. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. any further harm has in this way been done to fruitculture generally, and to orchard planting inparticular, by ill-advised schemes, or by defec-tive attention to essentials at starting. Theseessentials we now purpose to briefly review. In selecting a site for a permanent plantationof fruit-trees the points that demand attentionare the elevation, aspect, and shelter of the of the characteristics named exercises amarked effect upon subsequent progress andreturns.
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. any further harm has in this way been done to fruitculture generally, and to orchard planting inparticular, by ill-advised schemes, or by defec-tive attention to essentials at starting. Theseessentials we now purpose to briefly review. In selecting a site for a permanent plantationof fruit-trees the points that demand attentionare the elevation, aspect, and shelter of the of the characteristics named exercises amarked effect upon subsequent progress andreturns. With elevation is included not merelythe actual height above sea-level, but also therelative altitude as compared with neighbouringland, for that is often of even more is well established that on low-lying land, andin enclosed valleys, frosts are frequently severeand destructive in the flowering season of fruit-trees, and the difference in this respect is oftenstrongly marked when there is higher land inthe immediate neighbourhood occupied withsimilar crops. Unfortunately it is a matter that. to < I< u o ORCHARDS. 33 has been many times overlooked when choosingsites for fruit plantations, with the result thatrepeated disasters have been experienced. It is impossible to formulate a rule that willapply to all districts, as local conditions oftenexercise a complicated influence, but in general,as regards the central portion of England, mostdistant from the coast in every direction, a lowerelevation than from 350 to 400 feet above sea-level is exposed to considerable risks from springfrosts. As the coast is approached the minimumaltitude of comparative safety falls until nearthe sea, where the lowest point is reached. Asalready indicated, this is affected to some extentby the neighbourhood of higher land, as the lowtemperatures are mainly due to the descent ofcold air from greater elevations, and to air-stagnation. Especially unfavourable effects areproduced whe
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