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Disadvantages. 



1. Yields more uncertain and somewhat lighter than in the 

 Watsonville section. 



2. Distance from eastern markets. 



NEW MEXICO 



Although some commercial apple plantings are found in the 

 Kio Grande Valley and in the Fannington district in San Juan 

 County in the extreme northwestern part of the state, interest 

 in New Mexico centers chiefly in the Pecos Valley where the 

 heaviest apple plantings are in Chaves County in the vicinity of 

 Roswell. The advantages of this county are: 



1. Acreage is young, in many cases well cared for and capable 

 of producing high quality fruit in favorable seasons. 



2. Proximity to Texas markets, particularly advantageous for 

 the Jonathan crop which matures earlier than in the Northwest. 



Disadvantages. 



1. Occasional frost-injury which destroys large portions of the 

 crop. 



2. Lighter yields than in many of the northwest irrigated 

 sections. 



3. Region difficult of access. 



The above discussion of some of the advantages and 

 disadvantages common to the more important apple re- 

 gions will serve in a general way to outline briefly the 

 conditions to be expected in different parts of the United 

 States. It is not to be considered complete and is un- 

 doubtedly inapplicable to many individual cases. 



The purchase of a farm is one which requires more in- 

 tensive study and consideration than such generalizations 

 as have been given. The long period of years required 

 to bring an orchard to full bearing signifies a long term of 

 ownership. Fruit-growing is not entirely comparable with 



