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into bearing is not nearly so heavy as where the entire farm is set to 

 apple trees and clean tillage is practiced (fig. 5). If in the future 

 the marketing of apples in the western fruit districts can be made a 

 success in competition with the extensive orchards in the East, then 

 it would seem that these Utah growers have acted wisely in setting 

 a few acres of orchard, as it will help diversify their farm business. 

 Another fact in their favor is that most of the orchards are set to 

 strictly standard varieties. The local market for apples in this 

 region is not sufficient to warrant an acreage of any considerable size; 

 hence, eastern markets must be depended upon. 



PEACHES. 



The history of the peach industry in this region is an exceedingly 

 interesting one. In the vicinity of Provo several orchards were planted 





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Fig. 5.— Sugar beets growing in a young orchard. 



from six to eight years ago, or about the time that many of the large 

 peach districts were beginning to develop in other Western States; 

 but most of the peach orchards here are the result of an extensive 

 boom started about five or six years ago. In one district at least, 

 the big return in one year from a single acre of old trees, coupled 

 with the promotion scheme of a few growers, started a boom in 

 peach growing which resulted in many hundreds of acres being 

 planted in the two years following. 



At present there are many 4, 5, and 6 year old peach orchards in 

 this district. In the vicinity of Springville, at the mouth of one of 

 the small canyons, there is a large area which has been set almost 

 exclusively to peaches. Much of this area, which was originally 

 devoted to general farming, was bought at $75 to $150 an acre, 

 planted with peaches, and then valued in some cases at $300 to $400 



