Show KNOW YOUR FRUIT ADVISES EXPERT AT COLLEGE utah and intermountain intel mountain producers retailers and conI consumers umers of at apples apple and pears find a wealthy source of counsel contained in verbal and printed releases prepared by professor francis M coe associate horticulturist at the utah state agricultural college professor profesor Pro sor coe has particularly stressed the importance ot of utah people knowing with assurance their markets and varieties so as to eliminate waste of time and money in ili the preservation ot of these fruits consumers of apples of often ten experience peri ence unsatisfactory results in their use of this economical fruit because they purchase the wrong variety for uses intended or use a v at the season when it Is not ripe or is overripe over ripe professor coe points out unwary purchasers are frequently sold winesap rome beauty or gano apples in the fall when tiey are inedible cook with difficulty and make a product inferior to the better belle r apples of late fall and early winter such as jonathan grimes golden rhods rhode island greenling and others he has indicated ot of especial interest to producers ii i i professor coes observation of the present comparative evaluation of jonathan the standard commercial apple of utah which makes up over 50 per cent or of the states commercial plantings and the delicious and varieties the jonathan grows to perfection in mountain valleys it bears young Is vigorous healthy and productive its faults are however that 11 ll it has a tendency to small size when tree vigor it not maintained and heavy loss in storage from break down in some seasons the characteristic break down to follows delayed harvesting while popular in los angeles where utah growers enjoy a freight rate advantage it is difficult to say whether it will hold its own in the future with the popular delicious and mcintosh varieties with which it must compete professor coe expressed more knowledge as to seasons and uses of the apple varieties commonly grown in utah on the part of consumers retailers and producers should lead to greater satisfaction in the use of utah apples in the home market with resultant savings in transportation and marketing costs more exten extensive siv e local use of apples with their wide range rane of colors flavors and uses in place ot 0 imported tropical fruits woula benefit utah producers and sumers alike spear professor coe observes that pear market is so dominated byth by to well known and popular bartlet that other meritorious and bah N varieties of this delicious fruita fruit r largely overlooked by consume during the bartlett season varieties Narie ties are not needed but wb the time arrives that Bartlet tsa of storage are scarce and expend consumers colsum ers become interested binl in r eating cating canning and keeping quit gus ties of 0 the later pear vari etia etis professor coe indicates varieties recommended for a 0 rent use in addition to the popa bartlett are keiffer Keif ter winter ne anjou duchess and flemish emish bi ba ty |