42 THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



as to have this good atmospheric drainage. Per- 

 haps the value of this factor is also over-estimated 

 in some cases, but it is well to be on the safe side 

 in this matter. A good circulation of air probably 

 has some value in keeping down certain diseases; 

 and in localities where frost damage to buds and 

 blossoms is to be apprehended during the spring, 

 this air drainage has a most decided value. 



However, it is never safe to lose sight of facts, 

 and the fact here is that many of the successful com- 

 mercial orchards of the present day are growing on 

 perfectly level land and sometimes at distinctly low 

 altitudes. Bottom lands surrounded by higher hill 

 lands do not come into this classification. 



