GROWING TREES AND FRUITS IN DRY AREAS 373 



tion for being grown under hard conditions in at least 

 several of its varieties. Some of these are native, even 

 to areas of the Great Plains region, where the climate is 

 severe. Hardy varieties include the Wild Goose, the 

 Weaver, the Minor, and the Wolf and many others. In 

 the milder latitudes, varieties of superior merit may be 

 grown. 



Among the large fruits, the apple will always have 

 first place, but pears and quinces are not unimportant. 





DRY LAND APPLE ORCHARD, NEAR KALISPELL, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



Pears cannot be successfully grown in many localities 

 in the dry area west of the Rocky Mountains, but this 

 is not true of them eastward from the same. Apples of 

 some varieties may be grown in even the coldest areas 

 of the Great Plains, but in some localities to grow them 

 with any considerable success calls for much care in 

 furnishing for them adequate protection. Among the 

 varieties with adaptation for those areas are the Tran- 

 scendent Crab, Duchess of Oldenburg, Hibernal and Ben 



