Fruit growing for home use in the central and southern Great Plains . xas were visited by Mr. H. P. Gould, Pomologist in Charge of Fruit District Inves-tigations, for the purpose of studying conditions, varieties, methods, etc., and with aview to making the information thus obtained available for the benefit of the largenumber of new settlers who are rapidly coming to these sections to make paper is largely an account of the methods that appear to be best suited to theclimatic and other conditions in this region and which thus far have given promisingresults, supplemented by such su
Fruit growing for home use in the central and southern Great Plains . xas were visited by Mr. H. P. Gould, Pomologist in Charge of Fruit District Inves-tigations, for the purpose of studying conditions, varieties, methods, etc., and with aview to making the information thus obtained available for the benefit of the largenumber of new settlers who are rapidly coming to these sections to make paper is largely an account of the methods that appear to be best suited to theclimatic and other conditions in this region and which thus far have given promisingresults, supplemented by such suggestions as the investigations of the writer havecalled forth.—A. F. Woods, Acting Chief of Bureau. [Cir. 51] 3 4 FKUIT GROWING FOE HOME USE IN THE GEEAT PLAINS. THE PRESENT STATUS OF FRUIT GROWING. Comparatively little attention has been given to fruit growing inthe Great Plains area, except at a few points where water is availablefor irrigation, yet in the aggregate there are many ranchers who havestarted a small orchard or fruit garden. The product from these. Fig. 1.—Map showing the geographical position of the Great Plains area and the annual and seasonal rainfall. fills an important place in the economy of the household and in thepleasures of the family. In some sections, notably in certain por-tions of the Panhandle of Texas, a considerable proportion of thefarm homes have small orchards adjacent to them. Grapevines and [Cir. 51] FRUIT GROWIHG FOR HOME USE IN THE GREAT PLAINS. 5 some of the small fruits are also frequently found. The orchardfruits comprise principally apples, cherries, and native are quite common in some sections, while occasionally pearsand apricots are seen. In a few instances fruit plantations of commercial size have beendeveloped entirely without irrigation, 10 to 20 acres—in a very fewcases more—being devoted by a single individual to fruit such plantations are exceptional. Where they do exist theyhave been develop
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