Show SOMETHING NG ABOUT THE FRUIT INDUSTRIES OF UTAH I r INTERESTING FACTS ii f f AND FIGURES THAT H OWN STORY i 1 TELL v pi I tilE her chief attractions Outside of Utah nilE HE fruit industries arc among the finances of the various various of trees in bloom 1 of the of acres worth considerable comment arc afO in an delivered before the State Horticultural convention Con 1910 William Spry said Governor pO Wilam of ot than in the state It I r do not know of a zi better belter beler paying paying proposition be Look at nt your our You all to prosperous lb the fru fm t pro industry al seem for your sour our comand cow com Earth produced You have got pot something that Mother COl- COl hOles comfort and fliRt plenty so happiness anti and these homes and m families denote comfor Sort call attention to these thin things thing You ou have been it is iS needless for or me to cal i continue to I 1 I want to see you ou j of that tiia now for man many years cars past fio this tins thing tio 10 There tung are splendid acres to the thc south of us in in litah county that are cherries ch which hereto hereto- firing bing turned to the production of apples peaches and nc nothing but hut sagebrush ordinary fre f re grew nothing t there bad had last U L there in the Bear River valley I learned that year Up rp i l in that section of country count ry and the theE over ocr of apples planted in E came ten mc can aU be said sail of Weber county Davis is 3 county Salt Sal Lake CoUlt county Utah c. tin ouch t the he south Caching aching oven o down I f Cache county and the towns through the Dixie lands of Utah There Ther seems to be an impetus given to the production pro pro- of fruit which cannot help but hut make of that particular industry the most profitable assets that this state has bas ne neof of It Is estimated there that Is h. an annual nome I of or 00 oo front from the exported fruit ruit of or Utah to sa say nothing of ot th the consumption at nt home jf in Salt La Lake Lace e alone there has been a Sai consumption of ot worth of oC applies ap Ip plies les since January Januar 1 I 1 1911 1911 j r Horticultural Inspector J. J C. C Sta Stay sate said since January Januar 1 1911 he had hd ln in- in tt over a hundred cars o of apples forty five e of or which were Utah grown that Salt Sai Lalo LOKO Laio county count Is one of oC the and consumes err ery largest producers its is its entire output o ot oC about bushels ot or of apples iH t. t One hundred and ant fifty U carloads or of orp Brig Brig- peaches aches have ha been received from p im and Provo since Ince January 1 I 1911 V ii hm During the early morning Inspections bushels of apples and S of oC pears have been received i The largest and best hest crops of or peaches hive laYe ue come from Crom Brigham Provo l Da Davis county Box Elder county Weber eber coun- coun ly U IT And nd Utah count county Inspector a Stay Sta also said that the qualIty quality ity y of o the fruit Is excellent and the favorable fa but not tOp rop has been very quite as heavy this year on account or of orlle ori ibe i early spring frosts The damage lle l B some OuIe parts of ot the state was great The e I cherries however were hurt vcr ery Mile little and the thc crop was fine nc RapId lle pro progress has hns been made mate In the me lul ut two years rs in devising m methods of or Lt the frost difficulty Many Ian to have demonstrated Liah ih h growers own gowers satisfaction that the system 11 0 oj orchard heating Is not only practical but 1st ct facilities for Handling Facilities for Cor handling Utah fruits Ire tre re improving steadily st adly The frOit the state towers associations over eded ce-eded In holding their growers to- to very erY well this season and it IsN Is er wel of ot Hit N to sa say sal that at least one half baJ crop in the larger arger counties countes or- or through the growers growers' t u The Tho completion of oC the ctr Pacific r road d resulted In con- con good od to Utah fruit shipping tore In I In o n with President Thomas Judd of ot the thc State Horticultural commission he said some Interesting tIngs about the tho southern part of ot the Ole tle Wo We haw have a tropical semi clae cli cl- cl ate In Washington county and grow row ae OH noet ost all al of ot the fruits grown rown In Call Call- Cal Cal- ala rola emale a specialty of oC grapes Thompson seedless and Muscat MI cm m which raisins are made tWe We raise figs bs plum and a aae afine ane fine ne ae class of or peaches which are ripe as astI tI as M August 1 1 Most of ot our fruit fruits Is s to find a market marJet in the tho adjacent on account of oC transportation If IfS I re S e had a railroad we could furnish the with wih carl early vegetables and fruits I loon oon as California What Wat Statistics Show Tere There are a number of oC statistical concerning the thc fruit Industry that lie le bf of Interest Intel st Ole Oe million fruit rul t trees are plan planted ted 0 ll rlyn five IS enty per cent of ot the planted area Iea ea Is bearing and within tl-e tl te next or seven Beven years the output will wil be cm rem to cars a year flab county las nas ns the largest planted plantEd ire and strawberries havee have havee e e greatest yield Ieh of oC any ay fruit The area Is very cry small email In proper proper- J Ion On n to other trul fruits Of Of the lar lare lare e fruits apples and peaches we siTs th the thE largest output output Peaches and apples appleB lead 1 In the exI ex- ex I wu Ot b work vork is being done through w the state by the extension work of or tho thor Agricultural r college at Logan 1 Value alue In Dolor Dollars Dollar of Fruit Pro Pro- I o- o i. i dU IJ 1010 1910 Commer- Commer Local P clat cial Ship Ship- and red red- County ments ant diers TOJ Total Tota h J B lox 01 x Elder T ber eber O OIs Is 1280 31 0 It lt t Lake Q S 50 th th tand 15 mery 2900 lOrgan 20 2230 2500 2 ich ch 7 1 72 Junt Juab Beaver r 1500 1500 Carbon Carbo 1100 1000 1000 22 Bevier Sevier ler 0 4 t Summit 12 v Millard 1550 lC 1550 O ashington J Iron ron SO SOO SOO Wayne i-Wayne San Juan HOO t Total Tue fhe lie ln folo following two statements arc are Hade ade to s show ow the value of or Inspection nd the tue ot of home grown rul f 4 During 1909 there was a total of oC 36 63 6 bushels of ot apples and pears In Inspected In- In d on the tho Salt Sail Lake ant market Theas The as tv was vas not rigidly enforced during hi his pcr period od yet ct It ll was WaH necessary to t mn i bushels bUiel while during Ho iu 10 there were 66 bushels Inspect Inspect- I tI t an but 40 lj ahel condemned In This l that the wormy worm apple can canA 0 0 from the tho market A i At Tremonton a u modern cider andI and andS I S ar with wih a capacity of 12 to tot tov v O 0 barrels t per day has been d anti put u Into operation This fac- fac ry r- handled pounds o of apra ap- ap ra des I making of oC sonio omu gallons Ppe PIlle e Juice About was paid by his company to the growers of lC Bear Dear IT cr r valley for apples t Ou Our are doing a si did work alon along the line lne of ot can- can Mi orchard product product- but IUt we need ii r kinds khu of or factories to handle and ak care of or the Increasing production product on f the orchards tin ThIs goes Kocs to ln Pr prove vc that the prod by-prod- ic Ch nr nr aro nut not ne neglected while Utah is IB Sinning running fame Came along grouter greater lines hines I home nurseries were snort l inthe in inthe Inthe the production of oC p peaches there being 8 less produced In nurseries than planted in orchards Utah nurseries have prepared to haidie handle hantle han han- business In the tho next die dle tle a tl lar larger er two years ear When the present planted area comes Into bearing the commercial output will viii willbe wil be ten times greater than it I now Is Taking into consideration that this Industry Is practically now new Its Is progress progress pros pros- ress res Is phenomenal and ant n a future awaits It that will wil make Utah known Imo n. not nol only onh the United States over but alt all allover al over over the civilized world be because ause fruit Is becoming ft a A not a luxury The organization of or the Utah state horticultural commission Is as follows Thomas Thoma Judd Judt president St. St Geor George e Dr E F D. D Ball Bal vice Ice president entomologist gist Utah experiment station staton IJ Logan an Professor ProCessor L. L D. D Batchelor horticulturist Utah experiment station Logan Loan William 1 Wil WIl- liam H Ii I Homer Jr Pleasant Grove GIo J. J Edward lam Taylor Talor secretary state horticultural horticultural hort- hort horti horti- cultural inspector Salt Sal Lake A. A Louise Louls eldred e. e clerk In char charge e of or office Salt Lake LaRe I nau and IDIO r p. p C C. C 0 r. r 0 I a I 0 in p pg 1 4 0 L g g 0 nM gj n F In Orchards if 1993 3 P HiO 91 U |