Soil Management Handbook - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Soil Management Handbook - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
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