SOILS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA. 



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Table VII. — Areas of important fall truck crops on the more important soils of the 



Diamond Springs areas. 



Soil type and crop. 



Sassafras coarse sandy loam: 



Strawberries i 



Spinach 



Norfolk coarse sandy loam: 



Strawberries i 



Spinach 



Sassafras fine sandy loam: 



Spinach 



Kale 



Norfolk fine sandv loam: 



Kale 



Potatoes 



Spinach 



Strawberries i 





Per 



Acres. 



cent of 





type. 



76.6 



27.5 



65.7 



23.5 



62. 1 



21.2 



48.8 



16.6 



76.6 



22.2 



36.7 



10.6 



84.1 



17.1 



36.5 



7.4 



26.0 



5.3 



22.9 



4.7 



Soil type and crop. 



Kevport fine sandy loam: 

 'Kale 



Potatoes 



Sassafras loam: 



Spinach 



Strawberries 1 



Suffolk fine sandy loam, kale 

 Norfolk loam: 



Spinach 



Strawberries ' 



Norfolk gravelly loam: 



Strawberries l 



Spinach 



Suffolk gravelly loam: 



Strawberries ' 



Turnips 



27.9 

 17.3 



54.7 

 10.8 

 8.4 



27.9 

 24.0 



16.2 

 13.0 



4.1 

 4.1 



Per 



cent of 

 type. 



13.3 

 8.3 



53.5 

 10.6 

 5.7 



5.6 



4.6 



6.1 

 5.0 



5.4 

 5.4 



1 Occupy the ground throughout the year. 



SOIDS PREFERRED FOR DIFFERENT TRUCK CROPS. 



The soil and crop surveys of the Churchland and the Diamond 

 Springs areas indicate a preference of certain soil types in the growing 

 of certain crops. Such preference is brought out in the following 

 recapitulation : 



Potatoes. — Potatoes are the most important spring truck crop in 

 the Norfolk district. The maps show a total of 746.7 acres in this 

 crop. The four fine sandy loam types carry 591.3 acres, or 79.1 

 per cent of the total. The types constitute a little less than 35 per 

 cent of the total area mapped. The fall crop of potatoes covers 

 88.8 acres, and of this total 53.8 acres consist of the Norfolk and 

 Kevport fine sandy loams. This constitutes over 60 per cent of the 

 area of the fall-grown crop. The preference for the fine sandy loam 

 soils for potato growing is thus marked. 



Strawberries. — The spring crop maps show a total area of 336.3 

 acres in strawberries. The Sassafras and Norfolk coarse sandy loams 

 carry 180.3 acres of strawberries, or nearly 54 per cent of the total 

 acreage, although they cover less than 20 per cent of the total area 

 mapped. The Sassafras loam is the only other important type used 

 for strawberry growing within the sections mapped. 



Cabbage. — The cabbage crop occupies 260.8 acres, rather evenly 

 distributed on the Keyport fine sandy loam, the Norfolk coarse 

 sandy loam, and the Norfolk fine sandy loam. Over 56 per cent of 

 the crop is found on these three types. 



Beans. — The spring crop of snap beans occurs largely on the Nor- 

 folk fine sandy loam, while the pole lima bean crop is chiefly on the 

 Norfolk gravelly loam. The latter crop is exceptional in the Nor- 

 folk district. 



