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to apples, particularly the Albemarle pippin. For this apple the 

 small coves on the east side of the mountains are considered most 

 desirable. Where exposed on the top of mountains it has little 

 value for fruit, and is used only for grazing. 



12 3 4 



Soil (lo) 22 27 25 24 



Subsoil (12) 23 25 26 26 



Acres. 



Hickory, X. C 512 



Mount Mitchell, N. C 87, 808 



Acres. 



Albemarle, Va 68, 736 



Asheville, X. C 24,064 



Bedford, Va 8, 270 



Porters clay. — Reddish-brown clay loam, 6 inches deep, under- 

 lain by stiff, tenacious red clay to a depth of 20 inches or more. 

 Both soil and subsoil contain a large percentage of stone. Occu- 

 pies mountain slopes. Residual soil derived from granite and 

 other crystalline rocks. When not too stony and rough, good 

 soil for corn, wheat, and grass. One of the important apple soils 

 of the mountains, particularly for Winesap and similar types 

 of apples. 



Soil (17) 17 



Subsoil (17) 14 



Acres. 



Albemarle, Va 32, 512 



Asheville, X. C 49, 152 



Bedford, Va a 28, 240 



Acres. 



Campobello, S. C 13,005 



Leesburg, Va 2, 752 



Mount Mitchell, N. C 106, 176 



DE KALB SERIES. 



The De Kalb soils occur in the Appalachian Mountains and Cum- 

 berland Plateau, and are formed from the disintegration of sand- 

 stones and shales. The soils are not very productive, and, wdth 

 one exception, do not seem to be adapted to any particular crop 

 or class of crops. 



De Kalb stony loam. — Gray to white sandy loam, 6 to 10 inches 

 deep, grading into a subsoil of the same texture and color, or intx) 

 red or yellow clay. Both soil and subsoil contain a large quantity 

 of fragments of sandstone,conglomerate, and sandy calcareous shale. 

 The soil frequently rests directly upon a broken mass of rock. The 



a Mapped as Porters red clay, which name will not be used hereafter. 



