The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
KINDLY SOIL OF UTAH
MIXTURES EVERY FRUIT
Perfect Climate From North to South Makes
Horticulture Profitable.
Fruits Of Different Zones Grown Within Area Of the State from
the Hardy Apple to the Tropical Fig.

HTHEN the Lord created man. he
w placed him in a garden, and if
we are to believe the pages of
holy writ that garden was. to all in
tents and purposes, an orchard. Mans
punishment for disobedience was in the
tact of being driven from that garden
Ihus the progenitor of our race was
horticuhurist- To carry this. conceit
further, that portion of the earth which
Dy climate and soil is the best fitted
to produce fruit is the nearest TO
paradise.
II the foregoing is a fact, then Titan
STANDS IN fair position among all the
lands Of the earth. for the fertile val
!eys possess the soil, and the climate
Is such that all fruits which are ne
cullar TO the north temperate zone at
tain here d perfection Of flavor and
appearance rarely found in the most
favored lands in the same latitude.
Inc early pioneers of the state were
great tree planters. No one can mass
through our cities. towns and villages
without having this fact impressed
upon him A little over fifty years ago
me Valleys were treeless wastes, and
YET To-Day but few portions of the coun-
tIy can boast of so many beautiful
tree-shaded streets as can be found All
over Utah Not only were they tree
planters, but the pioneers were like
wise orchard planters; that they were
HoTIicuIturists is a question which will
ADMIT or doubt. In those DAYS. how
ever, fruit growing had not become the
scieIIce IL is today, and the young twigs
LOOK on so healthy and vigorous
CROWN, removed as they were from in
sect pests and other enemies, that il
appeared that planting was the only
care they needed, outside of a SUNNY
OF water from the irrigation bitches
When the trees began to bear. their
truitage was so copious that they
more than supplied the wants Of the
population, and so the second gener-
atlon was not brought up to the proper
care OF the orchard. So complete was
the isolation of the Utah orchards fron,
the rest Of the world for long years.
ana SO rarely did anything appear
" MhIch was inimical to the welfare Of
tne Irult, that they allowed a few of
me insect pests to gain a fOothold in
the state, unthinking Of the damage
done, until they saw their fruit dete-
in value merely from the want
or care. 1t was then that the State
horticultural society was formed and
campaign Of education started which
IN lew years has done much 70 brine
u industry to its proper standing in
the community.
Fight With Pest.
The chief damage done to Utah fruit
= que 70 the cooling moth. The action
OF TINS pest need not be described here |
Jul II Is estimated that at one time
LulIy tnree-quarters of the Utah fruit I
was auected by it. So great was its /
Expectations that at the reouest Of 4
the Horticultural society IT became the 1
suDJect OF legislative enactment. /
Dill was passed by the legislature and |
received executive sanction which bv
rs terms made spraying with some /
hsectclde obligatory upon all fruit
growers. It also established the Of
ice OF fruit tree inspector for every
county, whose duty it was to see that
ne Work Of spraying the trees was
properly done. Though absolute com
lhance with the letter and snIrit oP
ne law was difficult to enforce II is |
,stlmated that at least so De-. cent of
ne crop has been saved from the |
lction Of the pest. With this inn
'roVement it is evident that II is nos
lole TO control the pest, and greater
are should be used until it is aIto-
'ether stamped out. It may be said in
PASSING that this arch-enemy of the
-pple crop is only present in central
no nortn-central portions of the state.
n some Of the southern counties. no
doiy Garfield county, the codlfng moth
almost entirely unknown.
A list Of questions was made ont and
-sAed the leading nurseTymen Of the
tate concerning the presence of insert
nd other pests in the sections visited
~ their agents. From them it was
earned that the tent caterpillar. the
lorer the curculia, the blackknOtt and
ne curTant worm were entirely m
-noWn. and that the wOolly aphis. the
ear blight and the peach yellows.
while present in some sections, had
lever done any perceptible damage.
Ihe san Jose scale made its appear
nee in Weber county several years
go, but drastic measures were taken
nd for some time it has disappeared
ltOgether. II
Thus from the standpoint of the
astern horticulturist. who has been
bliged TO fight every known pest. Utah
hOuld be a paradise Of the fruit grow
ALI Fruits Possible.
Utah climate is so varied in its char
cter that all the fruits common to the {
Orth temperate zone and most Of those
t the semi tropics can be grown with :
reat success. In the northern coun-
les the hardy fruits of the Russian va
iety find a home that is congenfaI to I.
heir growth. In Cache and Rich coun- !
les such apples as the Ben Davis,
,Osbery Russell, Duchess of Olden-
erg. Rhode Island Greening, Mann
nd others mature and attain a flavor {
nd appearance which is all that can $
e desired, while pears of a like hardi- [
ess of the Keller. and pIums of a like S
haracter as the Weaver can be sue C
essfully grown. Small fruits are also )
reduced in abundance by giving them Z
rdinary care. In Weber, Salt Lake j
nd Utah counties and q portion of L
oX Elder county all varieties Of the Q
each, plum and apricot and some va
eties of grapes mature and are !
rOwn with great success. In these [
antral counties the soil and climate
lmbine to make them the natural z
ONE Of the pear Horticulturists who o
ave examined this portion of the state I
ave declared that in no other section a
E the continent, California not except {
]. can this fruit be produced of a quail il