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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

> Hello, I'm planting a small hobby orchard ... What type of
> grass is ideal for an orchard?
> Mark
> Manning, Iowa, zone 5a
Before we try to answer, Mark can you provide a little more information?
1] If the Brome grass were removed, who would remove it, and with what
machinery?
2] What equipment is at your disposal?  Mower?  Disc harrow? 
Plow?
3] Do you believe your soil to have sufficient lime?  Is the brome
dominating or are there persistant obnoxious weed?  Is the brome regularly
mowed currently?  Is the orchard location high and dry or wet and
low?

Charlie Paradise
Massachusetts