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Table 1. Grouping of Massachusetts soils according to suitability for apple orchards, 



Group 1. Gravelly or sandy soils with a tendency to drought. 



Carver 



Dukes 



Enfield 



Evesboro 

 Groton 



Hinckley 

 Merrimack 



Plymouth 

 Quonset 



Suncook 

 Windsor 



Group II . Gravelly or sandy soils, without the tendency to drought 



Agawam 

 Canton 

 Copake 



Essex 

 Gal estown 

 Gloucester 



Haven 



Hinesbury 



Katama 



Lincroft 

 Montauk* 

 Oakville 



Poquonock* 

 Warwick 



Group III 



Good, deep 

 capacity. 



Berkshi re 

 Brookfield 

 Charlton 

 Chatfield 



soils with average to good drainage and a good waterholding 



Cheshi re 

 Chilmark 

 Col rain 

 Dutchess 



Had ley 

 Hartl and 

 Lenox 

 Narragansett 



Ondawa 



Pittsfield 



Pollux 



Riverhead 

 Unadil la 

 Yalesville 



Group IV. 



Good , but 

 rooting. 



somewhat shallow soils with hardpans or bedrock that prevent deep 



Bernardston 

 Brimfield 

 Broadbrook 

 Hoi lis 



Hoi yoke 

 Lyman 

 Marlow 

 Meckesville 



Mel rose 

 Mill is 

 Nantucket 

 Nassau 



Newport 

 Paxton 

 Shel burne 



Stockbridge 



Suffield 



Wethersfield 



Group V . Soils that tend to be wet for short period of time, but usually not during the 



Group VI . Poorly drained soils, unsuitable for tree fruits, unless artificially drained, 



Adrian 



Au Gres 



Berryland 



Biddeford 



Birdsall 



Brockton* 



Cabot* 



Carlisle 



Enosburg 



Fredon 



Freetown 



Hal sey 



Ipswich 



Kendal a 



Leicester 



Limerick 



Lyons 



Mansfield* 



Maybid 



Menlo* 



Munson 



Norwell* 



Palms 



Pawcatuck 



Peacham* 



Pipestone 



Pompton 



Raynham 



Ridgebury* 



Rumney 



Saco 



Saugatuck 



Scitico 



Scarboro 



Stissing* 



Swansea 



Swanton 



Walpole 



Wareham 



Westbrook 



Whately 



Whitman* 



Wilbraham* 



*Denotes presence of a hardpan 



