Download or read book Farmer's Cyclopedia, Vol. 5 of 7 written by United States Department of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Farmer's Cyclopedia, Vol. 5 of 7: Abridged Agricultural Records; Fruits, Forests, Flowers, Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Beets, Sugar Cane, Etc The great variety of fruits grown within the limits of the United States and the wide range in requirements for both soil and climate exhibited by the different varieties of the various species of fruit-pro ducing plants render the characterization of any particular soil or of any class or group of soils as special fruit soils impossible. In general it may be stated that all soils to be well adapted to the production of the majority of deciduous tree fruits must be characterized by good natural drainage; by level or rolling topography, not precipitous; by a considerable depth of surface soil and subsoil and by relative freedom from large stone or bowlders which might interfere with cultivation. When these inherent properties are present there are necessary also certain conditions of protection or exposure, of altitude and latitude, and Of accessibility in order to render advisable the selection of any particular field for extended fruit culture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.