The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-08
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TWELVE ACRES.
What Can be Done With It in Weber
County.

County.
Hundreds of people of Ogden do not
realize the material progress that has
been made in and about ogden in the
last few years. They measure the ad-
vance in prosperity by the number of
new business blocks that have been
erected or factories started. For such
there is an object lesson il d trip to
the northern limits of the city. where
the fruit orchards have developed in
the last few years. Land in the region
of Mound Fort has had much greater
increase in value than land in the cen
ter Of the city, ana this not because OF
increased population, but because of
scientific horticulture that is making
the land valuable.
Yesterday representatives OF The
Herald we're shown over the place of
J. l. Wilson on Twelfth street, which
illustrates what can and has been done
by fruit growers in the way of making
the place productive. From the streets
the places look about as they have for
many years, and the reason of this is
apparent when one goes from the front
to the rear of places like Mr.. WilSon's S.
In front are the trees planted perhaps
ten years ago. These are naturally the
largest and shut from view the younger
and more fruitful trees in the rear As
the industry became more and more
successful the orchards and vineyards
extended backward until nearly all the
available land is thus utilized. Mr.. Will
son has about L acres under cultiVa-
ton, and there one can see samples of
Utah's best apples, pears plums,
peaches, Strawberries. ounces and
grapes, While much of the ground is
given UP to choice vegetables, such as
celery, egg plants and the like.
GRAPE GROWING.
That grape growing can be very
profitable industry in Weber county
has been demonstrated by the horti
culturists of that locality and an i'm
portant fact in this connection is the
fact that the grapes are not irrigated.
Mr.. Wilson has some of the finest va
rieties of Tokays, Muscatels. Black
Prince, DelaWareS and Concords and
the vines have not been irrigated since
they We're planted. Fine exhibits of
this fruit were shown at the display in
the hail of relics
Strawberries in October are some
thing OF a novelty, yet one variety
the Jersey, cultivated extensively by
Mr.. Wilson, yields a heavy crop in
June and continues bearing until frost.
A considerable supply is now sent
daily to the markets of Ogden from
this locality, where they bring higher
prices than the very early fruits which
meets with California competition. On
the vines of Mr.. Wilson may now be
seen green and growing fruit. together
with ripe fruit and blossoms. The
greatest development of his model or
chard has been made in the past five
years, since which time he has turned
his whole attention to it.
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A very important fact to the fruit
growers Of Utah has been established
by Mr.. Wilson. in that native trees
yield better and are more hardy than
those from nurseries outside the state
The orchard is neatly arranged, each
variety Of fruit noted by metal tags
and the place has been visited by many
visitors Of note during the past sum
mer, who consider it's ARRANGEMENTS
for irrigation nearly perfect. Already
about $1,000 worth of products have
been marketed this season from those
u acres and the marketing will so on
till spring. at least in the case of celery
and winter fruits.
1t IS pleasant to note that this is
only one of several Illustrations Of
what can be done in Weber county
with 70 acres, as there are model
places in that immediate vicinity
among them being the orchard of a.
J. Stone, Andrew Wilson, Enoch Farr
and D. N. Moore.
Suggestive contrasts are furnished by
spaces of unimproved property lying
between the fruitful sections, spaces
owned, 70 doubt, by men in the city
who are shaving to get money to pay
the taxes thereon and who never think
of converting the property into pleas
ant homes and paying propositions