. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . nates are suc-cessfully grown. Grape culture is in its infancy, and most of the vineyards are inDixie, where grapes are grown in profusion, and where the winemade is famous for its flavor and insidiousness. It is said a wine-glass of it will make a man, temporarily at least, the owner of awhole town. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, and gooseber-ries grow everywhere in the state. Flavor and size are found to-gether in all of the Utah fruits. The Utah peach is deserving ofspecial mention
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . nates are suc-cessfully grown. Grape culture is in its infancy, and most of the vineyards are inDixie, where grapes are grown in profusion, and where the winemade is famous for its flavor and insidiousness. It is said a wine-glass of it will make a man, temporarily at least, the owner of awhole town. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, and gooseber-ries grow everywhere in the state. Flavor and size are found to-gether in all of the Utah fruits. The Utah peach is deserving ofspecial mention, and has long had a reputation beyond the great size and delicate flavor of this product is attributed byhorticulturists to the influence of the Great Salt Lake upon climaticconditions. Wherever the air carries an element of salt, and near-b) large bodies of water, the peach seems best to thrive. For onehundred miles about the Great Salt Lake, the air is soft and faintlysaline. Within this area peaches are grown which would easilycarry off the prizes in any competition. ■I. c Cilv uf OKelcii. A GLIMPSE 0 F UTAH page thirty Q Under the watchful care of a state board of horticulture, fruitgrowing in Utah is becoming a most profitable occupation. Bymany, it is carried on exclusively, and at Brigham City the annualshipments of strawberries and tree fruits aggregate many thousandcrates. The laws of Utah favor horticulture, and the spraying of treesand vines for the destruction of pests is made compulsory. Thestate may under these favorable conditions, look confidentlyto the future for large revenue returns from fruit growing. Here-tofore the business has been largely in the hands of the farmers;but it is now being taken up as a distinct occupation, and thou-sands of acres are being planted in apple, peach, prune and plumtrees. There are great opportunities in Utah awaiting the horti-culturist, and if the writer mistakes not, they will soon be seizedupon, and the occupat
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