62 state; pomological society. 



VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA. 



While I have gone over these points very hastily relative to 

 the Ozark region, and there is a good deal more I would like to 

 say, I must hasten to refer to another fruit section of consider- 

 able importance, and one capable of great developments in the 

 future. This is the Piedmont and mountain regions of the 

 southern states from Virginia to Georgia. This region com- 

 prises a comparatively narrow strip of land east of the Blue 

 Ridge Mountains and extending their entire length, and also the 

 eastern slope of the Blue Ridge itself with the spurs which pro- 

 ject out from the ridge proper. The soil of the Piedmont area 

 is characteristically a red clay or clay loam, with many varia- 

 tions, especially in the amount of clay content, and has an eleva- 

 tion of from 500 to 1,000 feet; the mountain soil is very variable, 

 ranging all the way from a clay to a loose sand, but is usually 

 deep, friable and rich, containing large quantities of humus. 

 The elevation of the land devoted to orcharding is seldom over 

 1,500 to 1,800 feet, though a few orchards are located at points 

 approaching 2,500 feet elevation above sea level. One orchard 

 in western North Carolina has an altitude of nearly 4,000 feet — 

 the greatest elevation of any orchard east of the Rockies, but 

 this orchard is not within the limits, properly speaking, of the 

 territory in question. The mountain region of these states is 

 where many of the far-famed Yellow Newtown apples are grown 

 — or as it is better known in that section — the Albemarle Pippin. 

 Much of this mountain land is not of much value for general 

 agricultural purposes, but it is admirably adapted to the growing 

 of fruit, especially apples. Peaches are grown, however, to some 

 extent, on the mountains, and, as a rule, do well with a careful 

 selection of varieties. 



The Piedmont section of this area is well adapted to apples, 

 and many orchards have been planted, though the most of them 

 are rather small. The Winesap is the most important variety 

 for this section. The red clay or red clay loam produces very 

 fine fruit, other things being equal. 



As a rule, the orchards are in a rather neglected condition, the 

 same as they are in most other sections the country over. Much 

 of the soil washes badlv unless carefully manao'ed : in some of 



