Show lighter soils produce highly colored fruit T the he lighter soils produce earlier more finely flavored and more high highly ly 0 colored O lored fruits than do the lie heavier soils this Is particularly true with such fruits fruit as the grape and citrus on the other hand the ahe heavier so solla it 4 contain more plant food and have greater witter holding capacity and hence give greater growth and higher fields for tho tha simo amounts unto of irrigation n water and fertilizers used from froin the standpoint of physical structure therefore a fruit soil should be selected on the basis of the kind to be grown and whether it Is to be shipped on the local market obviously obvious ly where earll earil ness nesa plays such ao an important part in the financial returns as in our warmer fruit districts a soil which will magnify this feature la Is desirable the increased profit from very early fruit of high quality Is such that the grower often can afford to use the tha lighter soils foils for vineyard and orchard purposes even though mote more fertilizer and manure must be used to main tain fertility |