Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-23
UTAH TO The FRONT.
Her Fruits are UrsSCelled In any
Part Of tho County.
GRAPES InArmAvE NO SUPERIOR.
Another Evidence that Hortlcullurlsts
Have Not Yet Learned the Pos.
sibililies OF this Region.

The people OF Utah arc fully aware
that for delightful flavor Of fruits that
can be grown In the Territory the
home article cannot DO surpassed In
auy part Of the country. All impOf-
ta,iona are inferior when put side BY
eide with the ffesh picked local pro.
duclion. In peaches, pcars, apples,
plums, strawberries, rAspberrlcs aud
all fruits Of that class, consumers Of
experience uniformly seek fzt the
home article.
This point was commented upon by
a local fruit dealer today aB follows, Ia
response 10 an Inquiry on the subject;
otis just this way" said he. "You
noticed that gentleman who Just
bought few peaches for eating. We
know him ms a fruit connoisscur. lie
asked mo Tor Utah peaches. Just to
Try him 1 pointed out box OF CALI
iornia fruit that was larger aud seemed
TO lool, better than the Utah peaches |
had. lie told me he dld not want the
California fruit when he could get the
home grown. Tue Uiah peach has
n ten.iold better flavor than any
imported reach sou can find', said he.
IL N neither muHty nor stfiugy. When
you look nj II anu anticipate ricn
favor, you are not disappointed upon
testing II. And 10 Il Ia throughout the
list. People who know what fruit l.
only tAkr the imported article when
tho home fruit cannot be secured, ex-
cept Ia the cast Oi somi-tfopichl fruits
which cannot be successfully raised
here.D
That was the experience OF n man
who understood tue tuainess. There
II another suggestion In connection
with his remarks, and that Ia that sui.
iicient u clean Utah fruit cannot be
iounu In the city market by compArl.
son with the quantity Imported. The
reason for this Is that home fruit rails.
en- have not given sufficient care to
the orchard and the iruit gar
uen 10 bring the product up
10 Us Highest standard. Local
horoulturia,s do not yet know
now good ituiL or how much Of II
they eau produce from the tees aud
bushes they have growing.
UTAH GRAPES.
with thls ifuit IL has been the gen.
ufplly accepted idea that California "
| ahead Oi UtAh. That grapes OF very
fair quality can bo raised nero IL now
| vol knOwn, though the realization VI
that TACT has come ouly In the last few
| yohn.
But II IL n fact that In Sal. Lake
@ unity there eau be raised grapes
Vhich have no superior ON toe cont.
tinent, and alongside of which the
! California fruit goes Into tue shade,
both In size anu quality. This has
been fully demonstrated by young
| Utah farmer who has given his atten.
| ton 90 tho business with the most
| satisfactory results. lie IL j. NJ.
Fisher Jr., OF East Mil Creek.
lilo is proprietor OF what II known
as tbs Mountain Nursery, siK milus
southeast of this city, where ne raises
forest anu run trees Of the chOicer
vauvlitf. Three yolrs ago hb began
90 i've special attention, m connection
with his other bu moss, 10 the prllu1.
ton NJ the inner qualitiea OF grapes.
There were the harIy naive vlriBtluH,
tuch M Niagara, Salem aud White
Sw,etwater in the cultivation o..
which he was quite successful, rurn.
iug o. the Ch0icur kinds that give
California such preference over other
regions, us the Purple Damascus, Black
Hamburg Flame I0kay, LlscAt
OF Alexandra, ETC., lac gave those va
Tluiiu1 thorough tvsl, and achieved %
! triumph that WAS remarkable. Last
| yttr ho hHd q small uuLulity Of tho
letter kinds, and their size and quality
! showed thsi lac had solved tho problem
of faising grapes tngt were In no way
inferior toauy others in tho market
This year even better r'eulla have
been attained, and about a tJu Of the
luscious iIult hsu found its way into
tho natErt, AZ hTat glance ous who
h not acquainted with all thn facts
would NrlnOuuco the ifult 90
he tho choicest Varieties OF California
rfapes. Butitis not. 1t 10 UAh lTuiL
raised GA bunch land six miles nom
town. IN Bizs AMI quality there are
no be.ior gtapos brought 60 market,
ina MI tishor's experience fruit
fanUrs ia this lucglliy can learn 20
profitable lesson. IL would DO interest.
ing ior them u visit his place, whore
they might moro iully realize that tn,f
section of the Territory eau come 20
the mont us a graps-faising locality,
Too gpnt.uman has pursued methods
that older Ia some reHpecH from ghu
usual rules OF cultivation, anu these
anu hiB reasons therefor he expresses "A
willingness TO explain. His srapea are
planted IA alternate roWs vita the