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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 
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 
