. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. AGRICULTURAI^ CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 13 in tlic fruit sections of the State. The eUniate is lully ns favorable in the higher elevations. WTiat is true of other lines of farming is true also of fruit growing, name!}', that it is possible to find even in the poorest locality a man who is successful in his business, and exam])les of success with fruit in these areas are not rare. The planting of fruit is successful on some of the hill lands of Pennsylvania and Ohio. In fact, wherever one finds good cultural methods and intelligent }
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. AGRICULTURAI^ CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 13 in tlic fruit sections of the State. The eUniate is lully ns favorable in the higher elevations. WTiat is true of other lines of farming is true also of fruit growing, name!}', that it is possible to find even in the poorest locality a man who is successful in his business, and exam])les of success with fruit in these areas are not rare. The planting of fruit is successful on some of the hill lands of Pennsylvania and Ohio. In fact, wherever one finds good cultural methods and intelligent })ractice in fruit production he usually fmds the industry profitable. (See fig. 5.). i^^^^^J^iiM Fig. 4.—a wild apple thicket, showing the natural adaptation of this fruit to the soil. It is true that fruit growing is more or less a specialty and that where one man succeeds several may fail. But when men learn the reasons for success and failure in the business and practice more intelligent methods success will be more common. Tlie first thing that a beginner must learn is that trees are as much a crop as corn or potatoes and must receive just as much care. In fact, he must learn that trees require much more care tluui field crops, but in return they may yield five to ten times the profits. It is probable that the same cultural methods which are practiced on the lower and more level lands will not be applicable on the hill lands and that [Cir. 04]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
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