The experimental design was a randomized complete block replicated in the two locations. The variability factor was represented by the transplant soil tested at three levels: a silt loam soil collected in the Tartano orchard (FR), a sandy loam soil collected in the Ponte orchard (SY) and a peat from sphagnum (pH 4.28, EC(1:5) 0.03 mS/cm). Treatments were fully replicated on five blocks.Within each block, five consecutive trees were grown on the same substrate, for a total of 25 plants per treatment. Plants were monitored throughout two growing seasons until September 2015.2.2