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Fruit-Wall
Definition
A wall constructed around a kitchen garden or orchard to protect fruit trees from wind and to create a warmer microclimate that extends the growing season. The cost of building and maintaining fruit-walls is justified by the higher value of the protected fruit production.
Source Chapter
Book I, Chapter 11
Context
Smith uses fruit-walls as an example of agricultural improvements that increase the value of land by enabling the production of higher-value crops that would not otherwise be viable in the local climate.
Economic Domain
Production