Show UTAH'S CHERRY SURVEY SHOWS LARGER YIELDS Government Go Expert Gives Forecast of Increased Crops for State Utah's cherry crop will Increase very vcr materially during the next few years ears according to a survey which wll h has Just been completed by the United States department I of agriculture through the Salt SAil Lake Ilke office of the tho division of crop I r The bulletin izing the tIle survey ey has Just been I Issued by b Frank rank I Andrews agri I agricultural agricultural cultural statistician for tor the tho state acid 1 federal Jeral governments I Approximately 60 per cent of ot the cherry trees in the tho orchards orchard surveyed d are dark colored sweet cherries and 11 per pcr lC cent are arc light colored color d sweet cherries a to total to- to total total tal of ot SI 5 per c ent nt for sweet herrle chernIe of all kinds These show only 18 5 per cent of ot the entire orchard area Is la given to the tho th tour cherry herry varieties chiefly known as os aspi aspie pi pie cherries The summary given by y the fed fed- federal fe federal eral expert follows A comparison lon of the numbers of bearing and of non bearing trees Indicates a a. material In Increase In- In Increase crease In tho the cherry crops of oC Utah within the next few years Of Ot the tho trees covered by lIy this re re- re port lOrt are arc of bearing age and 4 arc are too young oung as ns yet jet et to hear bear hence the trees which are coming Into hearing bearing are equivalent equivalent lent to 67 per cent of those al already al- al already ready bearing In the SO orchards orchard for Cor which reports have been heen re reo And of ot these new trees more than tenths nine consist of four fou varieties r In the tho orchards covered by this report rl per cent of oC the bear bear- bearIng log Ing trees are of dark colored sweet varieties ranches per cent are arc light colored and sweet while per cent are arc the sour or tart varieties Of the colored dark sweet cherries tho the most roost numerous trees are arc the Lambert Windsor DIng Orb Black Re TIe- Republican publican and Early Purple in the theor order or er named These seven yank varie varieties ties tics constitute per cent of oC I the total bearing trees of the 80 orchards covered by this ibis report Of the light colored 11 sweet varieties varie varle- ties the tho Napoleon or Royal nn Ann Is by far the tho chief chic variety and its trees treos are per cent of oC the total bearing Lt trees reported Of tho the pie pic cherries sour or tart tarU torl the Montmorency and the Early Elly Richmond are ar the most moat mo t widely distributed but the tho Dukes are arc most iciest numerous In these the reported orchards The young trees those too young to bear are arc chiefly of ot four Cour va ya- va- va The Lambert trees con con- constitute constitute constitute 41 j per cent of all the trees reported as NOT of oC bear bear- bearing bearIng ing age and the DIng BIng constitute per cent ent The Thc most popular of ot the light colored sweet can can- canning canning ning varieties Is h the Napoleon Royal Hoal Ann whose trees make 99 per cent of or the grand total of or those too young joung to bear while the Montmorency 1 Js Is practically the tho only on I pie cherry sour or tart re reported re- re ported among the recent plant- plant plantIngs plantIngs plantIngs Ings it makes per cent of the grand total of ot non bearing trees tree This report Includes a large larg frac frae- fraction tion of the total number of cher ther cherry therry ry trees In the Ule state it does not however Include all all and the tho fig fig- figures figures figurea ures urea given here refer only to the 80 SO orchards for which reports were received However these returns give a fair Indication of conditions In tho state as os a whole |