The Work Of The San Antonio Experiment Farm In 1908 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Work of the San Antonio Experiment Farm in 1908 The summers are hot and with a rather dry atmosphere, which results in rapid evaporation of moisture fromthe soil surface and from the leaves of plants. The winters are in the main mild and pleasant, but the rather frequent Occurrence of the northers during this season Often results in hard freezes. Table I gives the absolute minimum temperatures and the dates of the first and last killing frosts for each year Since 1892. The lowest temperature recorded in this period was 4° F. In February, 1899, and killing frosts have been known to occur as late as April, although in the majority Of cases the last one was in the month Of February. The sudden changes to low temperature often cause great injury to fruit trees which have been started into growth during the warm, pleasant days Of winter. For these reasons it is unsafe to grow fruit trees except those hardy enough to Withstand a moderate degree of freezing or those that will remain dormant throughout the warmest days Of winter or early spring. 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.