. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. available andmostly effective wherej)roj)erly applied. Site for tlw home farmorcliard is as important inits degree as location is tothe commercial fruitgrower. Site jx-rtains tothe i^ositionof the orchardon the farm, as a gentleeastward or northern of the success of the])lantation may be inchoosing a welUlrained,elevated site i)rotectedfrom stro;ig winds. Sucha site allows the cold air aswell as the ground waterto drain away, thus jm-venting frost injury tobuds and blossoms. It;dso favors holding fruitby tli
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. available andmostly effective wherej)roj)erly applied. Site for tlw home farmorcliard is as important inits degree as location is tothe commercial fruitgrower. Site jx-rtains tothe i^ositionof the orchardon the farm, as a gentleeastward or northern of the success of the])lantation may be inchoosing a welUlrained,elevated site i)rotectedfrom stro;ig winds. Sucha site allows the cold air aswell as the ground waterto drain away, thus jm-venting frost injury tobuds and blossoms. It;dso favors holding fruitby tlie trees, wlureas a siteexposiHJ t o h i g h w i n d swould favor drojijiing. Aspect formerly at-tracted far more attenti(»n than today. It was believed that southernand eastern sloi)es favor earlin«ss—and they do—but tin* effect is lessthan conunonly believed. Business fruit growers plant on all sloix»s andget good re>ults from all. Windbreaks may or may not be a benefit. No one should plant a > Courtesy of Moloney Brothers und Wclla Company, DaoaviUc, X. CJoui) Nl ItsKKY fXoti tlic extent i)f roots :ii»(l form of topsi PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT PRODUCTION 73 windbreak without first studying the problem from all angles. Often thebest windbreak is the outside row of fruit trees, especially if of a varietythat grows large and holds its fruit tenaciously. Nursery Stock is nowadays so low priced that no one should considergrowing his own trees. Fruit trees need special care as to propagation, andalso require too much time to grow to orchard planting size; so when thebest standard varieties can be bought for thirty cents or less, why run therisk of failure in growing ones own? In buying stock, it is wise to insistupon getting straight, clean trees without Y-crotches, free from insectsand diseases, and in plump, robust condition when received. Under nocondition should fruit trees older than two years be considered. Peachtrees should never be over one year. Trees
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