orchard

• With every puff of the wind the trees in the orchard were all lit up and the flames yelled as if they were a thousand men far away and shouting together. —  The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
• Nowhere in the orchard was there absolute shadow, nowhere a vista unblurred; but in the east, half-way between horizon and zenith, two belts of coppery light flared against the gray sky like embers swaddled by their ashes. —  Chivalry
• Although this experiment has been underway now for only three years, certain of the findings are thought to be of such importance that a preliminary report should be made at this time Experimental Plan The site selected for the orchard is a gentle slope varying from five to 15 percent and providing good air drainage. —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
• The larger portion of the orchard is the Thomas variety. —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952
• If the palm of one could clasp the pinion of the other, there would come together two of the greatest implements God and nature have ever given any two creatures to explore the world with, and when two bipeds gaze at each other, eye to eye, the intelligence in the one might well take off its hat to the subtle instincts in the other.--JAMES NEWTON BASKETT A bird on the bonnet means so much less bread on the table A bird in the orchard is a sort of scavenger and pomologist combined, and does his share in giving you a dish of fruit for dinner. —  Bird Day; How to prepare for it

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