4 FRUIT GROWING FOR HOME USE IN THE GREAT PLAINS. 
THE PRESENT STATUS OF FRUIT GROWING. 
Comparatively little attention has been given to fruit growing in 
the Great Plains area, except at a few points where water is available 
for irrigation, yet in the aggregate there are many ranchers who have 
started a small orchard or fruit garden. The product from these 





Fic. 1—Map showing the geographical position of the Great Plains area and the annual and 
seasonal rainfall. 
fills an important place in the economy of the household and in the 
pleasures of the family. In some sections, notably in certain por- 
tions of the Panhandle of Texas, a considerable proportion of the 
farm homes have small orchards adjacent to them. Grapevines and 
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