. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. FRUIT GROWING ON THE PLAINS. 65 abundant supply for winter use. It should be surrounded by a wind- break of hardy trees. I would now plant three rows of hardy trees 8 feet apart each way if I were planning a garden. I would use Rus- sian mulberry, black locust, and wild Russian olive for making the shelter belt. The black locust and wild olive are ornamental trees, and the Russian mulberry bears fruit which is quite acceptable to the bird friends and children. The work done in testing fruit Irees has been pioneer work only. It has been demonstrate
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. FRUIT GROWING ON THE PLAINS. 65 abundant supply for winter use. It should be surrounded by a wind- break of hardy trees. I would now plant three rows of hardy trees 8 feet apart each way if I were planning a garden. I would use Rus- sian mulberry, black locust, and wild Russian olive for making the shelter belt. The black locust and wild olive are ornamental trees, and the Russian mulberry bears fruit which is quite acceptable to the bird friends and children. The work done in testing fruit Irees has been pioneer work only. It has been demonstrated that fruit trees will grow in the Plains country if cared for properly. Variety tests should follow. We have produced good crops of Weaver. Minor, and Wolf plums; also good c r ops of E a r 1 y Richmond, E a r 1 y May. and English M o r e 11 o cherries. The Downing goose- berry has done well. Apples of standard sorts, as Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, Duch- ess of Oldenburg have all thrived and have borne a few good crops. Peaches have often winter- killed, so if any of them are raised hardy sorts must be imported or the trees must be covered during the winter. Apricots make beautiful trees, but they nearly always blossom too soon in the spring to pro- duce a crop of Standard grape varieties, such as Concord and Delaware, produce vegetative growth, but seldom fruit. After protection from the storms, the most important consideration in the production of fruit is a certain water supply in time of need. Some try to store this in the soil by cultivation, and when storm water can be drained from other land onto the fruit garden this method is a success. But during dry years trees suffer if they get only the water that can be saved from the rain which falls upon the space occupied by the orchard. 4S121M—Bui. 130—OS 5. Fig. 3.—Diagram showing combination of windmill irrigation and utilization of storm waters uear Akron. Please note that these images are
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