The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

sections or the state except in the
southern counties, where late spring
frosts destroyed much of the fruit and
almonds. Prices. however. have been
low for most fruit, and much OF it was
allowed to go to waste for want of or
ganized effort to ship to outside mar
kets or otherwise care for il. In sec
tons where there were shippers to
handle the fruit, and factories to take
care of the surplus. little was wasted
and fair prices ruled for all first-cIass
fruit
"A partial report of the exports of
fruits from a few of the leading ship
ping points will show the growing i'm
portance of this industry.
In 1904 Box Elder county sent out
1IS carloads of fruit, which Melted the
growers approximately $50 500. besides
large quantities sent out to nearby
markets by team. Weber county eN-
ported POI straight cars of fruit valued
al $125.000 besides filing large local or
ders and supplying twelve canning fac
tories with fruit sufficient to put up
$4,000 cases. or 500 tons of canned fruit.
The car shipments from Weber in
GUIDED six cars Of fresh grapes. prob
ably the first shipped out of the state.
Utah county sent out $50 cars of fruit
valued at $4,000. and supported one
cannery. Moab, in Grand county, cele-
brated for its fine fruit. and noted for
the enterprise of its fruit growers. sent
OF apples and pears. and by local eX-
press 1000 boxes Of summer fruits all
OF which had TO be hauled thirty-ffVe
miles by team over one of the hardest
roads in the state This little town
usually sends TO outside markets a like
or greater quantity of peaches and
other stone fruit, but the frost de-
stroyed this fruit sthis season.
notwithstanding the shortage of the
Irult crop in the greater part Of Wash
lngton county on account of late spring
1rOStS some fifty wagons have been en-
gagged throughout the season freighting
fruit to the surrounding mining camps
fruit being the chief revenue producer
or this county In other counties, not
ably Tooele, Box Elder, Weber, Davis.
Salt Lake, Utah. Emery, Grand. Wayne
and Garfield. the shipments of fruit by
wagon Will far exceed that sent out in
cars from railroad points
Extensive paintings OF new orchards
have been made in the past two years
in most of the fruit growing districts
OF the state Young orchards of large
areas are just coming into bearing. and
II is safe TO predict that the output
from the state will be quadruDIed in
the next five years Land in the north
middle section of the state. in the
counties Of Box Elder. Weber. Davis
Salt Lake and Utah, is becoming too
Naluab Die to produce hay. grain and
other low-priced farm crops profitably
Truck farming. sugar beet producing
and fruit growing are taking the place
of former crops. and the land made to
produce more valuable returns under
the intensive culture these better crops
require
Many old orchards which. through
neglect. have OutgTOWn their useful
ness, have been taken out. The CON
| Jnuance of the work of grubbing out
these old trees is essential to the sue
cess of orcharding in this state Old
neglected orchards DO more injury To
| the trult-groWing industry than any
other one thing, as nurseries and breed
ing places for COdling moth. woody
| aphis, san Jose scale, borers. blights
and other pests and diseases which
make fruit growing q continual war
lare in every section wherever these
old trees exist.
The horticultural law. together with
| the rules and regulations Of the state
board of horticulture formulated there
under, are low more generally observed
/ than heretofore by both uurSerymen
and fruit growers throughout the state
Those who realize the value of
healthy orchard and the commercial
worth of clean fruit need little urging
| to observe the regulations formulated
Tor the prOJesJiOn Of orchards against
| diseases and insect pests
| The raVages Of pear blight continue
II has already wrought the destruction
I
/ northern half Of the state. and many
/ others are doomed. Vigorous efforts
| are being made to eradicate the dis
| ease The only method OF checking its
! spread Is Yigilant watchcare and per
| SiStent cutting out and burning. and
/ no cure has been discovered.
! San Jose scale has been found i'm a
/ number OF orchards in the north end
/ OF the state, and measures have been
| taken TO destroy it wherever disc0v-
I cd he
! in this state, as elsewhere. has DEM
! oastrated that thorough winter spray
/ ing with the line, salt and sulphur So
| luton, now 50 we'll known. will keep
/ TINS pest IN check. Numbers Of trees
/ found to be badly infected have been
/ condemned and taken out and burned
Fruit Growers Association Needed.
That few farmer fruit growers are
! successful in the market end OF the
! fruit growing industry. however sue
! cesSful they may be in the growing of
| good fruit. Was evidenced by the gTeat
| waste Of good fruit which occurred in
nearly all Gruit-SroWing sections of the
state, in the season just past. The crop
| was noted as the largest ever grown
in the state, particularly of peaches.
! That which was sold returned in some
instances less than 90 per cent Of its
market value Fruit growing aSSOcia-
tons are among the most urgent needs
of the state. Only those growers who
| have business training and adaptable
| ity TO market their fruit to the best
| advantage are making a thoI ugh sue
| cess of this industry. other growers
| are handicapped and lose from % per
| cent to so per cent of the possible re-
! turns from their orchards every sea-
! son. Cooperative selling. under ef-
ficient business management. as praC-
( tiCed in the surrounding states, and in
eastern fruit growing centers. would
| enable all growers to realize 80 per cent
to 80 per cent of the net returns from
the sale of the products OF their or
chards. and none would be allowed &c
go TO waste. WiLh the advent OF bet
ter and more certain marketing IA
| cilities. orchard owners would be en-
Courag ed TO take better care OF their
| fruit plantations. and better fruit in
much greater quantities would be the
result.
Canning Factories.
Canneries are N successful operation
| in Box Elder, Weber. Morgan, Davis
and Utah counties, and have added
greatly 70 The wealth of the state anC
| increased the value of land on contig-
uOus farms, and should receive every
encourag cement from the fruit growers
of the state. The output of the twelve
canneries Of Weber county show the
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