CHAPTER III 

 LOCATION AND SITE OF THE ORCHARD 



The material success of a commercial peach orchard 

 depends in a large degree on its location and site. The 

 standard by which the success of a commercial orchard is 

 measured is a money standard. Such an orchard is suc- 

 cessful in the degree in which it yields the owner dollars and 

 cents. A home orchard fulfills its purpose if it produces a 

 supply of fruit for family use. The measure of success in 

 this case is not that of financial gain. 



It is not enough that a commercial orchard produces fruit, 

 even abundantly and regularly, as it may be expected to do, 

 other things being equal, if it occupies a good site. The 

 location must be such that the fruit can be marketed or 

 otherwise utilized to advantage. On the other hand, the 

 location may be admirable, but the site so unsuited to the 

 purpose that the trees fail to produce well. Either condi- 

 tion is disastrous according to the standard that a commer- 

 cial orchard is successful in proportion to the financial prof- 

 its that accrue from it. 



\^^lile some factors are common to both location and site, 

 others are peculiar severally to each. The location is general. 

 It is the place of an orchard on the map. It concerns the 

 relation of the place to natural objects such as mountain 

 ranges, valleys, or bodies of water; and to the town, the 



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