In the report of the Fruit Growers’ Association, the planting of timber
belts as screens and wind-breaks for the protection of orchards was very
properly mentioned as an important condition of success in fruit
growing. In addition to the trees mentioned for this purpose, I would
name the American arbor-vitæ for a low, dense growing and very effectual
wind-break. It is very hardy, and can be obtained in almost any
locality, it being found in all the Northern portion of the continent as
far South as Pennsylvania. I approve of President Burnet’s advice to
plant the trees intended to form the timber belt in triple rows, but in
the row of maple, or other deciduous trees, would plant an arbor-vitæ
between every two deciduous trees, so as to fill the space between the
trunks of the trees from the ground to where the branches commence. In
this way a dense, low growth will be secured which will preserve a
complete wind-break near the ground, when the other trees have lost
their lower limbs and the larches have been taken for timber.
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