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

The fruit display is located in a
neatly designed 4OxsO II. wooden build
ina Immediately wes, OF the main struc.
ture. II is arranged into four
compartments suitably fenced for DIS.
playing fruits on inclined stands. there
Is "A fountain In the center, and there
are Inclined tables around the four sides
OF me building At present writing the
EXHIBITS are hardly half In place, but
exhibitors are hurrying up, and getting
their displays into position. AS IL looks
now the fruit exhibit ought to be very
complete; and gratifying feature is
that the exhibits show that growers
are putting their best foot forward I'm
the matter of showing products free
IRON the codling moth and other de-
structiVe insects, Just you note that
my apples are free from moth" is often
heard now by exhibitors. The super
visor OF this department is w. @.
Crasun, and he IL working with the
experience of many years to have his
department make creditabe display
Among the growers whose fruits are
already In place are, Mrs. V. c. Bailey
Of Wilford tCalder's Park. She has
some $50 varieties OF pickles catsup.
cherries, apricots. jams, jellies. with n
full line of small fruits. Mrs. Bailey
II an old exhibitor and her wares show
that she has profted by experience and
knows how TO make the most OF a limit.
ed space.
T.. Briggs OF Bountiful has filled I'D
his space with striking display OF over
20 different kinds of vegetables. cover.
Ing about everything grown In market
gardening. The exhibit shows intelll-
gent care and cultivation with graft
Tying results the egg plant, potatoes,
melons, caullflowers and tomatoes evil
dencing special care and attention. Mr..
Briggs shows nine varieties OF pota-
toes, some Of unusual size.
n, Il. 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 viii keep FOR nearly year with
out spelling. The peaches are of a re-
markably beautiful color.
Charles Singleton and T.. p, Gordon OF
Boxelder county exhibit 80 kinds of APP
pies, peaches, pears and pums The
peaches are OF the Alberta variety and
unusually large and heavy. S. W.
Cragun and Cragun Bros Of Weber
county make display OF Wlldred and
green gage plums, Their display IL
only partly In, and will look much bet
ter when complete
w. III. Miller OF Syracuse displays 16
varieties OF apples from trees he says
wore loaded down to the ground when
he picked them. Nh Miller "a proud
of his work
l.. Hemingway OF Granger Is a
heavy exhibitor, He shows 20 varieties
of apples, 10 OF pears three OF peaches
flve Of plums, and three OF prunes. The
apples Of special worth are the Bell
Flowers and Rhode Island Greetings
feature Of this exhibit IN 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
vautageous Il Is for growers to eXer-
else some care and intelligence In prop
er cultivation,
william fraack Of East Crescent
(Sandy) has three varieties OF hand
some peaches entirely clear OF insects.
lie feels repaid for his work In eNterm-
mating the pests,
Joseph Smith OF Draper has three va
rieties OF fnc pears and makes n cred
table display
T. II Walk Of Uulon has n promls-
ing exhibit Of peaches, pears, pums,
grapes and apples.