CHAPTER YI. 



THE SITE FOR AN ORCHARD. 



A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE, NOT OP MEKH CONVENIENCE — LOW VALLEYS 

 LEAST DESIKABLE — BASINS, EVEN IF ELEVATED, SUBJECT TO FKOSTS 



— LOCAL DIFFEHENCES OF TEMPERATnRE, OFTEN FATAL TO TENDER 

 VEGETATION — THE FROST LINE NOT DEPENDENT UPON MERE ELE- 

 VATION, BUT UPON RELATIVE ALTITUDE — MODERATE BLUFFS BESIDE 

 VALLBTS, OR BIDOES IN A PRAIRIE, ARE BETTER THAN HIOR VAL- 

 LErS AMONG MOUNTAINS — DRIFT FORMATIONS, PRESENT INEQUALI- 

 TIES OP SURFACE — FAVORABLE INFLUENCE OF THE WATER OF RIV- 

 ERS AND LAKES UPON THE CLIMATE — INSULAR POSITIONS AND 

 LACUSTRINE SITUATIONS DAVE A PECULIAR CLIMATE — yOGS — LA- 

 TENT HEAT BBCOMINQ SENSIBLE — METEOROLOOT WILL FURNISH 

 AID TO THE ORCHARDIST — COLD STORMS — Aspect — PROTECTION 

 FROM WINDS, ESPECIALLY A' PRAIRIE QUESTION — EFFECTS OP AGI- 

 TATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE — BELTS AND SCREENS OP TIMBER 

 DESHtABLE — WINTER KILLING OFTEN DEPENDENT UPON THE CON- 

 DITIONS OF THE TREE — VARIETIES MOST SUBJECT TO THIS — LISTS 



— SOILS, PERMEABLE AND TENACIOUS — ADAPTiniON OP SORTS TO 

 SOILS — GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN MAKING 

 SELECTIONS. 



Site. — The selection of a suitable site for an orchard is 

 a matter of no small moment to him who would be a suc- 

 cessful grower of fine fruits. Without, at this time, paus. 

 ing to inquire into the characters of the soil, let us ex- 

 amine more particularly the aspect of the field to be ap- 

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