CHAPTER VI. 



THE SITE FOE AN ORCHARD. 



A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE, NOT OF MEKE CONVENIENCE LOW VALLEYS 

 LEAST DESIRABLE BASINS, EVEN IF ELEVATED, SUBJECT TO FROSTS 



LOCAL DIFFERENCES OF TEMPERATURE, OFTEN FATAL TO TENDER 

 VEGETATION THE FROST LINE NOT DEPENDENT UPON MERE ELE- 

 VATION, BUT UPON RELATIVE ALTITUDE MODERATE BLUFFS BESIDE 

 VALLEYS, OR RIDGES IN A PRAIRIE, ARE BETTER THAN HIGH VAL- 

 LEYS AMONG MOUNTAINS DRIFT FORMATIONS, PRESENT INEQUALI- 

 TIES OF SURFACE FAVORABLE INFLUENCE OF THE WATER OF RIV- 

 ERS AND LA.KES UPON THE CLIMATE INSULAR POSITIONS AND 

 LACUSTRINE SITUATIONS HAVE A PECULIAR CLIMATE FOGS LA- 

 TENT HEAT BECOMING SENSIBLE METEOROLOGY WILL FURNISH 

 AID TO THE ORCHARDIST COLD STORMS Aspect PROTECTION 

 FROM WINDS, ESPECIALLY A PRAIRIE QUESTION EFFECTS OF AGI- 

 TATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE BELTS AND SCREENS OF TIMBER 

 DESIRABLE WINTER KILLING OFTEN DEPENDENT UPON THE CON- 

 DITIONS OF THE TREE VARIETIES MOST SUBJECT TO THIS LISTS 



SOILS, PERMEABLE AND TENACIOUS ADAPTATION OF SORTS TO 

 SOILS GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN MAKING 

 SELBCTIONS. 



SITE. The selection of a suitable site for an orchard is 

 a matter of no small moment to him who would be a suc- 

 cessful grower of fine fruits. Without, at this time, pans- 

 ing to inquire into the characters of the soil, let us ex- 

 amine more particularly the aspect of the field to be ap- 

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