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Show RETURNED FROM BEAR RIVER MANAGER FOR Rl STALL AND J. C. JENSEN INSPECT DISTRICT Peach Crop Considerably Damaged, but Apple Crop Survived Late Frost in Northern Section. Manager J. M. Forestall of the Og-den Og-den Fruit Growers' association', and J. C. Jensen of this city, returned Wednesday Wed-nesday night from a 130 mile automo- . bile trip through the Bear River valley val-ley inspecting tho various fruit dis- I trlcts with a view of determining tho extent of damage sustained by the ) growers through the frost of last week, i They visited Brigbam City first, where they were Joined by Manager I. N. Porter of tho Davis & Weber county nursery, and then continued to Corlnnc. Turning south from the latter lat-ter point, an Inspection of the model farm and the orchards in that section way made, after which the party proceeded pro-ceeded to Bear River City. Leaving there the run was made through Ell-wood Ell-wood to Tremonton. a number of or-chadists or-chadists being interviewed along the way. Going west from Tremonton, the sugar su-gar beet and apple districts were looked look-ed over, after which the northern route was again takcu, the party arriving arriv-ing at Garland. The original plan of visiting as far north as Malad City, Idaho, was here abandoned, the party turning east and crossing Bear river to Collinslon. From Coliinston tho road south was taken through Dewey, Honeyville and Brigham City and back to Ogden via Willard. Mr. Fonistall stated yesterday that he found that peaches had been dam-nged dam-nged In some districts but that the apple ap-ple crop had survived In every in-itan)ce. in-itan)ce. According to the estimate made by the manager of the Brigham City Fruit Growers' association, about GO per cent of their peach crop has survived the frost. This report, however, how-ever, Is not. 80 serious when it Is taken into consideration tho fact that 50 per ceDt of a crop would be satisfactory to too farmers of that community and would prove about nil they could handle conveniently. In the Willard district about 50 per cent of the crop has survived the freeze. Mr. Forrlstall stated that he considered con-sidered the Bear valley to have a wonderful won-derful future In store for it, especially along the lines of apple and sugar beet raising and that a few years of effective advertising and the resulting Immigration would find that section of the state the apple growing center of the entire west. |