ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES TO SOILS 23 



as a moist soil, yet it is not so heavy as ever to be ill drained if 

 surface drainage is adequate. The soil should be moderately rich 

 in organic matter, decidedly more so than for the Baldwin. In 

 contrast to the Baldwin soil in the growth of corn, it should keep 

 the lower leaves of the plant green until harvesting time or at 

 least until late in the season. Such soil conditions maintain a 

 long seasonal growth under uniform conditions of moisture, and 

 thus produce the firm yet crisp texture, the remarkable juiciness, 

 and the high flavor for which this variety is noted when at its 

 best. If a high blush is desired, however, to supply other market 

 conditions or for home use, a soil somewhat warmer than that 

 described should be selected — a deep light mellow loam or a 

 productive fine sandy loam being favorable. 



The Rhode Island Greening is also more restricted in area than 

 the Baldwin, not adapting itself to the climatic conditions as far 

 south as the Baldwin, even though suitable soils occur there. In 

 fact, its southern boundary may be estimated roughly as \ degree 

 north of the forty-first parallel. South of that it becomes a fall apple 

 and keeps very poorly. 



Rome Beauty. The Rome Beauty bears the same relation to 

 the Grimes in soil requirements as the Baldwin does to the 

 Rhode Island Greening in their respective regions. There is, 

 however, something of an overlapping of regions ; that is, the 

 Baldwin extends farther south in adaptation than the Rhode 

 Island Greening, and the Rome Beauty extends as far north as 

 the Grimes. But this intra-regional overlapping of the Rome 

 Beauty and the Baldwin is largely a matter of dovetailing due to 

 variations in elevation. Thus in southern Pennsylvania, as the 

 Baldwin in its southerly extension seeks its soil at higher eleva- 

 tions to offset the climatic changes, so does the Rome Beauty in 

 its northern extension seek the same soil at a lower elevation for 

 the same reason. 



It is grown with marked success in West Virginia, where it is a 

 leading commercial sort. It has given excellent results there on 

 fine sandy loams and mellow loams of the Westmoreland, Upshur, 

 and DeKalb series. In western Kentucky, too, the Rome Beauty is 

 of commercial importance, and it promises well for growing farther 

 south at considerable elevation. In a few instances it has grown 



