The principles of fruit-growing . sked what we are to do toprevent the fruit from blowing off. We answer by asking whatprevents this in an orchard of several hundred acres in extent?*Adam says that the best wind-break is another row of it is determined to have this wind-break, why not make it ofthe Haas apple?—C. W. Gurney, Northicestern Pomology {Concord,NehrasJca), 59. A free circulation of air is very desirable in an orchard, andful] exposure is better than shutting in too closely, yet in afull exposure is not found the best condition for a successfulorchard. It should be surrounde
The principles of fruit-growing . sked what we are to do toprevent the fruit from blowing off. We answer by asking whatprevents this in an orchard of several hundred acres in extent?*Adam says that the best wind-break is another row of it is determined to have this wind-break, why not make it ofthe Haas apple?—C. W. Gurney, Northicestern Pomology {Concord,NehrasJca), 59. A free circulation of air is very desirable in an orchard, andful] exposure is better than shutting in too closely, yet in afull exposure is not found the best condition for a successfulorchard. It should be surrounded with wind-breaks on the ex-posed sides, sufficient to somewhat break the force of the wind,but not heavy enough to prevent a good circulation of air throughthe orchard at any time. It is much more important to have awind-break on the south and west sides of an orchard than onthe north or east, for it is from the former directions that comethe most injurious winds.—/SmwweZ B. Green, Amateur Fruit-groiv-ing [Minneapolis), Fig. 3. Protection of an orange grove from the morning sun. Though the climate of California renders unnecessary the pro-tection against rigorous weather which fruit-growers in someother parts of the world have to provide, there is often advantagein securing shelter from winds and protection from late frosts. *The outside rows act as wind-breaks. The larger the orchard, the lessis the injury to the interior parts of it by wind. An orchard may be verycompletely protected by another one standing to the windward.—L. H. B. 76 The Principles of Fruit-growing. * * ^ * It has already been remarked that on the immediatecoast the successful growth of fruit will sometimes be whollydependent upon proper shelter from prevailing winds, and inregions farther from the ocean the topography may induce strongcurrants of air, which will ill affect trees and vines. In all suchplaces the fruit-grower should plant wind-breaks, and will findhimself well repaid for the gro
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