Show gently sloping hill Is best orchard location never plant fruit trees or small fruits in low places with higher ground surrounding them such places are altogether too frosty to I 1 be safe for fruits the best location Is on a gently sloping hill where there la Is a free frea movement of air this in general should be on the eastern or southeastern or southern side of the slope in order to take advantage of the protection against western and northwestern winds A southern slope has a little disadvantage vari tage in that it warms up dp a bit earlier in the spring than a northern slope and may make a day or two difference in blossoming bloss oming time this 0 of f course increases slightly the hazard from frost but the benefits accruing from tile the warm sheltered side ol of the hill are much greater than th the danger |