The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-07
UTAH H0RTICUL-
TURAL EXHIBIT
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ready sale i'm Salt Lake at fancy prices.
James King of East Mill Greek. this
county. exhibits, In addition TO his fresh
fruit display, one of the most attractive
displays of dried and evaporated fruit
ever shown IN the state. winning first
prizes on everything shown The dis
play Is made up of laCe-lined boxes of
dried apples, peaches, pears apricOts,
plums, cherries. grapes. raSpbeTTies. I'm
many varieties of each fruit named. The
fruit is fully as attractive and of a.
good quality as anything ever imported
i'm the state and shows what can he
done by the resOurceful grower with his
surplus fruits.
The orchards OF r. l.. Fishburu K Sons
Of Brigham City Will add To the repu-
tatiOu of that burg as the pcachgrOwing
center Of the state.
The vegetable disulay SURPRISES in
quantity and quality all previous exhib-
its. The principal exhibitors are Louis
faytcr of WiudCr ward. this county. o.
G.. Porter 3 Sons of PortcryiUo f.
Briggs of BountiIul and y =. Holm OF
Salt Lake. each contributing several
of produce. Ii would take a
column 70 elaumerdle.
Every body misses the genial cOuntc-
nance Of Thomas r.. Judd and notes the
absence OF the semi-tropical display Of
Dixie fruits. which has been marked
feature of the state fairs for so many
n
being made up a severe storm passed
over the county and spoiled tine fruit
being saved for the fair and the exhibit
had TO be abandoned at the last minute.
This was intended TO be the largest ever
sent up from Dixie
Exhibits Of College.
The Utah Agricultural experiment sta
IiOE has the happy faculty of not only
making an artistic and attractive display
)ut of imparung practical lessons i'm every
part of the exhibit. y part that attracts
attention is the entomology
al display made by Professor f.. ID. Ball
showing the depredatOry insects that keep
the farmer rustling 10 keep ahead of
them. The life history of the graSSbOp-
Ders and crickets is Illustrated. and hop
per traps, and other cOntriyanccs
for combating the pest are shown. Corn
and cabbage worms ChiuCh bugs. beetles
and other Injurious insects. including the
sugar beet fly are shown IN their various
stages from the egg to the moth and
alongside of the insects are given means
when knOwn-fOr combating them
Among Professor Balls exhibits is a
collection OF apples attention to which
Is called by the legend Does Spraying
pay?' This unique exhibit has attracted
attention from fruit grow
srs. as u gives practical demonstration
u the value OF spraying 10 combat The
Odlng moth larvae. There are three piles
81 Ben Davis apples taken from ava aver
age apple tree of an orchard SPRAYED bv
the station this year The orchard was
sprayed twice, once just after the bios
SONS fell and again TWO weeks later. The
spraying was done from above down. us
ing Paris green. one pound TO TO gallons
lf water The apples were picked Sept
30 there being 2349 sound fruits ana
-Wenty-eight WOrmy specimens. WinGfglls
from July I TO Sept. 20, sound specimens.
'I8; worny, three, 20 per cent being sound.
The spraying cost Z cents per tree. Even
The most skeDtical viii find il hard To
account for these results other than that
spraying VIII keep worms In check. Ap-
ples are shown from au.t her Logan or
hard sprayed b. the station force and
grown by l.. II. Hatch, fine specimens OF
pewauke. white Pearmdin and Wolf river
an free from worms.