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Show SLOPING SITE FOR ORCHARD Frequently Low-Lying Crovet Are Lett Fruitful Than Thote Planted Plant-ed on Higher Levelt. Kvery fruit grower, whether a practical prac-tical or theoretical man, should realize rea-lize from the very beginning that to imcceed In fruit growing he must work hard with both head and hands. In the planting of an orchard there Hie many features to be considered, all of which are equally Important In the success of fruit growing site, ir, drainage, soil, plan, selection of vurl etles. selection, source and care of trees, time of planting, cultivation. Irrigation, Ir-rigation, pruning, spraying and smudging smudg-ing Whatever the hl.n of the orchard or-chard there are several points which should bo considered before the trees sie planted, writes Fuldaii (iarcla In the Denver Fh-ld and Farm. The llrst of these Is tho site or locution, and this Is of much Importance. W henever possible the oi ch.ii (JM should select a gently sloping site, as such u locality provides "Tfvod ulr dm In aue. This, while not gen. -rally com limed. Is very Important In or-thaidllig or-thaidllig Cold ulr Is heavier than wnrtu air, and for this reason It will reiile In the lower places, which are n;o..t likely to be the tiosty ones. Frequently the low-b-tg orchatds are le s f t u i t f u 1 than those planted on tho i sloping or higher levels. In all other Irilgated dl"Mlcts, the land must le as lew! IIS possible in Older to fat Ill-late Ill-late li'i Igiitlou, and (o- ll'is icason It Irt almost Impossible to secure an Ideal she so far as air drainage Is concerned. con-cerned. Perhaps the best fruit belts, conoid cring them from the air drainage proposition, lie on the first level of our mesa lands. If enough water could be developed on these high lands Hi' damage caused by the spring fronts would be largely mitigated, (lid time Iriilt growers and many writers lay great stress upon the soil and one would think from their m'scrlptlons concerning; these requirements of the different fruits that there would be no hope of success unless a poll of exact-ly exact-ly such und such character could be fourd. It Is true that while most fruits are partial to certain kinds of soils, most of them will do well on ninny kinds, provided It Is deep i rough and care Is taken of the tree, Hy proper uttentlon to tillage an utilizing the many different method! of chut. clng the character of tho sol!, one need not be discouraged If It Is not typical In every way for this or that fruit. Of course better success nt less expense and labor may be hud If the nil Is adapted to tho fruit planted. Oflentlims the greatest success suc-cess depends more upon the individual who ca,-es for the trees than upon the sidl In which they are grown. Some men succeed In poor soli while others fall or have poor results on good soli. A very large percentage of the young trees which die perish principally on account of not having had proper care. |