54: Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Soils. 



Norfolk coarse sandy loam. — Medium sand mixed with a large 

 quantity of small gravel. Naturally rather unproductive on ac- 

 count of drv nature. 



1 J 3 4 



Soil (5) 44 23 24 9 



Subsoil (4) 70 15 9 5 



Acres. 

 Connecticut Valley, Connecti- 

 cut and Massachusetts 27, 904 



Long Island, N. Y 04, 89G 



Norfolk sand. — Coarse to medium gray or yellowish sand, friable 

 and incoherent, resting on a yellow sand of about the same tex- 

 ture, 8 feet or more in depth. A common tyj^e on the low, flat 

 river necks and forelands of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal i)lain.>^; 

 also along the valley slopes of the streams and covering extensive 

 level areas in the uplands. It is well drained, matures crops very 

 early, and has such a small retentive power for water that general 

 farm crops can not be grown with any great success. Corn yields 

 but 5 to 10 bushels per acre and wheat not to exceed 5 to 6 

 bushels. It is a typical early truck soil, especially adapted to 

 light truck crops. It is also used for small fruits and ]>eaches, 

 although not so well adapted to these latter as some of the other 

 soils of the series. ]Many watermelons are grown upon this soil 

 in the Southern States. In the Connecticut Valley and in Florida 

 a very fine grade of cigar wrapper tobacco is produced upon 

 this soil. In Maryland it produces a fine grade of the Maryland 

 export tobacco. In North and South Carolina it produces a very 

 line grade of cigarette tobacco, but is not as well adapted to this ag 



is the Norfolk sandy loam. 



I •_' 3 4 



Soil (53) 32 52 11 4 



Subsoil (42) 32 50 11 6 



Acres. Acres. 



Calvert County, Md 58,000 Long Island, N. Y 77,120 



Cecil County, Md 4(5, COO ' Mobile, Ala 134, 592 



Connecticut Valley, Connecti- Norfolk, Va 20, StU 



cut and Massachusetts "40,384 Perry County, Ala 4, ICO 



("raven, N. C S8, 192 Prince CJeorge County, Md 23, G30 



Darlington, S. C 71, 104 ! Raleigh to Newbern. N. C . . . . 53, 310 



Dover, Del 5,C32 St. Mary County, Md 27,500 



Fort Valley, Ga 33, 792 Salem, N.J 7S, 410 



Gadsden County. Fla 93, 120 Trenton, N. .T 50, 880 



Harford County, Md 2, 470 j Willis, Tex 8, 5C0 



Kent County, Md 30, 7C0 Worcester County. Md 45, 312 



"Mapped as the Hartford sandy loam, wliicli name will not be iised again 

 outside of the CoTinecticut Vallev. 



