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Apples are best grown on loamy soils, 

 fairly deep, preferably on slopes to get 

 good drainage, and flourish on old red 

 sandstone, permian and triassic sand- 

 stones and marls, lias, calcareous sandy 

 loams of the middle lias; on lower lias in 

 Somerset, and generally in Devon, Somer- 

 set, Dorset, Gloucester, Hereford, 

 Worcester, around Edinburgh, and in 

 some parts of Ireland. The Pear grows 

 well on a variety of soils, but rich, deep, 

 soils, similar to those on which the Apple 

 grows, as well as on the chalk. 



The Cherry grows on rich, loamy, rather 

 deep soils, lower eocene, brickearths in 

 the valleys in Kent, and on loamy soils 

 overlying chalk also. Light loam, or 

 gravel of the valley drifts and lower 

 eocene in Kent, and loamy, chalky soils 

 in Surrey and Sussex suit the Cherry. 



Clayey or gravelly soils, derived from 

 lower lias and valley gravels in the Avon 

 district and Vale of Evesham, in Worcester- 

 shire, Gloucestershire, etc., suit the Plum. 



The valley gravels and brickearths on 

 Oxford clay in Huntingdonshire, on gault 

 and drift in Cambridge, old red sandstone 

 in Brecon, etc., are suited to the growth 

 of small fruits of the orchard type. 



Calcareous loam, deep and rich, in 

 sunny situations on sloping hillsides in 

 Kent, on Thanet and Woolwich beds, on 

 loamy, clayey soils of Sandgate, Hythe, 

 and Atherfield clay in Surrey and Sussex, 

 also loam on weald clay, in Surrey and in 

 Berks, and Hants., are best for growing 

 hops. 



Such a brief survey gives the main 

 points to be noted in choosing sites for 

 orchards. 



