- con V V V S ann and recommends that greater care be taken In the planting of or orchard or- or chard During tho the year carloads of fruit were shipped out of ot the tho state to toV V V East En Eastern tern rn and Vt Western stern points on which a n. n val n of was put About 75 p per l' l cent of or orthe the the shipments were In most mot of oC the balance being apples Utah county shipped the greatest amount of or fruit amounting to cars Box Elder was second With i Weber third with 18 Davis 10 Salt Lake 3 1 3 Sanpete and Sevier 8 G Grand 7 Cache 4 and Emery 3 V Utah has hos more nurseries than any anyone anyone one ono state In the tho Intermountain coun coun- V try The me climate and ind soil are particularly larl adapted to JO the tho growing of fruit V tree trees V Enemies of oC Fruit Ravages of oC blight were noticeable In Indifferent different t parts paris of the state last year The tomato crop was practically deV destroyed de de- de- de V In last t year ear and the potato crop V was was vr s also damaged dan In some sections of oC the state The report also referred to spread of or pear blight and twig blight on apple trees treet Throughout th the state there was an apparent growth of ot fungus and ancl as a 3 r result sult there were more moro dl diseases Tho The peach crop In InV V Weber ber rind Box Elder counties was spotted last Jast year oar by a a. shot hole fungus and anda a n mildew w was noticeable on several varieties arleU s pf QC fruit trees The Tho damages to tho the fruits fruits' by the codling moth red reel i spider brown nit and other Insects were given In a lengthy report The rhe horticultural work carried on by the tho Agricultural college collese at Logan Losan und under r the tho direction of or Professor ProCessor R. R 0 O. Northrop Northrop North North- rop was treated In a separate paper aper contained In th tho report reportS T The Te lC necessity of spraying and the extent of ot the work that had hI been accomplished b by tho ho board hoard w was given In full In the tho report V Work VOlk or ot Canneries i I I I Reports on th- th work of or canneries Int I In i h to ver Iven ven and special Pv t 1 y wL j v. v 5 L V Cl U V b Pt Ji t i l C IH i i K 1 T if fi rr fruits before bere preL preLl l G Gor of or or canned Acc According to the report the canning factory a tor business has proved to be he a n. success In the state and Several se more factories will b bo be In operation op op- op- op laUon b by tho the time the tho next years year's crop la Is ripe The Importance of or horticultural work Is emphasized The nature study in the public schools was declared to tob tobe ii b be of or material value to the growth of or ortho tho work During the past year the board has expended for tor Its Us maintenance C- C Tho The report was tiled b by J. J E. E Taylor secretary of ot the board V Figures 8 compiled complied by Mr rr Taylor art after r a visit through the state during which h time he conducted a personal Investigation and thus Is enabled to tolio give o as exact a as it Is possible to compile show man many Interesting r facts It shows hows that during the year tho the total pack of fruit for tor the year ear of f fruits and vegetables was tass valued at The total num number er of or people employed at the factories was 1325 as an average erase during tho bus busy season of oC the year th the tho wages aggregating about Growers were paid There Them are arc 22 canning factories In Ul Utah 2 tah 2 In Box Elder county 11 in W iV r 4 in Davis 4 in Utah and 1 In M Morgan Apples Arc a Success So J I i As a result of 01 experiments conducted con- con V ducted by the tho Horticultural society or the tho apple industry has been brought V from a n dismal failure to a complete success within the last year The board hoard has not satisfied Itself with V sending Fending out circulars telling how trees should bo be sprayed and other methods o of or caring for the crop but Mr Taylor and others of tho the society have gone personally through the state stat to personally personally per per- conduct experiments As a ft re result result re- re sult suit of oC this work worl man many apple growers V who reported blights to the extent of 75 fJ per cent this year oar returned r ro- ro ports that show only 3 per cent of ot their Shell crop was d damaged V It is II an Important fact tact that dried l fr fruits s to the extent of are arc Imported Into tho the stat stall yearly earl In pe peaches prunes apricots apples und and raisins In spite of oC tho the fact that all of these fruits can cani i 4 be raised In Utah as 08 well as anywhere V b L cl else e In the United States The board t urges the necessity of or promoting this thu I I. I ij Industry at once and taking care of oC 4 he tho dried fruits for tor hO homo home c 3 v lion Just how much Utah Import Imports V tt- tt In SlId dried fruits is Ig shown In tho the fad fact lV u t-u- that Hint j pounds are i V yearly f S Cut flowers make an important L i. i V Item Hem as much as worth b bein being r j imported during a n. year par from oth other r fv states Mr Taylor takes s the position I IV V 5 pmt piat all necessary ary can h be V grown In the state a as well vell a as practically cally caily all 11 other Items mentioned in tho V r report p. p pOrt rt |