| Show open subsoil best for growing apples commands Moi moisture and plant food necessary prepared by the th united states department of with thoL thousands sands of acres of land well suited to apple growing lying idle many growers in the ozark region of southwestern missouri and northwestern arkansas are trying to ao produce apples on land that la 13 not adapted to the purpose according to A T sweet of the united states department part ment of agriculture the situ ailon ai rises arises from the fact that apple trees do not grow well produce abundantly or div live e as long as they should on soil that has a tight subsoil where there ther e Is an open subsoil the trees send their roots deep down into it for moisture and plant food in order to make use of the level areas growers have often selected orchard sites which have ft a tight subsoil when ft hen there was plenty of the more desirable land near by in a study of I 1 the relation iod between subsoil conditions and growth of apple appie trees in the ozarks mr air sweet found that a twenty year old tree often commands tile the moisture and plant food of ut least cubic feet of soil sell if the subsoil Is open and porous tle he also found that root diseases are in many places an accompaniment of bad subsoil conditions |
