Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . ^^r^l^^^J. Fig. 31.—Squashes as an orchard crop. They are an excellent crop from the standpointof the orchard and where the owner can handie them rightly are usually protitabie. good financial returns. It can be marketed in a wholesale way,which is not true of all crops and which is frequently a decidedadvantage to the orchard owner (Fig. 31). 3. Cabbage.—This is another decidedly satisfactory com-panion crop. It usually commands a fair price and can behandled in car-load lots if the orchard is of some size. It isnearly ide
Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . ^^r^l^^^J. Fig. 31.—Squashes as an orchard crop. They are an excellent crop from the standpointof the orchard and where the owner can handie them rightly are usually protitabie. good financial returns. It can be marketed in a wholesale way,which is not true of all crops and which is frequently a decidedadvantage to the orchard owner (Fig. 31). 3. Cabbage.—This is another decidedly satisfactory com-panion crop. It usually commands a fair price and can behandled in car-load lots if the orchard is of some size. It isnearly ideal so far as its effect on the trees is concerned. Theonly objection to it is that it requires cultivation later than thetrees do, but if the strip already spoken of is reserved there isusually no trouble. 72 CROPPING THE ORCHARD 4. Turnips and Mangels.—These are both excellent cropsfrom the standpoint of the orchard, but of course are not cash crops as a rule and must usually be restricted to theman who keeps stock. It might be possible in some cases togrow them for a n
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