Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



quency of the plantings. As well as because of 

 the few years necessary to produce new genera- 

 tions of the same varieties. Or e^n entirely new 

 varieties, from seed which may be the result of 

 crossing some that did not exactly suit the soil 

 upon which they grew, while the new one (or 

 the seedling) may suit it exactly. 



There is no doubt that each family of apples 

 (so to speak) has its likes and dislikes. This 

 opens to the young man of the present and 

 future generation a vast field of investigation — 

 a field rich with opportunities for the careful, 

 studious, observant orchardist, in which he may 

 do a great work, not only for the orchardists of 

 the present, but for the hosts of horticulturists 

 that are to follow. There is no place in the 

 country that furnishes greater variety of soils 

 than the rough or mountain lands. Often show- 

 ing several distinct kinds of soil on one hillside, 

 and where such is the case it may pay to change 

 varieties accordingly, even in the same row. 



Altitude. — Among the many advantages of 

 rolling lands for orcharding are the varied alti- 

 tudes from which to choose. The grower may 

 humor his own likes or dislikes in regard to 

 varieties he may be desirous of planting. For 

 instance, if he should wish to grow the Bald- 

 win, Northern Spy and Greening, he should 



