Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 5 1 



Surely those who want to engage in tree 

 planting will have too much love for their 

 trees to plant them where they can only linger 

 and die. We should remember trees cannot 

 move about, but must remain where we put 

 them. Then we should see to it that the soil in 

 which we expect them to grow and become a 

 source of pleasure and profit is at least well 

 drained, thereby making it favorable to their 

 growth in this respect at least 



Air or Frost Drainage. — Among the advan- 

 tages of rough or rolling land for orcharding 

 there is none of greater value to the fruit 

 grower than air or frost drainage, as it offers 

 us protection from late spring frosts. These 

 conditions are more marked some seasons than 

 others. However, the difference between differ- 

 ent locations may be noticed almost any spring 

 to a certain extent We see the effect of frost 

 drainage frequently even in our pasture fields, 

 when we get out early some morning and find 

 the grass frosty and even frozen on the low 

 lands, while on the higher ground there is not 

 the slightest trace of frost We have often 

 seen the leaves and even the young shoots of the 

 hickory and pawpaw killed in the hollow and 

 on tfie hillsides up to a certain place, while 

 from there up, all would be green. Sometimes 



