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Show A HEAVY FRUIT CROP IS THE PREDICTION In a Review of the 8Ute Fruit Outlook Out-look the Official Gives Gooo Figures to the Grower Utah's fruit crop this year will be one of the largest In the history of tho state, according to a report being mado by Secretary J. Edward Taylor of tho state horticultural commission. com-mission. With tho single exception of pears, every kind ot fruit will be heavy. The oxcellent crop Is uniformly uniform-ly distributed over tho whole state. Tho crop Is not 'only heavier, Mr. Taylor Bald, but thero nro moro trees In henrlng. Tho pea crop In tho stato will bo only about 80 per cent ot ttio o'rdlnary crop, but as pears from only, 1 per cent of tho stnto's fruit output, the" sliortugo will hardly bo notice-table. notice-table. Apples and peaches, nro expected to bear oxtrcmo'y heavy. Tho horticultural Inspector's re-vicY re-vicY of the various fruit crops follows: fol-lows: t , Apples Fifty-six per cent of tho total area dovoted to fruit growing in this stato Is planted to apples, principally the winter nrletles. Thoso trees that bore heavily last year, ot course, have a light crop on this year but with tho now orchards that aro coming Into bearing the Indications aro that tho 1914 crop wl bo considerably in ox-cess ox-cess of any other year. It Is a little too early yet to report on the prob-ablo prob-ablo market conditions for thlscrop but thero has been moro and better spralng done than ever before, so that tho crop will bo relatively tree from InBect pests and diseases and able to meet tho strongest compett- ttdn. Peaches Twenty-five per cent of tho planted area In the stato Is devoted, to th. growing of peaches, principally ot the Elberta variety. A very large proportion propor-tion of this crop enters commerce In stralgth carloads. At - tho present tlmo tho Indications aro for a fair market for this crop, and with the marketing facilities which wo now have probably one-third more can. will be shipped than"ever before. Tne advance sales ot peaches haye been quite active. A considerable .number-will be shipped In bushel baskets Instead of twenty-pound boxes, which has been the general practice In the past. Cherries Five per cent ot the orchard trees ot the stato are cherries. Tho sweet cherries blossomed hekvlly, but there has been considerable thinning later, duo possibly to the wet weather preventing pre-venting pollenatlon. Tho sweet cherry crop Is quite l'fiht on some trees, but, taking tho state ns a whole, thero will bo more cherries produced thnn In previous yeitrs. The crop of sour cherries Is relatively heavier than tho sweet cherryTlus crop Is now moving In straight carloads car-loads and thero Is a fairly good demand. de-mand. Small Fruits1 -Tho so called small fruits nihko up about 4 per cent of the fruit arW ot the state. This crop Is likewise considerably con-siderably nbovo normal and It will bo necessary to find outsldo markets for a considerable proportion of it. 1 Pears ; About 3 per cent of tho orchard nrea of tho stato is devoted to pear growing and the crop of pears Is relatively light, but it has been a number of years since this product was a substantial commercial factor 'n the Btato. Based on a normal year tho pear crop this year will lioeslbly not exceed 80 per cent. r Plums andjruses v Plums and prunes, which; form 8 per cent ot tho orchard are,, will have a normal crop. This crop never has been a large carlot factor. ? The crop ot apricots will be considerably con-siderably above normal, only hjxjut 2 porcent of the planted area, however, being devotod to aprloot growing, and the largo proportion ot this crop will probably find its way Into the locM market and the canning factories. Utah has never been a heavy1 Bhj.-per Bhj.-per ot apricots. Post. |