Why Pmcl Orchards Fail. 47 



"The cause of the failure of these early orchards, 

 therefore, is the gradual dying out of the old system 

 of agriculture and the coming in of special indus- 

 tries. The methods followed with success a gene- 

 ration and more ago are not profitable in the 

 sharper competitions of the present time. At least, 

 there is not the smallest evidence that there is any 

 unusual or insurmountable difficulty in the way of 

 peach growing in this once famous Oayuga region. 

 The climate may be somewhat more bleak, but this 

 difficulty may be lessened by the planting of shelter- 

 belts; and there are enough protected places in which 

 winds are not unusually severe. What yellows exists 

 seems to have come in very recently. Good culti- 

 vation and attention to borers, and the other diffi- 

 culties to which peaches are everywhere subject, will 

 enable the people in that region to grow better 

 orchards than were grown there in former times. 

 This statement is proved by the partial success 

 which is even now attending those parts of the seven 

 remaining orchards which are receiving as much as 

 indifferent care." 



Winds and air-currents in relation to fruit-grow- 

 ing. It is necessary that more specific attention be 

 given to the subject of winds and currents of air, 

 an inquiry which is suggested by the preceding re- 

 marks. There are the most various and contra- 

 dictory opinions amongst fruit-growers as to the 

 influence of winds upon fruit plantations. It is 

 commonly admitted that high or rolling lands are 

 best suited to most fruits, and many growers sup- 



