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POMOLOGY 



either through the agency of cultivation or by a heavy straw 

 covering, the percentage of moisture was more than twice 

 that in straight grass land." 



Table XXXIII 



MOISTURE (total) IN SOIL (AFTER WOODBURY ET AL.) 



Data obtained at the New York State Experiment Sta- 

 tion are in accord with those cited from Indiana. The soil 

 in the latter experiment is described as follows: "The char- 

 acter of the soil changes somewhat with the topographical 

 outlines of the orchard. On the ridge and high ground the 

 soil is a fertile Dunkirk sandy loam to a depth of nine or 

 ten inches, underlain by a compact sandy subsoil. In the 

 depression the type changes to a dark colored Dunkirk loam, 

 ten to twelve inches deep, and underlain by a veiy fine com- 

 pact sand." ^ 



1 N. Y. [GenevaJ Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 314. 1909. 



