Show fRUIT CROP AND PRICES J Tho fruit crop In this vicinity prom promises promIses promIses to be a good one and the tho grow growers growers ers era are looking forward to bettor bottor prices than have prevailed for fol sev se oral eral years Jears Tho The advance in prices will wiil bo be duo due to the tho late spring frost front ravages to tu the crop of the east enst and north At present only small local ship shipments shipments shipments ments are being bein made as the cherry cherr crop has hns already been disposed of oC and the tho handling of tho ho larger fruits will not start until about August 15 The Tho cherry chern crop was van not altogether Satis atis Satisfactory factory factor as much was lost In tho the ship shipment shipment ment owing to an unusual tendency of the th fruit to spoil en on route It Tt Is I hoped that tho the larger crop of late fruit will make maIze up LIP for any an losses sustained by b the growers earlier In lu inthe tho the season The Pioneer Fruit company com pan which handles handle hand more than half of or the fruit Frown crown in the state is expecting to ship shill about one thousand carloads of oC fruit to the east cast and south These The o shipments will wll start with peaches about the tho middle of next month Last year ear peaches peacheR brought the shippers 67 cents per por box and it Is expected that this year the tile price rIce will be several cents colts higher I Because of or the dryness of or the sea season season season son the growers have had an especially lally hard fight tight on their hands against various arious insect pests hilt bin by b tho the reg regular ular and Judicious spraying have hae pre prevented prevented I vented any Iny great groat loss Joss from this thia source The peach leach crop will be he considerably larger or than that of or last season par particularly in the tile immediate vicinity of Ogden The fact act that a n largo large per por cent or of the peaches In Michigan an and in other o her parts of the tile lake ake country was wag lost should have me tho the effect of or boosting tho the prices on this fruit Poaches Peaches in many mD man central centra and eastern states were a 1 I complete failure but the tho reports from Delaware and New York are variable as al are nrc also alRo the reports from tho the coast const states slates stat 8 This makes it t difficult to pre predict predl diet dict dl t the tho probable price that t at will be paid Utah shippers John Derrig manager of or the Pio Plo Pioneer PIoneer neer Fruit declined to make maJe maJean any an statement as a to the tho probable price to he be paid to tn the growers this year admitting g only that It would bo some higher hiher than last a l season The Tho shipping of all fruit will start about fifteen tiny earlier than usual which will be an advantage to tho the fruit mon men of the state |