Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07

fUNE FOOD MD DRINK.
Perfect? No.
Near it? Think so.
Ncarest' Yes.
.SehiHing's Best baking
powder. d

bitter disappointment sure to follow,
give the prtinc Industry black eye.
which should be guarded against AZ
much as possible.
I'm plunH there has been n large
over-pfoduction In tho county. As there
is not local market enough for them
and they don't pay to dry or cvaporate,
large quantities have been allowed to
rot on and rndcr the trees. Two kinds
pay yot--the large early jackson" or
Jefferson" and the Pounds Seed
ling" Thsy average from 70 cents to
500 per buahoL other plums scarcely
pay for ralsors to haul to market
AS FOR cherries. We have very lim-
itcd hot ~ supply. and whore ground IA
suitable they pay better than any other
fruit. The most nuccesnful varieties
here are the BLACK Tartarlan.' Ma
poleon." and Early Richmond"
Prices range from TO Il cents per
pound. according to quality. There IL
room Tor large addition To- our cherry
stocks and much valuable land. All the
lower bench lands and the highest part
Of the Hat lands are suitable for cher
rica. especially where ground " fairly
good and surface water not too close
or we'll drained on.
Peaches do well In this county on all
the highest benches aud uplands, but
In the low bottom or clay lands are n
failure about three years out % four.
Tho fvc best paying varieties are the
iord.' "Eibetta" and Utah cling"
There IL n large amount Of reach trees
in Salt Lake county. one hnlf ~ them
Will never my. pnrtly on nccouut OF
ungultable and no account varieties
and morc largely because % being
planted where n pear orchard should
have been planted. and would have
pnld we'll. but where peaches are an
g.N as - lola. In la
planter ~ the cnusc OF failure.
"Apricota are more or less a failure.
and should not be encouraged 60 be
planted. except for variety In family
use
"ouincca come under tho same
head"
PLANTING OF TREES
The nursery business has been much
benefited by the horticultural law ana
the certificates enclosed, 10 De mem
toned hereafter. bear witneA thcfeup.
The call for trees To De planted mas
more than doubled since men nave
commenced TO take COURAGE 10 pant
trees again. believing the law VIII De
enforced nnd the insects ana pests kept
IN Hubjcction like In other states one
Nursery last spring rTnt out over
hundred thousand trees, and the DEW.
cry this fal run W 70 one huhdrch ana
twenty thouNunus NhlNh nhNt az Ny'h
Inspected ana certificates given Tor
clcanncsr for over eighty thousand OF
this delivery. Most OF the nurseries
have recognized the necessity OF the
law and have cndcavor"d 10 comply
with the same, especially 10 IN large
ones. and though some seventeen thou.
sand trcoH have been condemned ana
destroyed, and over one hundred thou
sand have bccn subjected 10 the 'al-
fornln or hydro-cyanic gaA treatment.
the losa and expense have been fully
compensated for by the extra demand
for trees which have INCREASED rapidly,
orders coming for car loads ahNtf east
a. Illinois, .n,,.n ,..,
only one fourth OF the seventeen
nurseries In Salt Lake county could
claim certificates for full aud complete
clean stock In 1891. but In iS9S three
fourthp can lay claim to such certifi-
Gates: also the fact that the disease of
peach mlldcw In Salt Lake nurseries
has been stamped out completely In
The short time 81 two years, and only
one nursery has now 10 be strictly
aunfuutined The law has shown itself
most effective aud beneficial In regard
20 the nurseries. more 20 than any