| Show PRUNE PACKING IN EPHRAIM IN THE EARLY 1900 Agnes Anderson 347 South 2nd East Ephraim UT 84627 Senior Citizen Division Second Place Personal Recollection Whenwesyoung child helped my father plant an orchard We spent many days planting He dug the holes and Placed the tender slips in each hole very carefully so as not to disturb their roots would hold each slip while he tamped the dirt around it and st the same time sight it to see 1f Lt was straight with the world When we were finished there were one thousand prune trees standing in stralzht rows every way you looked east west north and south and disgonally both ways This orchard was located in the foothills of Willow it would be protected from southeast Creek Canyon the frost of Ephraim where father Utah said The trees then received tender loving care being watersd and cultivated As they grew larger they were pruned to keep them from growing too tall so the fruit could be picked when standing on the grow When the trees started to yield frult father pickedpan full and brought them to mother sayirg Cook them and let us see how they taste They were freestones and easily prepared When we saw the rich red juice oozing from the fruit seasoned with1ittle sugar it wasdelight to our syes as well as our taste buds We knew they were the real Italian Prunes After several years when the trees all began to yield it was September andbusy time in Ephraim Everyone who wanted employment was hired by father because he nesded pickers packers haulsrs and carpenters The pickers were usually young men who were taken to the fam In the morning and withbucket or canvas bag tled in fromt of them plcked utt and poured it into boxes to be hauled to town The hau were men or boys who were fortunate emough to haveteam of horses andwagon -126 |
