Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 269 



time of harvest When we consider some of 

 the later maturing varieties that require a 

 longer growing season in order to complete 

 their growth, we find that the effects of climate 

 and soil are just as marked in their case as in 

 the other, although with the opposite results. 

 Take a Ben Davis grown in a climate where 

 the season is short — say New York — and you 

 will get a tough, tasteless affair; while if grown 

 on warm soil, where it will begin its maturity 

 early in the season and the fruit is allowed to 

 remain on the tree until late in the fall (and 

 not gathered as soon as it has turned red) it 

 finds a ready sale. 



Again we shall find that the time of ripening 

 of the variety may vary in the same orchard on 

 account of the weather conditions. For in- 

 stance, we may have to pick the Grimes Golden 

 on a certain date this year while last year they 

 were allowed to hang on the tree much later. 

 The one year being very dry, therefore hasten- 

 ing the ripening of the fruit, while the fall 

 before was seasonable and the fruits were not 

 hastened in their maturity. 



All these things have varying and decided 

 effects upon the maturity of our fruits, and are 

 of such importance that they should be con- 

 sidered and the fruit be allowed to remain on 

 the tree as long as possible, and yet not long 



