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Soil Management Handbook - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

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Table 3<br />

Criteria For Tree Fruit Suitability<br />

Well Suited<br />

Apples (Antanovka)*<br />

up to 20%<br />

Slopes Drainage <strong>Soil</strong><br />

Depth<br />

well<br />

>100 cm<br />

<strong>Soil</strong><br />

Texture<br />

med.-mod. coarse, 100 cm medium<br />

Pears* up to 20% well-mod. well >75 cm med.-mod. fine<br />

Sweet Cherries up to 20% well >100 cm med.-mod. coarse<br />

Sour Cherries up to 9% well >100 cm med. fine-mod. coarse<br />

Peaches, apricots, plums,<br />

prunes & nectarines<br />

up to 20% well >100 cm med.-mod. fine<br />

Suited<br />

Apples (Antanovka)* 20 to 25%<br />

moderate 50-75 cm mod. fine-coarse<br />

Apples (M9/M26/M4)* 15 to 20% (less suited<br />

20 to 25%)<br />

moderate 50-75 cm mod. fine-coarse<br />

Pears* 20 to 25% mod.-poor >50 cm mod. fine-mod. coarse<br />

Sweet Cherries 20 to 25% moderate >75 cm mod. fine-coarse<br />

Sour Cherries 9 to 15% (less suited 15<br />

to 20%)<br />

moderate >75 cm fine-coarse<br />

Peaches, apricots, plums,<br />

prunes & nectarines<br />

20 to 25% moderate >75 cm fine-mod. coarse<br />

Unsuited<br />

Apples (Antanovka)* >25%<br />

poor<br />

75% c.f.<br />

Apples (M9/M26/M4)* >25% poor 75% c.f.<br />

Pears* >25% very poor 25% poor 20% poor 75% c.f.<br />

Peaches, apricots, plums,<br />

prunes & nectarines<br />

>25% poor S3 stoniness, however, some sites with<br />

a high level <strong>of</strong> management <strong>and</strong>/or intensive production system may be suited to tree fruits.<br />

c.f. = coarse fragment content<br />

*Rootstocks used as examples:<br />

Apples Malling 4, 9 <strong>and</strong> 26 (moderately hardy)<br />

Antanovka (hardy)<br />

Pear Bartlett<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>H<strong>and</strong>book</strong> – Okanagan-Similkameen Valleys 11

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