Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands, 35 



grow, and then choose the location, for it would 

 be a mistake to attempt to grow an apple re- 

 quiring a long season for maturity (such as 

 Ben Davis) in a section suited to the Spy or 

 Baldwin, while the Baldwin, if grown too far 

 South, will ripen early and fill the place of a 

 late fall rather than of a winter variety. 



Climate should have the most careful consid- 

 eration of the planter when choosing a location; 

 remembering if he wishes to grow certain va- 

 rieties he should choose a location where the 

 conditions are congenial to the development of 

 that variety. 



Neither should the would-be planter lose 

 sight of the fact that sections do not produce 

 fruit equally well all over their entire area. 

 For example, we find in certain fruit sections, 

 localities where there is scarcely enough fruit 

 grown for home consumption, while in the same 

 section there may be localities in which there 

 are large commercial orchards, often times 

 some local conditions being largely accountable 

 for the success of that particular section. 



The choice of a location for any business 

 should receive the most careful consideration, 

 and especially that of orcharding. As an or- 

 chard cannot be moved from place to place, as 

 could many other enterprises when we find a 

 mistake has been made in regard to the sur- 



