18 POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



ready resources who can quickly adapt himself to changes of 

 situation. 



Choice of Locations. — Most people who are making a spe- 

 cialty of fruit growing, and most farmers who contemplate a 

 change to fruit growing, are held fast by social ties, by land 

 holdings or in other ways, so that they cannot easily change 

 their location even if they wished to do so, therefore the choice 

 of location for them is a settled fact. If they engage in fruit 

 growing at all it must be in their present surroundings. To 

 them it is a selection of crops and methods of management best 

 suited to their conditions. If fruit growing cannot be made 

 profitable where they are they had better devote their land to 

 other purposes. 



On the other hand, there is a small class of people who 

 wish to grow fruit of certain kinds who do have the opportunity 

 of changing their location. For such, it would be a good plan 

 to visit the principal fruit sections and thoroughly study their 

 conditions and probable future before locating permanently. In 

 making such a study it is not well to be too quick to form an 

 opinion as there are many factors to be considered. Rarely, 

 indeed, is it desirable for, a grower to change from a line of 

 fruit growing that he is thoroughly acquainted with to one that 

 is very different. Occasionally it may be desirable or necessary 

 to do so, but in any case the change should be made with great 

 caution. The successful apple grower of IMissouri may make a 

 successful California orange grower after he has had experience, 

 but he will have much that is new to learn before he can do 

 this. The man who is starting anew in the growing of fruit of 

 any kind will generally find it best to start in a small way and 

 not risk too much on a single venture. 



QUESTIONS— CHAPTER I. 



1. What is meant by accessibility? 



2. What are tiie characteristics of a good fruit growing section? 



3. What soils are best adapted to different fruits? 



4. AVhat is the composition of limestone soil? Of clay loam? Of 

 sandy loam? Of sandy soil? Of mucky soil? Of prairie soil? Of 

 clay soil? 



5. What is meant by the topography of a country? 



6. What is the best location for fruit growing? 



7. What are some of the things upon which the success of fruit 

 growing depends? 



8. What is the result of an overproduction of fruit? 



9. What are some of the problems with which a fruit grower has 

 to contend? 



