FEUIT GROWING FOR HOME USE TN THE GREAT PLAINS. 



Table I. — Records of temperature, frost, and precipitation at several points in the central 



and southern Great Plains. 



Frost. 



Ivocality. 



Garden City, Kans 

 Fort Collins, Colo.. 



Pueblo. Colo 



Hoehne, Colo 



Amarillo, Tex 



First kill- 

 ing in 

 autumn 

 (average). 



Oct. 4 

 Sept. 21 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 2 

 Nov. 7 



Last in i Earliest 



spring ; killing in 



(average). i autumn. 



Mav 2 



May 13 



Apr. 28 



May 10 



Apr. 12 



Sept. 7 

 ...do.... 

 Sept. 12 

 Sept. 13 

 Oct. 16 



Latest 

 in spring. 



Precipi- 

 tation, 

 annual. 



May 

 June 

 May 

 July 

 May 



Inches. 

 19.6 

 14.6 

 n.6 

 13.0 

 21.9 



a January, 1901. 



'' June, 1902. 



SITES FOR FRUIT PLANTATIONS. 



In the central and southern Cireat Phiins the sites for orchards and 

 Other fruit-producing plants should he selected as a rule with refer- 

 ence to the best supply of soil moisture. On some of the ranches, 

 especially the smaller ones, there is little or no clioice, as the conditions 

 are so nearly uniform. Convenience of location in such cases will 

 probably be the ruling factor. 



In many instances, however, the soil conditions with regard to 

 moisture can be taken into account. Streams of considerable size 

 pass through some of the ranches. The bottt)ni land adjacent to 

 such streams frequently has an underflow which can l)e reached by 

 the roots of fruit trees. Under such conditions trees often make a 

 remarkable growth. 



The water from small streams, even if they are dry a considerable 

 portion of the time, can often be utilized to good advantage for fruit 

 growing if the })lantations are located with reference to such sources 

 of supply. On many ranches that are not traversed by streams of 

 any description there is still some choice of site. Wherever a slight 

 elevation or slope occurs from which tiiere is surface drainage during 

 showers or more protracted rains, the area which receives the lun-oflF, 

 other things being equal, is a relatively favorable site for fruit growing. 

 This is because of the additional quantity of water that it receives. 



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