The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

all have splendid shipping facilities by
rail-
Remoteness from market and the
long haul necessary to reach the rail-
road are deterrent factors to CONNER
cial fruit growing in Kane, Garfield
and Wayne counties, though. the soil
and other conditions are most favor
able and fancy fruit is produced. Gar
field farmers have. set out 800 acres in
fruit and make it pay, despite the re-
mote market. Dried and cured fruits
could be produced very advantageous
ly in these far-off counties. If first
class article is produced, transporta-
ton will cut but little figure in this
branch OF the industry.
Emery gives every promise OF be-
coming a great fruit-growing. county.
1t has a splendid market in the coal
mining camps Of Carbon, and the in
dustry pays Well Nearly a thousand
acres are already planted to fruit. A
large plateau Of choice fruit land on
the east border Of the county, near
Green River station, gives promise of
soon becoming one of the finest fruit
growing districts Of the state. The
soil and climate are all that could be
desired, with plenty of water and the
Rio Grande Western railway passes
through the country.
Grand county has a little under 800
acres in fruit trees. over 200 of which
are in Moab. Among the leading fruit
growers are o. w Warner and J. p.
Miller. Moab shows more enterprise
IN this industry than any other section
Of the state. Though having to travel
thirty-five miles to the nearest rail-
road shipping point, over very
rough mountain road. some thirty-Hve
10 7fty carloads are shipped annually,
despite these drawbacks. This year
the crop was light, owing to late spring
frosts. and only twenty-seven cars
were shipped. The fruit is well grad
ed packed and neatly labeled for out
side markets. much of it being shipped
TO Salt Lake City and Denver. An
evaporating plant would pay here
handsomely. as the fruit is unexcelled
in the entire country.
They tell a story good enough to be
true on one of Moab's fruit growers,
which illustrates the wiles of the typ
zeal western boomer. When. some
years ago, Grand Junction was work
ing up a great boom and inviting peo-
pie from afar 10 come and see her
wonderful resources, II was deemed
necessary to have a fruit display. But
fruit. one Of the promoters. knowing
Of Moab's fame for fine fruit, hied him
self over the mountains to that little
burg and bought up all the fine fruit
in sight The output OF one orchard
was taken entire. that of Moab's pio-
neer fruit grower. o. w. Warner; the
| promoter also took the veteran along
TO talk up the fruit. promising TO pay
him we'll for his aid in booming Grand
| Junction, as the fruit was TO be
palmed off on the confiding visitors as
western Colorado fruit. Everything
went we'll for a while. until the old
gentlemans loyalty asserted itself. and
| he gave the whole scheme away by
| telling the visitors that he grew the
| fruit himself over in Utah.
Uintah county produces some of the
| finest favored and colored apples in
| the west. Other fruits also flourish
| there, and as soon as shipping facil-
| tiles are afforded. fruit growing will be
greatly extended. Already some 800
acres are planted to fruits and the
| acreage is increasing annually.
Fruit In the Sunny South.
Washington county is noted for fits
mild, salubrious climate and is usually
| referred TO as ''Utah's Dixie Semi
/ tropical fruits thrive with the iuxur-