Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-01
WITH THE FRUIT FOLKS,
horticultural Show viii Not all be
Placed Before this Evening.

The fruit display is located in a
neatly desighed 4OxSO H. wooden build
Ing Immediately west OF the main struc-
ture. II Is arranged into four
compartments suitably fenced for dis
playing fruits ON inclined stands, there
Is fountain In the center, ana there
are inclined tables around the four sldes
OF the building At present writing the
EXHIBITS are hardly half in place. but
eAhlpitofs are hurrying up, and getting
tneir displays into position AS II looks
now the fruit exhibit ought to be very
complete; and a gratifying feature is
that the exhibits show that growers
are putting their best foot forward In
the matter OF showing products free
from the codling moth and other de-
strnctiVe insects, Just you note that
my apples are free from MOTH Is often
heard now by exhibitors The super
visor Of this department is WI q.
Cragun, and he il working with the
experience of many years to have his
department make a creditable display.
Among the growers whose fruits are
already In place are Mrs. V. c. Bailey
of MILFORD (Calder's Parl). She has
some $50 varieties of pickles, catsup,
cherries, apricots. jams, jellies. with A
full line Of small fruits. Mrs. Bailey
Is an old exhibitor and her wares show
that she has prohted by experience and
knows how TO make the most Of limit
ed space
Il. Briggs of Bountiful has filled up
MS space with a striking display OF over
20 different kinds OF vegetables, cover.
Ing about everything grown In market
gardening The exhibit shows lntelll-
gent care and cultivation with graft
fying results, the egg plant, potatoes
melons, caulillowers and tomatoes evil
dencing special care and attention. Mr.
Briggs shows nine varieties Of potR-
toes. some Of unusual size.
n. Is Johnson OF Provo shows II
kinds OF apples and 10 kinds of pears
the Bartlett pears particularly being OF
the prize taking variety. and the apples
including remarkably fine specimens OF
the jonathan and Red Winter varieties
which Will keep for nearly a year with
out spelling. The peaches are Of re-
markedly beautiful color.
Charles Singleton and H. =. Gordon Of
Boxelder county exhibit 80 kinds OF APP
pies, peaches, pears and plums, The
peaches are OF the Alberta variety and
unusually large and heavy. S. w
Cragun and Cragun Bros OF Weber
county make a display OF Wlldred and
green gage plums Their display Us
only partly in and will look much bet
ter when complete.
w. II. Miller OF Syracuse displays 10
varieties Of apples from trees he says
were loaded down to the ground when
he picked them. Mr.. Miller Is proud
OF his work
l.. Hemingway OF Granger Is a
heavy exhibitor He shows 20 varieties
Of apples. 10 Of pears, three OF peaches,
1--WE OF plums, and three Of prunes The
apples Of special worth are the Bell
Flowers aud Rhode Island Greetings.
a feature OF this exhibit is the arch OF
apples from sprayed trees as well as APP
pies from trees that have not been
sprayed, showing the marked difference
between the two fruits and how adj
vantageous II Is FOR growers 70 excr-
else some care and intelligence IN prop
er cultivation,
william Kraack Of East Crescent
(Sandy) has three varieties OF hand :
some peachps entirely clear OF Insects.
tie feels repaid for his work In EXTERN
mating the pests
Joseph Smith OF Draper has three va
reties OF fine pears and makes n cred
table display.
T. H. Walk OF Uulon has a promis-
ing exhibit OF peaches, pears, plums,
grapes and apples