| Show SECOND PLACE HISTORICAL ESSAY THE CHESTER PEA VINERY Shirley 9285 Reynolds South Tortelline Sandy The funny-looking the corner west to and quite pea vinery of Beck Wales It open lane Drive 84093 or and so it seemed the Chester small square It built building Peas grew well in the number of the farmers grew brought to the vinery each canning factory in Ephraim to Utah barn was Burnside was stood road red in on that ran well-built 1924 and was cool Sanpete climate large peas and large crops were year The peas were sent toto be canned Clyde Hollenbeck ran the vinery and used power the machinery The vinery separated his the tractor peas from over them the vines shelled and sorted them by conveyancemetal plate with different size holes that dropped into wooden boxes with heavy wire mesh bottoms The open bottom pea boxes harvest helped lasted keep about two them to cool four and weeks fresh and operated 24 hours as needed to accomodate the Peas shell and keep better when they re cool farmers came Peas could at and not be was young the vinery night vines are piled man on with high he heavy on and crush wagon taken When his father On the hard before way car The driver he hit and us crop pulled It was after midnight when he got brakes tells they Reynolds pea through and started home wagon fortunately not too model-T saw the wagon just Dad so Elmo together lived vinery farmers so many easily hooked We the crops wagons team of horses three had their The south that of the the pea steady vinery noisy on thump by hit the end of the put on the Beckof to the lane tractor motor and the machinery could be heard at our house It was exciting when the peas were ready in the field and the quiet building came to life forshort time The farmers came with their wagon loads 36 of peas on the vines |
