Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-07
HORTluuLTURE IN UTAH.
An Extensive Nursery OF Fruit, shade
and Ornamental Tree Stocks.

The Pioneer Nurseries, were origin
ally established by Mr.. Thomas ii.
Woodbury. as far back ~ 1850, tirst In
Salt Lake City and afterwards In
Farmers' ward. In the latter
place It consisted OF ten acres.
In 1890 the firm Of NJ. L. Cal
lahan 4 Co. purchased the stock,
plants and good will OF the nurseries
from Mr.. Woodbury., and at once set
about cnlarglug and extending the
industry. Fiity acres Of land were
procured In what was formerly known
as the Holiday burgh, on the south
side Of the Big Cottonwood road, be.
tween Bishop Brinton's residence and
MIR. Nielson's store, and almost In
front OF the new La,tor.day SaintS
meeting house. The location Ia about
nine miles from the Temple bloch In
this city.
Tho new Pioneer Nurseries now
comprise abou, 80 acres all under cul'
tiyation. There are In one block twelve
acroa Of seedlings, and adjoining IN n
block OF eight acres In apple auu pear
gratis. Aside from these blocks there
are 10, 900 two year old apple plants,
and - 900 apple stocks TO bud this
year. There are In all, II IN estimated,
about =, 100000 apple stocks OF all sizes
There are 10000 two year old peal
plants, principally Of the Bartlett vari'
ETY., OF which specially Ia made,
There are also 10000 pear gratis put
out this spring, 10000 peas stocks T.
bud this year, ana $4,000 yearling peal
There are $4,000 ounce plants,
principally Of the Mech, Champion
nud orange varieties. There are alst
"a, 900 prune stocks to bud this year, d
the French, Italian, Hungarian, Ger
man aud Silver varieties. In addition
there are 80, 600 ono aud two year pfun'
trees, including all the grades already
mentioned.
IN cherries there are $4,000 one anC
two wear trees, comprising the Blncl
Tattarian, Royal Annie, Governo
Wood and Centennial varieties
There are also about $4,000 yeatllni
cherry stocks, including the varictle
already mentioned. There are In al
the fruit varieties outside Of apple
about 100000 trees, grated and bud
ded. There II u three-acfe block OF on,
anu two year peach trees, Of the hes
kinds.
In small fruits there il a full line II
nil kinds, including grapes, gooseboi
RES, currants, blacEbrrries, raspbei
riea, Strawberries, dewbeTies, pie
plant, md 40 forth.
Iu shade tree supplies, the stock
include maple, walnut, catAlpa, box
, elder, mulberry, English aud Scotc
elns, ash, Lombardy and yellow popla
etc. There Ia also full line In Orr'
mental trsvs and shsut., inciudin
! roses, climbing plants, etc.
: Callahan & Co. are now the large
wholesale and retail nursery ownel
: and operators In this entire Int
I mountain region. They are thoroug
9 experts In horticulture, and are perfrc
J ~ convorsant with all the details
handling, shipping, packing anu trea
ing young trees OF all kinds.
/, rhe land Of the nsw nurseries " TIL
which IL characteristic OF the ordinar
farm, rendering the etocks well adapts
for trnnsplanting In any soil. Asit
from this, the stocks being nil HON
grown, there ~ far less danger OF iai
u uro la transplsntiHg than there wou
be from imported stock.
Ono half mile south Of the Plouel
=, Nurseries, there are 10 acres mo
y owned by the same firm also Ia
- out In different varieties OF fruit, sha,
!. ana ornamental stocks. Further SOU
a II n plot OF acres which Ia used
a the way Of experimenting In orcha
- work. II II the desire OF this firm
extend and perfect their nurse
grounds no that the entire demands
d the home market can DO met wi
home grown stocks. With this vie
" further improvements are confer
plated and the requirements Of 4
VI whci. intermountain region W
eventually be met from this loca lty.