Rootstock 



Table 8. An approximate guide of rootstock/soil agreement. 



Soil qroup 

 I II III IV 



V 



VI 



Dwarf 



M.9, 



1.9A, or virus-tested M.9 



Semi-Dwarf 

 M.26 



Inter. M.9/Alnarp 2 

 Inter. M.9/Seedling 

 Inter. M.9/M.13 

 Inter. M.9/MM 111 

 Inter. M.9/I\/IIV1 106 

 MM 106 

 M.7 or M.7A 



Vigorous 

 AInarp 2 

 MM 111 

 Seedling 



XXX 

 XXX 

 XXX 



X X 

 X X X X 

 XXX 

 XXX 



XXX 



XXX 



X X X X 



XXX 



X 



X* Denotes compatibility of rootstock and soil group 

 Inter. = Interstem 



Amostown fine sandy loam 



Bernardston silt loam 



Birchwood silt loam 



Broadbrook very fine sandy loam 



Buckland fine sandy loam 



Buxton silt loam 



Chilmark sandy loam 



Eldridge loamy sand 



Elmwood fine sandy loam 



Essex fine sandy loam, loamy sand 



Hero fine sandy loam, silty subsoil variant 



Hinesbury loam sand, gravelly loam sand 



Hudson silt loam 



Keyport silt loam 



Ludlow loam 



Marlow loam 



Marlow loam, dark subsoil 



Mattawan fine sandy loam 



Meckesville loam, fine sandy loam 



Melrose fine sandy loam 



Millis fine sandy loam 



Nantucket sandy loam 



Ninigret fine sandy loam, silty subsoil variant 



Paxton fine sandy loam 



Peru loam 



Pittstown silt loam, loam 



Pollux fine sandy loam 



Poquonock loamy sand 



Rainbow very fine sandy loam 



Rhinebeck silt loam 



Scituate fine sandy loam, sandy loam 



Shelburne loam 



Stockbridge silt loam 



Suffield silt loam 



Watchaug fine sandy loam 



Wethersfield loam 



Woodbridge fine sandy loam, sandy loam 



Group V— Soils that tend to be wet for short periods of time. 

 Slow drainage but deep rooting possible. 

 Acton fine sandy loam 

 Belgrade very fine sandy loam, silt loam 

 Deerfield loamy fine sand, loamy sand 

 Ellington fine sandy loam 

 Hero fine sandy loam 

 Klej loamy sand 

 Ninigret fine sandy loam 

 Pompton sandy loam 

 Sudbury fine sandy loam 

 Sutton fine sandy loam 

 Tisbury fine sandy loam 

 Winooski very fine sandy loam, high bottom 



Group VI— Heavy poorly drained soils with clay or hardpans 

 underneath. 

 Au Gres loamy sand, loamy fine sand 

 Cabot fine sandy loam 

 Enosburg loamy sand 



