Rich County Reaper | 1929-06-28 | Page 2 | Gently Sloping Hill is Best Orchard Location

gently sloping hill Is best orchard location M never plant il ant fruit trees or small fruits ln in low places with lil glier ground surrounding them such places are altogether to too frosty to he safe for faults the best locution location Is on a gently sloping hill where there Is n free movement of ner tills this in general should be on the alie eastern or southeastern or southern side of the slope in order to take tahe nol advantage vantage of the protection against western an and northwestern north winds A southern slope has a little disadvantage in that it warnis up a bit earlier in the HIP spring than a northern rn slope and may make it day or two difference in blossoming bloss oming time this of course increases slightly the ii hazard az front from frost but bill ohp benefits accruing from the lie warm sheltered side of the hill are greater than the danger