410 MINNESOTA STATE HOKTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



tract from the paper referred to containing in part an analysis of 

 them, which is submitted as a sort of suggestive guide to the fuller 

 study they certainly merit. 



i. Question: What is the best slope for an apple orchard? 



Answers: 



a. Northern or northeastern. 



b. East and north. 



c. North. 



d. North and east. 



e. Northerly. 



f. Northeast. 



g. Northeast. 



h. ist, northeast; 2d, northwest; 3d, on top of high rolling 

 ground. 



i. Northerly and northwesterly, 

 j. Northeast, 

 k. Northeast. 



1. Northeast, one foot descent to the rod. 



m. North — set an orchard for ourselves last spring on south 

 slope. 



n. Northern — for the reason that there is more moisture. 



0. Northeast, ist; north, 2d; east, 3d; southeast, 4th; south, 

 5th ; southwest, last and worst of all. 



p. Northeast. 



q. North or northeast. 



2. Question: From what direction should the orchard receive 

 protection ? 



Anszvers: 



a. Southwest. 



b. South and west. 



c. West. 



d. South and west. 



e. South and west. 



f. South and west. 



g. North and west. 



h. South and west, but far away to give good circulation of air. 



i. From the south and east and from the direction from which 

 the heavy winds come in the locality where the orchard is planted. 

 (Not too close a windbreak, so as to prevent good ventilation.) 



j. West and south. 



k. South and west, principally from south. 



1. From south and west, 

 m. South and west. 



n. From south and west, as the prevailing hot winds dry out 

 the ground and blow off the fruit, 

 o. South and southwest, 

 p. Southwest and west, 

 q. Direction of prevailing winds. 



3. Question: Best soil and subsoil for the orchard? 



