Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-15
SPRAYING A SUCCESS.
WHEAT GROWING uNpRoriT-
ABLE.

WHEAT GROWING uNPROF1T-
ABLE.
The Utah agrlculturist. with his av-
crnRc farm OF twenty acres, which he
mus irriEate In order to bring ri m
competence. cannot possibly compete
prohtably with the great ten .thouHand
acre wheat aud corn farms ~ the Da-
kotas. Nebraska. Kansas and Iowa. but
he can cospeic. very successfully too,
with the California fruit grower. be.
cause he works under similar condi-
tiOns. Both have to irriEate. both aver
age small holdings Of land. Tho Utah
farmer cannot raise oranges. lemons.
olives. etc, but he can produce apples.
pears, peaches. plumH. pruncH, npricotn,
chetrles,and all the small fruits as sue.
cessfully as his ncighbors In the West,
" he VIII Try and n he viii make a
business Of Il ns the fruit growers are
Obliged To do In California. therr can
be no question Of his success.
a DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS.
Tho writer II not giving a haphnzard
opinion ON this matter. but N simply
stating few wacta which have been
demonstrated by the experience OF a
few widc-awake men In Utah who have
been working hard and saying nothing
about H." and who today are rcnplng
golden harvestH from their fruit farms
80 successful have some " these been
that Il was with difficulty that they
could be induced TO say anything about
their business, for fear that n II were
known how profitable their orchards
had been TO them. some OF their neigh.
borH would also start nm orchard. aud
have fruit To sell In competition with
them.
NOT An EXPERIMENT.
Frult.growlng In Utah IL not nm OK
pertinent except 20 those who have
never made any effort In that dlrcc-
ton. 4 few " this class We hope TO
convert 20 the fact that tho future
wealth Of Utah. In a great measure at
least, viii accrue from fruit culture.
when one acre of fruit can be made
10 yield u profit Of fioo 10 $500 over and
above all cNpcnHe. according 10 the ex-
perlence and ability % the producer
ana the nature ~ his crop, n u nlm-
ply folly To continue tn raise wheat
and potatoes. Land that viii produce
these prOftnbly wheru irrigation IN
available. viii grow the finest
orchards. ana II the same amount ~
work II put on the orchard that IL
usually devoted a. the cultivation ~
corn and potatoes. the profits viii be
ineomparably greatcr In favor of fruit.
MARKET DEMANDS.
The rapidly growing mining populn.
tiOn VIII supply "a ready market for all
the good fruit that can be grown here
for years TO come and NJ the supply
Increases beyond the demands ~ local
consumption. other avenues viii un-
doubtedly be opened NJ 10 probably
dispose of the surplus
VARIETIES OF FRUIT For UTAH.
A. to kinds ana varieties OF fruits
u plant, that are profitable IN Utah,
lr ltsH
cess. a striking unanimity OF opinion
N expressed among orchardistH and
nufaerymen, many ~ whom have test
ei most of the popular varieties Of
fruits. and recommend the sorts named
below, as the very best ~ their kind.
both for profit In the market and eS-
cellence for family use, Tue kinds
named under each variety VIII anord a
succession Of fruit all through the sea.
son, aud In the case OF apples some OF
the kinds named viii keep I'LL the next
seasons apple crop comes In. AL tho
trees and bushes here named can be
obtained from any OF the leading home
nurseries. and there Is no need TO send
east or west 10 obtain the best fruit
trees that will grow here. Many kinds
could be named under each variety.
but We name here only a limited num-
bers--the very best Of It's kind for this
locality.
or Apples-Por summer. plant the
Red AHtrnchan. yellow Transparent.
Early Harvest ana He'd June. for fall
apples. plant Chennngnu strawberry.
Duchess Gravensteln, Maiden Hush,
Porter. Twenty ounce. and B.eligheim
err for winter apples, plant Newiown
Pippin. Rhode Island Greening, White
Winter Pcarmain, Gano, baldwin,
Rome Beauty Jonathan. llnwles jan
ct, and Wine Sap and SAWYER.
The winter apples VIII awaya bring
the greatest profit and the apple or
chard should be made up mostly OF the
winter sorts. In western New York
the advice used 10 be. In plating
thousand trees plant nine hundred and
ninety-nine Baldwins and plant the
other tree a Baldwin also. While this
may have been too large a planting OF
one variety, II shows the hlgh esteem
In which this apple IL held as market
fruit; no variety yields larger crops, or
bears shipment better or II more at
tractive In color and size and shnpe
than the Baldwin. while not OF the
highest quality II N esteemed aA an
eating apple and for cooking
Plant In October or November, or
In spring.
or PeArs-Plant Tor n succession
wilder Early Tyson Bartlett CARRIER,
Seckel, Howell, Beurre Ester, Flemish
Henuty, sheldon. iieurre d'Anjoul MI.
Vernan tslalraeuu l.. Harry, Winter