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the climate is a little warmer. Heavy silty loam or light silty clay 

 loam with similar subsoil brings a good " green " Rhode Island 

 Greening, but lighter soils such as fine sandy loams and warm mellow 

 loams excel if a high blush is desired. 



Soils favoring the Hubbardston are rich fine sandy loams, or 

 heavy loamy fine sands with subsoils of fine sandy loam or mellow 

 loam. 



For the Northern Spy and the Wagener, a mellow medium loam 

 underlain by heavy loam or friable light clay loam is desirable, but 

 the supply of humus and the application of ammonia-carrying fer- 

 tilizers should be much greater for the Wagener than for the North- 

 ern Spy. 



The heavier of the soils described for the Baldwin seem promising 

 for the Mcintosh. 



For Tompkins King and Gravenstein, an open-textured loam, 

 rather than a fine loam, with subsoil of the same or only slightly 

 heavier texture, is preferred. While similar soils -are excellent for 

 Ben Davis and Gano, it is believed that these varieties should be 

 grown outside of New England. 



Both the Tompkins King and the Northern Spy soils give good 

 results with the Fall Pippin. 



A deep rich loamy soil with subsoil of at least medium porosity, 

 preferably a sandy loam, is excellent for Roxbury. 



Soil adaptedness under Connecticut conditions to some of the com- 

 mercial varieties of peaches follows: 



Champion succeeds best on soils of only medium productivity, but 

 they should be deep and well drained. Medium to heavy friable 

 sandy loams underlain by material not heavier than a friable loam 

 and preferably a heavy sandy loam are very desirable. 



Carman and Mountain Rose succeed best on soils somewhat less 

 pervious than the Champion, but still deep and well drained. This 

 soil condition seems typically supplied by the loams of the Wethers- 

 field and the Middlefield series. 



The Elberta and the Belle prefer stronger soils than the Carman 

 and the Mountain Rose. Loams, silty loams, and silt loams, with 

 subsoils of similar material seem best to meet these requirements 

 under Connecticut conditions. 



For Late Crawford, a fairly strong soil, such as a light porous 

 loam somewhat less retentive of moisture than the heaviest of the 

 Elberta soils is desirable. 



Some of the early varieties, such as Greensboro, are less sensitive 

 to shallow soil conditions than the varieties mentioned above. 



