56 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



fruit sections the season of 1910, as late as the 

 sixth of May. 



There are other things that may enter into the 

 matter of frost protection, such as large bodies 

 of water near the orchard site. Then the direc- 

 tion of the wind from such bodies, whether 

 toward or from the orchard. But these do not 

 come up for consideration in the discussion of 

 orcharding on rough lands. Here we have only 

 to deal with air drainage, the value of which is 

 being recognized more of late years than for- 

 merly. 



Frost drainage, together with a more careful 

 study of the various aspects afforded by our 

 rolling lands, will enable us to take advantage 

 to a certain extent, of the uncertain weather 

 conditions, and thereby avoid many failures in 

 seasons of late frosts. 



The successful fruit grower of the future will 

 be the man who has fruit when his neighbors' 

 orchards fail, and in order to do this we must 

 grow our fruit and not allow it simply to grow 

 itself. Then let us choose carefully not only the 

 site, but consider thoughtfully the aspect as 

 well. By so doing we may take advantage of 

 some of the opportunities afforded by our rough 

 and rolling lands. 



