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FUNDAMENTALS OF FRUIT PRODUCTION 



and annual tax; the grower whose location is such that he is comparatively 

 immune from spring frosts is more likely to be commercially successful. 

 Sometimes the line that divides desirable and undesirable locations is very 

 finely drawn. Table 56 shows minimum temperatures during the blossoming 

 season at two locations not far apart and with only 25 feet difference in elevation. 

 The dissimilarities in average minima are at once obvious. 



Table 56. — Minimum Temperatures at State College, New Mexico 



(After Garcia''^) 



(Station A 25 feet higher than Station B) 



