382 DRY LAND FARMING 



Whether vegetables should or should not be grown 

 in orchards and between small fruits will depend entirely 

 on the conditions present. When fruits are first planted 

 out it would not appear to be necessary or advantageous 

 to leave all the ground unoccupied. On the other hand, 

 they must not be grown to the extent of drawing upon 

 the moisture that the trees or shrubs should have. 



As elsewhere intimated (see p. 453), a reserve supply 

 of water may render great service to the small garden 

 in the perfecting of such fruits and vegetables as do 

 not mature early in the season. One application may 

 be enough in many instances to mature the crop. In 

 the case of orchards where irrigating waters are chiefly 

 used for the irrigation of alfalfa and kindred crops, it is 

 quite practicable in some instances to apply the surplus 

 waters to the orchard after the fruit has been removed. 

 Enough water may be thus stored in the soil and sub- 

 soil to insure a crop the next year, where otherwise it 

 would not succeed without the provision thus made 

 through the storage of needed moisture. 



