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"While it is not possible as yet to give an 

 expression to meteorological data which will 

 be a sufficient guide to crop characteristics, it 

 is possible, by a careful observation of crops 

 and native vegetation, to form a very accurate 

 estimate of crop possibilities and to define 

 areas in which certain crops having certain 

 qualities may be produced. Such an area as 

 the tobacco area of the Connecticut Valley 

 is a case in point; also areas producing sugar 

 beets, sweet corn and some varieties of fruits. 

 There are special localities where grapes are 

 known to do especially well. The Albemarle 

 pippin, which grows best on one particular 

 soil, takes on its brightest color only when 

 grown on this soil in sheltered coves between 

 certain elevations in the Blue Ridge Moun- 

 tains. 



"The differences in climate not only affect 

 the plant directly, but have great effect upon 

 the soil and its chemical properties or compo- 

 sition particularly in regard to the chemistry 

 of its organic constituents making the soil to 

 this extent a different soil and thus affecting 

 the plant." 



Science unaided cannot solve the problem 

 of specializing our acres. China and Europe 

 have depended mainly on tradition experi- 

 ence. We are combining the two means to 

 the same end, and, as a result, have set about 



