CHAPTER X. 

 ELEVATIONS AND EXPOSURES. 



Sites. The sites are classified as elevated, or well up on the hills ; 

 moderately elevated ; slightly elevated, and low. Table 32 shows the 



areas of each division. 



TABLE 32. 



Sites of orchards. Table includes all ages of trees. 



Relation of the sites to yields. The yields do not indicate any par- 

 ticular advantage for any of the divisions. The four-year average in 

 Wai worth on elevated sites was 227 bushels ; moderately and slightly 

 elevated, 224 bushels; low, 213 bushels. For the remainder of the county 



FIG. 75, An orchard on the east side of a drumlin. 



the differences are about the same but are in the reverse order. Evidently 

 the site is not a very important factor. The best site is doubtless one 

 that is sufficiently elevated to give good opportunity for air and water- 

 drainage, but not so high as to be sharply exposed to wind. 



The aspects or exposure. The majority of the orchards in the drumlin 

 area are on east or west slopes occupying the sides of the drumlins (see 

 Fig. 75 and page 364). There are, however, many orchards on the rolling 

 land of lower levels, and in the north part of the county, where there are 



