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Book Notes: The Apple Orchard, by Pete Brown

A review of Pete Brown’s new book on the social history and vital importance for the future of English orchards.

Published December 14, 2016
Categorised as Book Notes, Longer Articles Tagged apples, book review, cider, orchard culture, Pete Brown, pomology, social history

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An example. Soil quality analysis on L is from a 16 year old pecan orchard. The one on R is from the adjacent row crop field. Same soil type.

That’s a 127% increase in SOM and a 145% increase in active carbon (microbially available C energy sources) in orchard vs row crop

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