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Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



Bulletin No. 328 March 1936 



Heavy Mulching in 

 Bearing Apple Orchards 



By J. K. Shaw and L. Southwick 



Various types of mulching are common practices in orchard manage- 

 ment for the purpose of conserving plant food and soil moisture. 

 Fifteen years of observation and experience with mulches are here 

 reported and interpreted. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



