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each season. The oroliard produced enon^li fruit each year to pay 

 expenses aiul a small dividend, occasionally, hut was troubled with 

 curculio and brown rot. Tn 1003 the trees were sprayed with lime- 

 sulphur, which was found to control the scale perfectly. In 1005 sprays 

 were used to control the curculio and brown rot. At this date ^Ir. 

 Lindloy bofran making additional plantings, and in 1909 the most 

 successful returns were secured. 



Encouraged by the success of Mr. Lindley, other commercial ven- 

 tures were started in Mooro and Montgomery counties, until now 

 the area known as the Sand Hill Section, occupied by these counties, is 

 looked upon as the leading commercial peach section in the State. 

 During the last two years there has been fully 250,000 trees planted in 

 commercial orchards in the Sand Hills alone. 



Stimulated by large plantings of peaches in Georgia, and the success 

 of commercial ventures in Virginia and West Virginia, the develop- 

 ment of commercial orchards in the mountains in the western part of 

 the State has been begun within the last decade. Growers were encour- 

 aged to plant commercial orchards because trees in the home orchards 

 yielded crops almost every year. "While in size the industry is small 

 compared to that developed in the Sand Hill region, the outlook for 

 future growth is favorable. The principal orchards are located in the 

 counties of Surry and Yadkin. 



Outside of these two sections, only isolated commercial orchards are 

 found. Commercial peach growing in ISTorth Carolina is still practi- 

 cally in its infancy, but plantings are gradually increasing in the main 

 peach sections. 



THE SAND HILL SECTION 



The topography of the Sand Hill Section is decidedly pronounced. 

 The highest portions have an elevation of from 400 to nearly 600 feet 

 above sea level, while the creeks have an elevation of from 100 to 200 

 feet lower. The rivers of the section have an elevation of between 100 

 and 200 feet above sea level. 



The soil is sandy from the top of the hills to the lowest elevations. 

 The sand varies in depth, but has been found in some places to extend 

 to a depth of nearly 200 feet. On account of the character of the sur- 

 face and the prevalence of the sandy soil, the section has been termed 

 the "Sand Hills" or "Sand Hill Region." 



The predominating soil types in this section are what are known as 

 Xorfolk coarse sand. Sand Hill pliase, and Xorfolk coarse sand, both 

 of which are soils of gray color, with gray to yellow subsoil, and well 

 drained. 



Tlie Norfolk coarse sand, in its typical development, consists of li^ht, 

 medium to coarse sand, 5 to 11 inches deep, underlain by a light yellow 

 to grayish-yellow, medium to coarse sand. 



