The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
. ,sroN. arc D. C.. May Tine
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D roN. Irs D. C.. May THE
w TO date. has invested
e az 400 IN plant lntT9dues10Hs n,Is nsW Hese-
w v in seek!ns our new rIe,,s
s,s NJ" cereals. etc. t, Ia thei1
l,Is' world. and starting & 'ne,r
me oup own country. me an.
1n ~ .,g1rusady ,gu derived by US from s,o
<oue e. ,hese is well over w.
'fF o. he enterprise may DC
p tnes nes,ved fairly profitable. ~
ave p,n,,,oh help from prlvate
&|Std imnvnrthy among whom is
I|s no.e of Chicago, a man OF
Eeln5vrr Eel.ure who has made jour
ND c1, cpes remote corners or the
lhe mJs mo- n useful plants. on
d fenrch -,os he was accompanied
"a @F Fairchlld, who rs sYos;on nov Gh'H, IN
,'ssIor of plant lntroouc''oi ii'
rent O! agriculture, ,v
asss In question is IN many To re-
1rsedInsIy picturesque; l sM ne
:zcegh ::9,s greach washington from an
En!cn r,obe. are sometimes trees
me s'ore u,ore often they take the
nu. Ihundles of sticks. which
NV. resdy for use In graft,
<Fooo. he wrapped with waXed
NJ may ,noisiure, and done UP
h fetaipu ~ fhe case OF grating
Is OK In Tin tubes, each stick
Irrlosgo snds with wax to prevent
''Ion and thus keep Inc O''as
/. snsos It was that MI. Fairehild Slxand
eSnajn. not long ago. oudwooo
~ Ian almond. which. gra1,eo IN
!oFush;,d Fh;ds fair 10 produce all the
~, o'I wani OF that variety, so
sa by confectioners. so that
he obliged to import them
no' iSewise dates. for Arizona,
Ion gulf and Saharan oases,
krhIa n new alfalfa, which has
~ heavily by 90 per cent In
IaoS saS southwest than anyNother
Planters are asking LOT seeo III
+ ] Never who recently returned
trse years trip through Korea
.tsrn & china, In search OF cold
rsrs and grasses, has just been
s.sin TO wander through lit
sarts of Asia, including
q snd pick UP what he can in
y now and valuable plants. HIS
~ Vas the most profitable ever
3 snv AGRICULTURAL explorer. re"
4 Aid In the discovery and Sc
f, h"ndreds of hitherts unfamiliar
Including a cabbage that
-nrty pounds and a raoish as Dis
las head.
pesches Weighing Pound,
IA and vegetables we are accus-
4 associate bigness with coarse
A, ihIs cabbage Is almost devoid
llonable odor when cooked. Like
Seye nothing superior In texture
a The huge peaches. weighing a
|slecs. which Mr., Meyer dlscov-
IN proyince Of Shantung. OBJ !
La budwood surreptitiously from
mn priest, who yielded 20 the
|ob of 81. cash In hand.
|1ysn with half dozen China
ie'J transport his supplies and
h he might c1s!ect In the way
1aterIal., 3ournsyed through re-
~ previously visited by a white
|Ie travelled over 1000 miles on
el the most important part Of his
zas 70 visit las Is the custom Of
.-ai eyplorersI the market towns,
mine such fruits vegetables or
ducts OF the soil as might seem
|nmlIiar and OF special desira BILE
|ze. the agricultural products OF
Met are sure 10 be found for
ks market towns. wbAre they are
"a eonyeniently for inspection.
lkes the work Of tha explorers
|der, because they are thus en-
1&ly TO pass In review all the
., fruits, etc. grown In the re-
3 to pick up what seems New and
|1r excellence. Necessa rily. II is
J ID along while that an entire ]
md Of fruit or vegeta BILE turns
q The explorers are looking for
|Ior varieties Of plants already
"a for example. In the case Of
: peach above mentioned
NJ, Meyer came across the
4 q market In Shantung. the next
Eng to ascertain where II was
Ihis Was quickly learned, also
nat 100000 Of these peaches
1gted annually to the court at
Il y. In truth, a royal peach
prthy TO be eaten by the en-
8 dh household. Next was the
q cbtaining a few sticks of tho
f1dRood, which. when II had
FHHaed from the Buddhist priest
rauDer described. was suitably
snd shipped to Washington. We
rowing those peaches in this
pHore long, and doubtless they
, pretty price.
HsW Sorghum Came.
nays important. when new va
useful plants are found. to
Y now they are grown and har-
~ hoW the products are stored.
y. nave an obvious bearing up
~ OF success with the crop,
y may be. Accordingly, copious
,uch points are made, and the
@ought Into reQuisition to help
loimatlona data In a pictorial
q pants are introduced through
n o. seeds. Thus It was with
le, fetched from China, which,
nave had !t only a few wears
Y Torth to us $4,000. 900 per