The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-30
ORCHARD men
TO ORGANIZE
Salt Lake County Fruit Grow
ers Will Form Association
to Market Crops.
WILL BUILD BIG CANNERY
NEXT SEASONS CROP WILL NOT
BE WASTED.

Through the efforts of J. Edward
Taylor. secretary of the state board of
horticulture, a large number of fruit
growers in the southern and eastern
parts of Salt Lake county have deter
mined TO build fruit packing, canning
and evaporating plant, which will be
ready for operation by the time next
seasons fruit crop is ripening for the
market.
Secretary Taylor mas been working
with the fruit growers for several sea-
cons TO induce them to adopt "associa-
ton methods" in handling and market
ing their fruits. The first experiment in
this line was made by q number of
fruit growers this season, with such
satisfactory results that a fruit grow
ers' association may be formed before
next seasons crop is ready for market
The entire summer has been spent
by Secretary Taylor working with the
fruit raisers of Mill Creek and the east
ern end Of the county, endeavoring to
demonstrate the value of the methods
that are followed by the fruit growers
q California, Oregon and Colorado.
1T Is well known fact" he said
last night, that the majority of or
charda I'm this county are mixed IN the
varieties OF peaches which are raised,
and with but few exceptions not a
grower is able to market a car at a
time. The markets OF the world are
open TO Utah fruit, and 1t is only a
question OF getting the fruit properly
packed and in sufficient quantities to
make car lots, to take advantage of the
markets"
Secretary Taylor has been successful
in bringing the fruit growers to a real
ization of this condition and is getting
the growers together. AS a result Of
this work three full cars OF extra
choice peaches were loaded at Murray
and shipped to Stacey & Sons at Min
neapolis during the last week. The
fruit growers are beginning TO realize
from this small demonstration the
great possibilities o. this section as a
ch-growing section. Heretofore the
fruit has been sold on the Salt Lake
market and. I'm a season like the pres
ent one. when the crop IS abnormallv
large. the growers are confronted By
an overcrowded market. Figuring on
the prices received from the shipment
of three cars, there have been more
than $4,000 worth of peaches wasted in
this county this season.
The three-car shipment last week
was from the orchards of Sellers Broth
ers. II. J. Debenham. Frank Russell,
James Russell and the Mt. Olympus
ITull IdIf0s owned Dy A V. Taylor, in
the East Mill Creek district and the
farms of Joe Moss. Chris Peterson
Lars Larson and Milo Andrus of Holt
day district.
Strength in Union.
THE great advance made by the fruit
growers of southern California, and
their control of the market, have been
brought about by the California Citrus
Growers association, and similar or
Eanizations." said Secretary Taylor
The same may be said of the Grand
Junction and Hood river fruit growers
These associations are comprised of tho
fruit growers themselves. and they find
their market and attend to the pack
ing on a small commission basis The
commission charged is not more than
half that charged by regular commits
sion dealers.
These associations get crates and
cases in enormous quantities, and all
other materials needed in packing
fruits for market, at the lowest prices
at which they can be obtained In the
quantities in which they are hFught
The associations sell these supplies to
the farmers at a slight advance over
the original cost, and carry the farm
ors, when necessary, until the crop is
marketed
f. e. Merrill, the purchasing agent
who bought the Salt Lake county
peaches for the Minneapolis purchaser,
passed through a number of orchards
with me I'm this county recently, and
said that never before had he seen any
fruit that had better quality, flavor and
appearance and was freer from disease
than the fruit OF this county. Great
quantities Of this fruit were rotting on,
the ground
Tho fruit growers are awakening to
this waste and will be prepared by next
season to prepare their fruit for mar
let. That which cannot be sold fresh
VIII be canned or evaporated, and the
result will be that they wifi derive a
revenue from what has heretofore been
wasted.
Another thing the fruit growers are
looking into is the possibility of MAX
ing a marketable peach brandy from
their surplus crops"
NOT WORTHY OF NOTICE.
London Tattler)