CHAPTER IV 



LOCALITY AND SITE FOR THE COMMERCIAL 

 ORCHARD 



BEFORE investing in an apple orchard, both the locality 

 and specific site should be carefully considered. Cir- 

 cumstances may often prevent the free choice of a locality, 

 but the site of the orchard is usually within the direct 

 control of the grower, and may determine largely the suc- 

 cess of the enterprise. 



CHOOSING THE LOCALITY 



The fruit-grower should know the advantages and dis- 

 advantages of the different apple-producing regions ; there- 

 fore, each important apple region will be discussed briefly 

 and some of the factors of interest in this connection set 

 down. In Chapter V will be discussed the factors which 

 govern the proper selection of the site for an orchard 

 within a given region. 



WESTERN NEW YORK 



Advantages. 



1. Western New York is an established, well developed and 

 productive apple region, prominent in the apple industry for 

 over a century. 



2. Land values have been reasonable in comparison with those 

 in other apple regions. 



3. The bulk of the production is of standard commercial 

 varieties well adapted to the section. 



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