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ripen early have had to adapt themselves to short 

 seasons. 



The wisdom of their course is emphasized when 

 we see the early blossoms of trees on a southern 

 slope cut off by a late frost, while trees otherwise 

 situated in the neighborhood have not yet come 

 to blooming time. 



The danger of entire loss from late frosts may 

 be obviated, however, by the selection of varieties 

 that will mature fruit even after the blossoms 

 have been frozen. I have developed such varie- 

 ties of fruit trees in a number of instances. There 

 are also varieties that have a long blooming sea- 

 son, and these may be depended upon to put 

 forth new blossoms even if the earlier ones were 

 blasted. But in general it is desirable to select 

 a variety of tree that naturally blooms late 

 enough to avoid these late frosts. 



This is especially important in view of what 

 has just been said about frosts waylaying trees 

 on a southern exposure, because precisely such 

 exposure is of value at the other end of the sea- 

 son, to hasten the ripening of the fruit. This is 

 not only important in the case of fruits designed 

 to meet an early city market, but it applies to 

 many varieties that tend to ripen late in the fall 

 and which thus may suffer from the early frosts 

 of autumn. 



