DECIDUOUS FRUITS 195 



The hickories are widely distributed over the eastern, 

 central, and southern parts of the United States. 



EXERCISES 



EXERCISE I. Kinds of fruit grown. 



Materials. Orchard trees in your locality. 



Procedure. (1) Make a list of fruit-trees in your locality and classify 

 them into deciduous and evergreen trees. (2) Visit a few of the leading 

 orchards in your locality. Note the type of soil, irrigation, drainage, 

 cultivation, fertilization, types of pruning, and so forth. 



EXERCISE II. Distribution of species of fruit. 



Materials. Large outline map of the United States, United States 

 Department of Agriculture Yearbook, census reports, Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, atlases. 



Procedure. Look up the publications mentioned in the districts of 

 the United States where certain fruits (in which you are especially 

 interested) are grown and indicate the places for each fruit on the out- 

 line map. Read up in atlases the kinds of climate found in the different 

 states in which the fruit is raised. Note the range of climate in which 

 each fruit thrives. 



EXERCISE III. Plan for home orchard. 



Materials. Map-paper, notebook, T-square, drawing triangles, ruler. 



Procedure. (1) Draw a plan for a home orchard. Indicate the kinds 

 of trees desired, planting distances, and the like. (2) Make a schedule 

 of operations necessary for the care of this home orchard for one year. 



EXERCISE IV. Project. Look up in as many references as possible 

 all the facts you can find in regard to the fruit you wish to select for 

 your project exercise. Write an essay based on the facts thus learned 

 as preliminary to your project. 



