UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 140 



Contribution from the Bureau of Soils 

 MILTON WHITNEY, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 5, 1915 



SOILS OF 



MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT 



WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO 



APPLES AND PEACHES 



By 



HENRY J. WILDER, Scientist in Soil Survey 



Surface Features 



The Soil Material 



Climate 



Soils of Southern New England . . . . 



Soils of Different Sections of the States . 



Orcharding; General Conditions in the 

 Future 



Cultural Methods in Orchards . . . . 



Usual Type of Farm-Orchard Develop- 

 ment in Massachusetts and Western 

 New York 



CONTENTS 



Relative Production of Apples in South- 

 ern New England 35 



Relation of Soil Characters to Crop and 

 Varietal Adaptation 37 



The Adaptedness of Soils to Different 

 Varieties of Apples 47 



Classification of Soils 51 



Miscellaneous Notes on Soil - Varietal 

 Adaptation 64 



The Adaptedness of Soils to Varieties of 

 Peaches £5 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



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