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FUNDAMENTALS OF FRUIT PRODUCTION 



apnle on June 20. Early Richmond cherries and Champion gooseberries were 

 ripe August 15; the Cuthbert raspberry usually ripens during the last of August. 

 These dates explain the ability of only a few apple varieties to mature fruit there, 

 the most satisfactory being Yellow Transparent and Livland Raspberry. Pat- 

 ten Greening has set good crops but failed to ripen its fruit. 



On the other hand, gooseberries, currants and red raspberries thrive at this 

 point and bear heavily. At the Kenai Station, where repeated efforts failed to 

 produce grain crops because of the cool summers, these fruits were satisfactory." 

 Evidently then, though these fruits endure less heat and drought than grain 

 they endure more rain and low growing season temperatures. Their growing 

 season requirements appear to resemble those of cabbage and potatoes. 



Table 4. — Absolute Minimum Temperatures op Selected Stations 



{Compiled from United States Weather Bureau Bui. Q) 



(To 1906, Degrees Fahrenheit) 



Lewiston, Maine. . . . 



Fitchburg, Mass 



Rochester, N. Y 



Albany, N. Y 



Vineland, N. J 



Charlottesville, Va. . 

 Martinsburg, W. Va 

 WajTiesville, N. C. . 



Clayton, Ga 



Marietta, Ohio 



Griggsville, 111 



Springfield, Mo .... 

 Montrose, Colo .... 



Provo, Utah 



Missoula, Mont. . . . 



Fayette, Idaho 



The Dalles, Ore.... 



Albany, Ore 



Roseburg, Ore 



Spokane, Wash 



Moxee Wells, Wash. 

 Walla Walla, Wash. 

 Sacramento, Cal. . . . 



Fresno, Cal 



Los Angeles, Cal. . . . 

 Roswell, N. M 



-21 

 -14 

 -11 

 -17 



- 5 

 4 



- 2 



- 4 

 2 



- 4 

 -16 

 -11 

 -17 



- 6 

 -23 



- 6 

 -18 



18 



7 



-18 



- 8 



- 2 

 24 

 23 

 30 



- 3 



The Effect of Bodies of Water on Temperature.— Large bodies of 

 water have been said to retard temperature changes, making conditions 

 .in their vicinity rather more favorable for fruit growing. Table 5 

 assembles data showing mean monthly temperatures for stations selected 



