Show Soils for Orchard Should Be Deep and Fairly Heavy The soil for the orchard should be deep and ly heavy with a cla clay subsoil so as to retain moisture well Light land with porous subsoil cannot be made to hold sufficient moisture mois ture to sustain the trees In n a vigorous growing condition The exposure of of the orchard Is also an important fac fac- tor tar It is well weB known that northern slopes usually support more vegetation than thau do southern slopes They are less exposed to the suns sun's rays rn's and hence Jence the soils solis are cooler and contain more mOIe e moisture throughout the year It Is evident therefore that the non non- Irrigated orchard should have a northern northern north north- ern or northeastern exposure I |