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Show j HORTICULTURE Edited by Prof. Robert Stewart, Agricultural Ag-ricultural College of Utah. Payson, Utah. Editor Dcscrct Farmer: I should like to know something about canyon winds in regard to fruit growing, as I have a track of land at the mouth of a canyon which the wind blows al- most every night without fail. The wind is of a steady but gradual blow which make the trees grow in a slanting slant-ing shape. Would these conditions be O. K. for fruit growing, and if so which would be the better to grow? Please answer as soon as possible in one of your future issues. Yours truly, SUBSCRIBER. m m Answer by Prot. R. S. Northrop. A good :anyon breeze can generally be considered one of the best assets for fruit farming. However, if it comes so strongly that the trees arc inclined to be bent a light wind-break would help in keeping the trees in shape and prevent wind falls. I would suggest that a row of Carolina poplars set fifteen or twenty feet apart, pruned eight or ten feet high and kept pollarded pol-larded would be quite satisfactory for this purpose. As regards the varieties it is best to grow under the conditions mentioned men-tioned in the letter above I am obliged to say that I can not tell. It depends upon the nature of the soil more than any other one factor, in the neighborhood of Payson. If it is light or gravelly probably peaches would be best, in which case I would plant chiefly Elbcrta. If it is composed com-posed of more or less clay and silt I would use Jonathan, Wincsap, and Gano apples. I believe if the soil is found to be satisfactory for cither of the crops the subscriber mentioned above 'would do well to grow them. o |