The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-14
FRUIT MEN TALK
ON LIVE TOPICS
Discuss irrigation and Proposed
Experimental Station.
APPLE AND PEAR GROWING
INTERESTING PAPER BY Z
HEMENWAY OF GRANGER.

mercil club discussed fruit growing, ir-
( rigation and the proposed horticultural
experimental station The latter topic
was carried over from the previous
+ meeting
President W. c Burgon made brief
! opening address, in which he said the
| society Was endeavOring TO interest the
/ schools Ia agriculture and horticulture,
and was working for the establishment
/ of an experimental station somewhere
IN the middle counties Of the state that
/ would make thorough test of the va
I IfouS kinds OF apples, pea ches. pears
! ana other fruits, and would determine
! the best soils and as far as possible
( ascertain the quantity Of water needed
LOT irrigation in the various localities
! IN the state where fruits are now
/ grown or may hereafter be grown. The
! society was also trying to exterminate
! the insect pests and to advance horti-
/ culture in general.
/ a ". Casey of the committee on ex-
! detrimental station reported that let
/ ters had been sent to nearly all the
] newspapers of the state requesting
/ them TO agitate the matter, aud some
had complied while others had done
3 nothing Letters had also been sent to
! the commissioners of several counties
/ asking them to aid in working up senti-
/ ment in favor Of the proposed station,
/ which would Tot duplicate the work Of
! the Logan station, but would be OPP
Grated on different lines, and some of
the commissioners had manifested great
! interest in the project.
AFTER a general discussion Of the mat
| Ter, II was decided that the legislature
must be appealed to for authority to es-
/ leblish and maintain the station. and
! that the question OF where 1t is to be
located should be held in allowance until
AFTER
enabling act and makes provision for
me purchase and equipment of suit
able tract Of land.
Talked on Irrigation.
Incident to this discussion there was
/ much tax upon the irrigation PROPOSE
/ tlon A F. DOremus, state engineer
was present, and gave the result Of his
observations and experiments. He was
convinced that there would be an abun-
dance OF water in all the streams Of
Utah for irrigation purposes If the
waste could be shut off. He had meas
eFed the Weber river for a year, and
found that its flow during that period
would cover all the land that could be
irrigated in the valley to a 7epth OF
lHlrteen 1eet He approved of the eX-
perlmental station project, and said it
would doubtless prove very beneficial
TO horticulturisJs. He thought the
FARMER and fruit grower should be en-
abied to learn how much water was
necessary to raise certain fruits. as
well as for the farmers to know how
much and what kind of fertilizers were
needed IN the raising of grain or hay
crops.
Mons Peterson of the state board of
horticulture said he was in favor of
the proposed experimental station. He
DeueFed the society was ptAsuinc. the
in t.
Kinds OF fruits and soils tested.
>. L. Perkes Of the Real Estate asso-
cation asked the society, upon behalf
Of the association. to make an exhibit
OF fruits and vegetables at Utahna.
PARK commencing Aug % to remain
curing the visit of the Knights Tenn
plar. He said prizes would De gwen
for the best exhibits. The society de-
clded the time was too short to ar
range for a creditable exhibit but /
adopted motion requesting the indi- /
Nidual members Of the society to make 7
exhibits.
Apple and Pear Growing.
/. Hemenway OF Granger read q "a
per on Apple and Pear Growing in 4
Otah, In which he gave the results of +
MS many years experiments. which 4
nave been crowned with success. He 1
said:
Ian Win us me GAlEndLe and its X
tensive irrigation system is traversed by 4
mountain ranges whose peaks are COW 4
cred with everlasting snow. Streams OF I
water rushing from these snow reser-
NoiFs 70 the valleys Below are filled with
iertilizing clements that have been burie,l /
IN the rocks for ages II is this detrit5:s
which makes the soil inexha1isstilge and
m fact, makes Utah the ideal land for
fruit growing.
The graveIly bench land near the mum I,
ta1ns Is admirably adapted for the rails
ing Of peaches, cherries and grapes
while the valleys with their rich deeper
soil and heavy clay subsOil are the nat
ural home for the apple and the pear.
Utah should by right lead the world in
the production of these fruits.
In this county we have our HorticuI-
tural club, whose members comprise some
of the most experienced hortfculturists
perhaps in the state. Tt has been our
aim to promote the fruit industry in
every possible way and in order that
branch of horticulture. To serve my mart
IN this purpose I have been requested to
give TO-DAY my experience in apple and
pear growing
Avoid Weeds.
J would first advise anyone who is
about 10 set out an apple orchard to Sc
lect a piece of ground free from weeds:
and with weeds 7 include grass. clover /
and lHcern- The difficulty of riddin-, ths !
land from weed seeds and roots after
]
tunes. After having selected the trees
tbudded and a year old preferred). they
should be planted about twenty-five feet
apart and cut back to about two and !
half feet from The ground. The follow
ing spring the trees should be pruned so !
as to leave three principal limbs or
branches, two Of which should he on the
side of the tree where the prevailing
winds strike These limbs should leave
the trunk at different distances from the |
ground, for If the forks are started op-
positc. one or the other branch is more
than likely 20 split down By eight Of
fruit or other cause in after years
think II preferable to plant in the orch
ard potatoes corn or some other clean 1
growing hOcd crop for the first three or
four years. providing YOU apply plenty Of
hHrnydru manure OF other good fertilizer.
10 offset what these crops may take from
the soil. If not fertilized, then clean cuI-
uVatiou Is necessary. After four years
nothing should be planted in the orchard
and substantially clean cultivation should
he the rule The advantage Of cropping
the land FOR the first three or four years
is IN not only obtaining q revenue but TO
keep the soil well stirred and the whole
surface wCn watcred and cared for. The
trees while young should be pFuned with
jufgneut 50 that in after years no heavy
limbs need be taken out 10 give tho fruit
the necessary light OF the sun. +
When Real Labor Begins.
The real labor commences when the
trees commence 10 bear II IS necessary
70 spray al least five times in the sea-
son The first spraying is done in late {
winter or very early spring before the
leaf buds begin to open. This is with the !
lime. salt and sulphur mixture Then
when the blossoms have fallen the first !
sffr1 wing with s1rzeuicalg IS done ND |