4 Bush-Fruits 



THE LOCATION 



The question of location may oftener than otherwise be 

 a problem of adaptation, provided the growing of bush- 

 fruits is merely to fit into some general scheme of agricul- 

 tural operations. If one is bent on doing some certain 

 thing, and that alone, then one should study the matter 

 of location well, and choose a site adapted to his needs. 

 This is seldom done. More frequently other considerations 

 determine where the anchor shall be cast. The problem 

 must ever be an individual one. Any attempt to solve it 

 in a large way will be futile and result in little but useless 

 generalities. Let the grower study well his tastes and his 

 surroundings, talk with fruit handlers in the community, 

 then learn from experience. There is no other way. 



No attempt will be made here to discuss the adapta- 

 bility of different regions of the country to the growing of 

 bush-fruits, yet this is an important consideration for the 

 commercial grower. The writer was unable to grow rasp- 

 berries and blackberries successfully in the dry climate 

 of the Plains region, and met with no marked success in 

 the fickle climate of the New England coast. This does 

 not mean that these fruits cannot be grown in these loca- 

 tions. It does mean, however, that the difficulties are 

 greater than in the region of the central states. Deficient 

 moisture in one case, and excessive moisture in the other, 

 had much to do with results. 



Summer heat is a greater enemy than winter cold over 

 much of the United States, especially in the southern 

 states and the semi-arid regions of the West. In many 

 such localities bush-fruits cannot be profitably grown. 



