Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

Kane, Garfield Wayne and Washing
ton. Dixie raisins. especially could be
made to return to Washington county
alone the neat sum Of 100000 a year.
to soy nothing OF other fruits for
which that section is particularly fit
ted for growing.
Like beet growing in the sugar fac
tory sections Of this and neighboring
states. the growing and cooperating
of fruit In a commercial way Will fur
nish employment for all the members
Of the family. in time too, for the
most part, when the children are not
in school. This industry can be made
as profitable In tho remote sections Of
the state already named as Is the beet
growing industry In the northern Sec
ton.
So great has been the seasons fruit
crop in some sections of the state that
thousands Of bushels of the choicest
product of the orchard was allowed to
go to waste Tor want Of some means to
care for it. This is nearly becoming
an annual occurrence, and something
/ should certainly be done in every COM
munity to care for this fruit and stop
it's wanton waste. This can be done
! by the farmers putting in home cam
| ming outfits or by drying the fruit and
| putting It up In the style demanded
| by the trade.
In New York state the best apples
are b. led and sold direct from the
! orcha windfalls. culls and wormy
fruit are sold to the large evaporat-
ing plants, which put up everything
which will pass inspection in dried
fruits, while the trimmings, worms.
parings, etc. are sent to the cider
mills and Jelly factories
CULTIVATION VS.. IRRIGATION.
DR.. Sumner Gleason of Kaysville,
Davis county, has made "A study OF
Utah horticultural conditions, with a
view to determine the relative import
ance Of irrigation and cultivation as
they relate TO fruit production, He
has tried all methods from Intensive
cultivation without irrigation ta CO.
pious lrrigations without cultivation,
and has come to the conclusion that
fruit trees do better with no water
whatever (other than the natural
rainfalD when cultivated thoroughly,
than they do when watered freely with
little or no cultivation. Mr.. Gleason
is at present conducting four acre
intensely cultivated orchard and nurs-
cry combined, growing nursery stock
between the orchard rows His g.
year-old orchard. intensely cultivated.
| but grown with little irrigation water.
part of which is illustrated on this
| page, Is in a most thifty condition,
comparing favorably with orchards
irrigated every week or 10 days. He Is
experimenting With 1a5 varieties OF
fruits His orchard is irrigated but
two or three times annually, The
first water is applied about .Ac middle
OF July. by which time the winter
Moisture is about exhausted He waters
again a month later, with a third
irrigation for late fruit. As soon as
possible after watering the irrgating
burrows are Allied In with the cutiva-
tor to prevent evaporation. Cultiva-
ton In the spring begins as soon as
the ground can be handled without
pudding, and is continued every 10
days until the fruit weighs the branch
es down TO the ground This treat
ment causes the roots to penetrate
deeper In their search for moisture,
finding also more plant food. When
frequent surface irrigation Is prac-
tised the roots form a network near
tho surface and soon dry out IN times
Of drouth, whereas the deep rooted
trees will pull through an ordinary
drouth.
As shown in the Illustration. Dr.
Gleason believes In starting his orch
ard close To the ground and keeping
the trees low. The head IS started
kept under eight feet high by careful
pruning, This greatly lessons the la
Dor Of gathering the fruit. all Of
which can be picked without the uSs
of ladders. Another equary or PEI
haps more important advantage Is
that the winds win have very little ef-
feet upon low tree properly pruned.
The recent gale that visited Davis
county did little or no damage IN
Or. Gleason's orchard except TO one
tree, which had been allowed 10 grow
tall, without much pruning. it was
literally torn to pieces by the wind.
Dr. Gleason is also Interested in
the propagation OF new fruits, lie
has now under trial a very promising
new peach, tho Early Elberta,' It Is
a seeding Of the famous queen 9f the
market" but one week earlier in
ripening. II is similar In form OF tree
and size of fruit to It's parent, but
has finer grain. higher color, smooth
err skin and better flavor. Specimens
We're sent to J. II. Hale the noted
peach grower OF Connecticut and
Georgia, who pronounced Its quality
the very best.