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The trees may do very well till they are about old enough to bear, then 

 some wet season they will be damaged or even killed. 



Those who propose to set new orchards should consider the question 

 well before starting such an expensive and long-continued enterprise 

 on soil that is not well drained naturally or artificially. It is not enough 

 that the soil will raise an ordinary farm crop. The roots of such a crop 

 do not go as deep as do apple-roots. Furthermore, if a corn crop is lost 

 or damaged by water, it does not prevent raising a good crop next year. 

 When an apple orchard is damaged one can not start over the next spring 

 as if nothing had happened. The corn is an annual, a one-year invest- 

 ment ; the apple, a perennial, a long-time investment. 



