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Correction of the Unproductivity of a Peat Soil for Lettuce 1
Author(s) -
Wilson B. D.,
Townsend G. R.
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1933.00021962002500080003x
Subject(s) - townsend , citation , peat , library science , mathematics , archaeology , computer science , history , physics , quantum mechanics
Peat soils vary in productivity with respect to vegetable crops. Often lettuce and spinach cannot be grown successfully on certain peat soils that will produce marketable crops of potatoes. Relationships of this kind have been observed by Felix (2) a for peat soils of New York and by Allison, Bryan, and Hunter (I) for peat soils of Florida. Such areas vary considerably in size. They may comprise large tracts of soil or they may be only a few feet in diameter. In many cases normal plants are found growing adjacent to abnormal plants. The present paper is concerned with the correction of the unproductivity of a peat soil of this character for lettuce.