CHAPTER V 



THE FARM-MANAGEMENT PHASES OF APPLE- 

 GROWING 



The problem confronting the farmer who would pro- 

 duce apples is not alone to raise the fruit successfully. 

 The enterprise must pay, and this depends on many con- 

 siderations aside from good crops of apples and good 

 markets for them. He must maintain a farm enterprise, 

 or an establishment. What some of these considerations 

 are, we may now discover. 



FARM ORGANIZATION IN RELATION TO THE ORCHARD 



The relation which the apple orchard bears to other 

 farm enterprises differs greatly in the various states and 

 regions. It varies from a subsidiary or secondary under- 

 taking in many of the eastern states to a highly specialized 

 and major enterprise in the Pacific Northwest regions. 



The type of orchard which is fast taking the lead in 

 production of high quality commercial fruit is "the spe- 

 cialized planting operated by the individual farmer or his 

 manager. This type is prevalent in the box-applo-produc- 

 ing sections and is also found, to a large extent, in Vir- 

 ginia, northwest Arkansas, / parts of western New York, 

 southern Pennsylvania, and many other limited localities. 

 In fact, in all the well-defined commercial areas, the apple 

 orchard is usually the main enterprise on the farm. 

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