Apples . area a mapof our state has been prepared and is presented on page 120,from which it may be seen how little of the state, compara-tively speaking, lies outside of this region. The orchard and berry patch will, if well cared for, produce amuch more liberal reward for time and labor expended thancan be expected from cereal crops upon the same land. Our soil, as well as climate, is well suited to the productionof fruits, and as there is only a comparatively limited portionof the continental area of the globe adapted ro the productionof orchard and small fruits, we are only acting wisely w
Apples . area a mapof our state has been prepared and is presented on page 120,from which it may be seen how little of the state, compara-tively speaking, lies outside of this region. The orchard and berry patch will, if well cared for, produce amuch more liberal reward for time and labor expended thancan be expected from cereal crops upon the same land. Our soil, as well as climate, is well suited to the productionof fruits, and as there is only a comparatively limited portionof the continental area of the globe adapted ro the productionof orchard and small fruits, we are only acting wisely when wetake advantage of our natural resources. By withdrawing fromcompetition with the great Northwest in the production ofcereals, especially wheat, we are ridding ourselves of the onegreat drain upon the fertility of our soil. By encouraging and developing the fruit interests of thestate we call in co-ordinate industries along other lines. Fortiie shipment of apples barrels are demanded, and we have in. APPLES. 487 our second growlli timber a supply of material that can be usedin this industry. Then, too, il there is a demand and market tor this secondf2;ro\vth timber, we have at once created a reason for more care-ful management of our growing forests, as well as a reason formaintaining in forests such areas as are unprofitable for agri-cultural and horticultural operations. In this connection 1 wish to direct the reader to one or twocommon mistakes which have been very generally committedl)y those who have planted orchards. This misfortune, as wemay now consider it, has not fallen more heavily upon WestVirginia than upon many other states. It is the fault of plant-ing a large collection of varieties in small orchards, thusreducing the quantity of any one varitey below a profitablelimit. This plan of making an orchard a miniature ExperimentStation for private education and pleasure can no longer beadvocated. Fruit growing is not a pastime for the gratificationof the eye and
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