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The coming of the auto-truck and improved roads tend 

 to eliminate distance as a factor, so that where both the auto- 

 truck and good roads can be combined, much longer hauls 

 to local markets and to shipping stations are not only pos- 

 sible, but much more practicable than formerly. 



For most locations, accessibility of markets is measured 

 by the character of the transportation facilities available 

 rather than by the distance in miles between points of pro- 

 duction and the points where the fruit is marketed. De- 

 liveries to remote markets may be made in a shorter time 

 where the routes are direct than is possible where the dis- 

 tances to be covered are much less but transfers to several 

 different railroads are necessary. 



If a location is served by more than one line of railroad, 

 it is usually advantageous to the shipper, whether the dif- 

 ferent lines are competing or make accessible important 

 markets that could not be reached readily with a single 

 line. Locations that have both water and rail transporta- 

 tion are likewise situated fortunately in many cases with 

 regard to placing perishable products quickly on the market. 



In numerous instances the development of peach orchards 

 (as well as other fruit interests) has followed the building 

 of railroads through a section of country, and there are still 

 countless locations which are no doubt as well suited natu- 

 rally to peach-growing as those in which such enterprises 

 have been developed but which are not available for this 

 purpose in the absence of adequate transportation facilities. 



Locations with reference to community interests and economic 

 conditions. 



Community interests may also be important in the 

 success of a peach orchard. If the orchards are com- 



