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CONCLUSION. 
Several facts have been made plain by this discussion of the 
relations of weather to the setting of fruit. | 
First, frosts, rain, cold weather and cold or high winds are the 
chief agencies in preventing the proper setting of fruit in. New 
Or: 
Second, it 1s beyond the power of man to control weather except 
in the case of light frosts, which may be prevented to some extent 
if the proper precautions are taken. 
Third, an abundance of sunshine and a low percentage of 
humidity give the most favorable conditions for the setting of 
fruit. 
Fourth, locations for growing the different fruits should be 
selected with reference to general and local climate; in the first 
case, latitude, altitude and proximity to large bodies of water, are 
the determining factors, in the second case the lay of the land is 
the determinant. 
Fifth, varieties of fruit of the several kinds can be selected with 
reference to time of blooming to escape in some degree injurious 
climatal agencies. 
Sixth, fruits may be selected with reference to their ability, for 
one cause or another, to withstand injurious weather; of’ these, 
cultural treatment to induce strong vitality probably helps plants 
most to withstand stresses of harmful weather. 
Seventh, the climate changes in short cycles but such oscillations 
are not permanent and it is probably beyond the power of man to 
change the climate by flooding or draining, by planting or destroy- 
ing forests, or by any other means. 
BLOOMING-TIME; WITH DATES OF BLOOMING - FOR 
866 VARIETIES, OF FRUIT. 
The life epochs of plants are of much importance to those whg 
till the soil. Thus seeding-time, leafing-time, blooming-time, 
fruiting-time, mark the seasons for the agriculturist. These epochs 
are of particular importance to the orchardist, the welfare of the 
crop depending, oftentimes, upon the season and upon the weather 
in which they take place; orchard operations, too, are governed 
by them. The time of blooming is a particularly important period 
in growing fruits, and especially so as to the welfare of the crop. 
