RELATION OF SOIL, TEMPERATURE AND TOPOGRAPHY TO FRUIT GROWING IN SUMMERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Abstract

The relation of soil class, minimum-temperature differences and topography to the growing of apricot, cherry, peach, apple and pear was studied in an area 7 miles by 4 miles, varying in elevation from 1122 to 1800 feet above m.s.l. The use of an automobile-mounted thermistor thermometer was found useful in establishing minimum-temperature differences. Temperature differences bore a relationship to topography and kinds of fruit being grown satisfactorily. Soil class, except in extreme cases where land was non-arable, bore no relation to the kinds of fruit being grown satisfactorily.