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Table XXVI 



DUNKIRK LOAM, NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK 



In Ontario County, which is also in the fruit belt of west- 

 ern New York, the best fruit is grown on the Ontario loam 

 which is somewhat lighter and has the following mechanical 

 analysis: 



Table XXVII 



ONTARIO LOAM, ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK 



Fort Valley is the center of the peach industry of Georgia 

 and one of the best known peach sections of the coun- 

 try. The soils best adapted to the production of this fruit 

 are the Orangeburg sandy loam and the Orangeburg fine 

 sandy loam. The fruit grown on these soils is superior to 

 that on any of the other soils of that area. The latter is 

 ranked as the best peach soil of the whole Gulf Coastal 

 Plain region, owing to "the inherent characteristics of 

 the soil itself and to the elevated and well drained posi- 

 tion it normally occupies." Elberta is the variety typically 

 grown. 



