Opinions of Wind-breaks. 73 
tant consideration. Very satisfactory results have been secured in 
young orchards by planting between tree rows, and in encircling 
belts, with tall growing, western dent corn. It is practicable in 
some cases to plant Northern Spy on the more exposed sides of 
the orchard. This variety makes large trees, which protect the 
remainder of the planting, while the fruit holds on much better 
Fig. 2. An arbor vite wind-break. (Adapted from Waugh, Bulletin 55, 
Vermont Exp. Sta.) 
than in other varieties, and is comparatively undamaged by the 
wind.—F. A. Waugh, Apple Growing in Grand Isle County, 
Bulletin 55, Vermont Exp. Sta. 
As the young wood and fruit buds [of the peach] often suffer 
from the piercing blasts of winter, a spot that is sheltered from 
these is much to be desired. And, as they usually come from 
the north and northwest, a site on the south or southeast of a 
wood or hill is, other things being equal, greatly to be preferred. 
—Fulton, Peach Culture, 68. 
To shelter an orchard from the prevailing wind is often more 
important even than the aspect; for pear trees, especially when 
heavily laden with fruit and exposed to a wind storm, will suffer 
