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Show Superior Cauliflower Make Valley Famous The fame of Gunnison Valley for 'ts superior quality of cauliflower ?nd its prolific production, is fast spreading and its fame will reach farther this year than that of last year -for the reason that 150 carloads or approximately 77,500 crates are io be sent throughout the land by the end of the hauwest about Novem beri. The first carload shipment, canipris'ng 512 crates, was shipped C'rom this point last week, 'being consigned con-signed to the eastern market through Smith and Hancock, the well known Salt Lake commiission merchants. The shipments will he increased and the peack will be reached about the . 20th. of September, when the major portion of the plants will be in the prime of condition. S. Kimura, one of the heaviest producers pro-ducers of the delicacy, stated th?t three carloads will be sent forward this week and that each week will see an increase in the shipments. A j big demand is being made for the ! Gunnison Valley article and it ha.s no j trouble in finding a ready sale, be-Tn.g be-Tn.g more eagerly sought than that ! froim any part of the west. ) Eleven carloads o torn down crates, which are being assembled and nailed locally, will be required to handle the by; crop, and the sr-ene at the packing house, the fields where many are working, presents an unusual un-usual sight. Approximately 150 acres have been planted in the Japanese Jap-anese colony alone, and a few additional addi-tional acre-, have been planted by other farmers in the Clarion district nnd it has been proven that the culture cul-ture of the vq -;elable is no longer experiment, ex-periment, but has proven a valuable !?.sset to the valley through the superior sup-erior quality and splendid growth. I The 150 acres planted -w'll, it 'is esti mated produce a carload to the acre The selling price is now ranging fr-om $2.50 to 3.50 per crate, and at this price more than $200,000 will be the gross income from the industry which though proven, is still in its infancy, j The soils along the river, enriched by silt and other rich fertilizers, and with the even climatic conditions and ! moistii'.'e, has been proven an Meal j place for the, culture of cauliflower, land it is predicted that by next year j new territory will be added and the j production 'materially increased Gunnison Valley News. |