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Abstract

Overhead sprinkler systems are not new to orchard management but have been used almost exclusively for irrigation. However, economic considerations would encourage a modification of this one-purpose system into multi-purpose usage. Potentially, with the correct physical arrangements of pumps, pipes, risers, and nozzles it would be possible not only to irrigate, but to have frost protection and summer environmental and pest control as well. The present paper examines the latter two uses of an overhead sprinkler system and the effects of the system on the pear tree.

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