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Show GRASS AND" WEEDS HARMFUL Noxious Plants Consume Enormous Amount of Moisture Needed by Fruit Trees. Grasses and weeds are enormous consumers of soil moisturo, to sny nothing of available plant food. The moisture content of the soil plays an Important part In fruit production, an all-Important part In fnct. Unless there la nn abundance of moisture, the quality qual-ity of the fruit is certain to be affected, even though all other conditions nre favorable. There are other reasons why the orchard soil should not be expected ex-pected to maintain an Intercrop to any large extent. Weeds and grasses often afford n hiding place for orchard pests at certain seasons of the year. Some forms of diseases may be propagated on them, even though kept off the trees during a majority of the year. |