The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-15
THE BIG PEACH CROP.

It is exceedingly gratifying to read
the accounts of the splendid prospects
of the peach crop in Utah. This crop
is no longer reckoncd here by bushels,
boxes, or yields Of trees, but by car
loads. 4 thousand carloads of peaches
viii he shipped out of the State, is the
estimate of Mr.. Roylance of Provo,
who is engaged directly in the fruit
business, who keeps a good account of
what is going on, and always knows
as well as anybody what the prospects
are and what the yield is likely to be.
The fruit yield in Utah is increas
ing enormously year by year, especial
ly tho yield of peaches Better varie.
ties, better care of The orchards, bet
ter methods of picking, packing, and
that Utah peaches arc of better flavor
than any other peaches in the world,
all combine to make tho demand for
Utah peaches in the Eastern markets
very great and very keen. Our climate
and soil seem specially ADAPTED TO
peach raising, and undoubtedly this
Will he one Of the greatest industries
of the State eventually, and indeed 1T
is fast becoming so now.
The shipments of apples are rcckoned
as not likely to be as great as the ship
meuts Of peaches; and yet, Utah apples
are really of excclling flavor, and no
place in the world can raise better ap.
pies, or more Of them per tree, than
there has come to be determination
TO destroy the orchard pests, and TO
prevent the selling or shipment of
wormy apples. Great attention is paid
by the inspectors to the apple mar
ketings, and we believe that the Utah
apples can now in the main be depend
ed upon TO be absolutely wholesome and
sound, while their flavor cannot be cx-
celled in any country.
The pear crop in Utah ought also to
be very great IN volume and very high
in quality, There have been greater
ravages in the pear trees, however, by
blight and other troubles, than among
any other fruit trees. The pear blight
is exceedingly difficult to cope with
but with care it can be cradicated and
other pests also eXterminated. We be
Iicve that within few years the pear
yield of Utah will be very high, both
IN quantity and quality, and that ship
ments will he as eagerly called for IN
pears as they now are In peaches; and
that Utah apples also Will establish
themselves in the favor of the world
of orchard pests is complete.
The minor fruits, as apricots, nee
tarincs, plums, and prunes, are alsc
coming to the front in good form. Thl
apricots especially, with selected sites
and with chosen varieties. ought to bC
an important crop yield of Utah, and
should afford ample yield for hundreds
Of car shipments.
The situation of Utah, from the TEN
| perate and fertile Cache Valley al
down the succession of valleys to the
Dixie country. offers every variety Of
soil, of situation, of climate, of mois
ture, Of elevation, and of temperature
to permit of the best results in every
line of fruit growing, tropical fruit:
excepted: and as the Utah fruit-grow
ers become more skilled in placingitheil
trees, in adapting varieties to spccia
soils and situations. we shall expect to
see Utah lead the market III all these
forms Of fruits, and TO see the Utah
fruit crops taken by eager buyers be
fore the fruit Of any other place comes
into demand
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