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THE FKUIT INDUSTRY IN- XEW YORK STATE 



There are two general types of cover crops : the legumes, or 

 nitrogen-gathering plants, and the non-leguminous sorts. The 

 following belong to the first type. 



LEGUMINOUS COVER CROPS 



The Clovers 



Ked clover, either medium or mammoth, is the popular legumin- 

 ous cover crop in this state. On poor soils especially those 

 which are acid and during dry seasons, the catch is poor and 





FIG. 210. RYE AND WINTER VETCH 



the growth small, but where conditions are right it gives an ex- 

 cellent cover. Because of the uncertainty of its growth it is 

 generally used in combination with other cover crops. Crimson 

 clover is an annual which is not quite hardy enough for most 

 of the state outside of the southern Hudson Valley. 



The Vetches 



There are two kinds, the spring and the winter vetch. It is 

 the latter which is used as a cover crop. Within recent years 



