36 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands, 



roundings, whether this mistake is on account 

 of climatic or other conditions. 



Transportation. — ^This is one of the most 

 important considerations when locating the 

 orchard. It is very expensive to haul large 

 crops of fruit a long distance^ as well as being 

 injurious to the fruit. A long haul over bad 

 roads is often the cause of the fruit reaching 

 the consumer or storage in bad condition. So 

 we should consider carefully our means of 

 transportation in connection with the study of 

 our markets. If possible, we should be near a 

 good home market, one that would take our 

 ^^seconds" at a fair price, for we are sure to 

 have some of the "seconds" no matter how care- 

 ful we are in growing our crops. Then we 

 want a home market that will be willing to ap- 

 preciate and pay for fancy fruit as well. It is 

 absolutely necessary that we have easy access 

 to the great markets of the world. If two lines 

 of transportation were available, it would make 

 the location all the more desirable. Competi- 

 tion is the life of trade 



Water Supply.— The water supply for 

 spraying purposes should be carefully planned 

 for, as we have long since passed the day when 

 the question is asked "will it pay to spray?^' 

 We have now arrived at a point in fruit grow- 



