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FUNDAMENTALS OF FRUIT PRODUCTION 



other stone fruits with success and without the aid of irrigation. A 

 season with a summer rainfall as low as that of The Dalles, would involve 

 considerable loss in New Jersey. The summer temperatures of the two 

 locations are very much alike, as shown in Table 3. Irrigation is con- 

 sidered an absolute necessity in many localities with higher yearly and 

 growing season rainfalls than those of The Dalles. The explanation of the 

 ability of the Oregon section to produce fruit successfully and with such 

 a limited water supply lies in the depth and character of its soil and in the 

 methods of soil management employed. The data in this table, however, 

 taken in consideration with the methods of culture that are practiced and 

 the varieties that are grown in the different sections point out certain 

 general limitations that are placed on fruit culture by rainfall and the 

 methods that may be employed by fitting practice and variety to varying 

 conditions of humidity. 



Table 8. — Mean Rainfall of Selected Stations 



(Compiled Chiefly from United States Weather Bureau Bui. Q) 



(inches) 



Rumford Falls, Mail 



Fitchbiirg, Mass 



Rochester, N. Y 



Albany, N. Y 



Vineland, N. J 



Martinsburg, W. Va 

 Charlottesville, Va. . 

 Waynesville, N. C. . 



Clayton, Ga 



Marietta, O 



Griggsville, 111 



Springfield, Mo 



Montrose, Colo 



Provo, Utah 



Missoula, Mont 



Payette, 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 



Sitka, Alaska 



Lincoln, Neb 



3.0 

 3.3 

 2.4 

 2.4 



1.0 

 1. 1 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 0.7 

 3.6 

 2.5 

 1.3 

 0.6 

 1.8 

 2.0 

 0.6 

 1. 1 

 0.4 

 6.3 

 2.8 



3.7 

 3.6 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 3.7 

 4.2 

 5. 1 

 3.7 

 3.2 

 4.0 

 5.3 

 5.9 

 0.7 

 1.5 

 2.2 

 1.4 

 0.6 

 2.6 

 2.0 

 1.4 

 0.9 

 1.7 

 1.0 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 1.2 

 3.5 

 4.3 



3.8 

 3.0 

 3.1 

 3.7 

 3.6 

 3.6 

 5.5 

 4.4 

 5.3 

 4.5 

 4.5 

 4.8 

 0.2 

 0.5 

 2.1 

 0.6 

 0.6 



4.5 

 2.9 

 3.1 

 3.9 

 4.6 

 3.7 

 5.7 

 4.6 

 7.0 

 4.4 

 3.7 

 4.2 

 0.8 

 0.2 

 1.0 

 0.4 

 0. 1 

 0.3 

 0.4 

 0.7 

 0. 1 

 0.4 

 T 

 T 

 T 

 3.4 

 4.2 

 3.8 



3.2 

 4.4 

 2.9 

 4.0 

 4.8 

 3.2 

 5.0 

 4.5 

 7.2 

 3.9 

 2.7 

 3.9 

 1. 2 

 0.2 

 0.7 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 0.5 

 0.2 

 0.4 

 T 

 T 

 T 

 2.2 

 6.7 

 3.7 



3.0 

 3.4 

 2.3 

 3.2 

 3.8 

 2.5 

 5.2 

 2.4 

 4.9 

 3.0 

 4.0 

 3.8 



0.4 

 1.2 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 2.0 

 1. 1 

 1.0 

 0.4 

 1.0 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.8 

 2.0 

 10.7 

 2.6 



3.0 

 4.0 

 2.8 

 3. 1 

 3.6 

 1.6 

 3.5 

 2.1 

 4.0 

 2.9 

 1.9 

 2.9 

 0.8 

 0.8 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 3.4 

 2.6 

 1.4 

 0.5 

 1.5 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 1.5 

 1.6 

 12.1 

 1.8 



28.3 



28.6 



22.7 



26. 1 



31.7 



25.1 



37.0 



32.2 



45.7 



29.2 



28.6 



33.2 



6.5 



6.0 



10.4 



6. 1 



5.4 



7.4 

 3.6 

 6.7 

 13.0 

 52.1 

 24.6 



42.1 

 45.4 

 34.5 

 36.9 

 47.3 

 35.2 

 49.8 

 47.7 

 68.5 

 42.1 

 37.0 

 43.6 



9.3 

 10.9 

 15.5 

 12.1 

 15.4 

 44.2 

 34.9 

 18.3 



8.9 

 17.7 

 19.9 



9.2 

 15.6 

 15.6 

 82.3 

 27.5 



