The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-07
UTAH FRUIT RAISING.

Great good must necessarily come
| from the holding of such a horticultu-
raj convention as has just finished its
| labors In this city. The earnest efforts
of practical men TO put Embarrassing in
| Utah on a. higher plane than it has
| hitherto occupied Rro both commend
| able and promising in profitable re-
suits. The suggestion of President
Thomas Judd OF the State horticultural
board are those of knowledge and cX-
perience, His voice was for progress
and betterment. One OF the great af-
nictlons OF the State is the old, worm
out orchard. The trees In most of these
ancient orchards were never very good
and now that they are worn out and
serve chiefly as breeding places for an
army of pests and fruit it-dcstroyers. the
grave question that presents itself Is
how TO do away with those old or
chards. which are In effect public nui-
sances. without unduly invading private
property rights. He thinks that legis-
mends the problem To the earnest at
tention of all fruit growers.
Many valuable things were said by
those who submitted their views. The
consensus of 1t all was that Utah can
be made n great fruit-growing State,
by proper care. The tight against or
chard pests must be constant and ener-
getIc. There must be vigilant and in
telligent selection OF the best varieties
and care In suiting the fruit to the
soil. 1t is idle to put fruit trees In
damp, low ground that require good
drainage and clean. Gravely locations.
1t is useless to expect good results un-
less the best expert intelligence is ap-
piled from first TO last. and the most
dilisent attention applied to adapta-
tlons and quality
Then. when the best fruit Is raised,
1t must be marketed on honest and
business lines. The selections should
be even and not tumble of big and
little. ripe and green, sound and rotten
The shipper should take such pride in
his marketings that his brand on the
box would carry trusty notice TO the
buyer that everything is exactly In
that box as It purports to be.
Utah has a great diversity of soil
and climate These afford opportuni-
ties for wide and desirable choice OF
fruits. All fruits, from the hardest
apple to the succulent orange. can be
proftably grown In this State. But
there is the handicap OF the pest breed
ing nuisance of old and worm out or
chards to be eradicated. there is a
more thorough knowledge to be exer-
cised In getting and planting the trees
so that species and site and soil will
more perfectly combine TO effect the
best results: and there is a pride OF
honesty TO be inculcated that Will as
sure the buyer that he gets what ne
thinks he is buying.
Very large sums so out of Utah every
year for the purchase of fruit These
sums could be saved were the fruit
raised here; and experience demon
strates that In flavor as we'll as In
every desirable quality, Utah-raised
fruit is the superior of the imported 1t
is. therefore. a great practical oues-
tion for the illimitable advantage OF the
whole State that these practical men
arc bending their energies to solve And
in the solution of it they should nave
the support OF all the people and the
OF every aid that the public
can give.