CONTENTS 



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1. Introductory statements 1-7 



(1) Object of the survey 1 



(2) Distribution of orchards 3 



(3) Acreage 6 



(4) Size of orchards 6 



2. The question of varieties 8-46 



(1) Names and synonymns 8 



(2) Varieties in the bearing orchards 12 



(3) Varieties in young orchards 19 



(4) Varieties for future planting 26 



(5) Comparative tabular summary of varieties 30 



(6) How many varieties should the grower plant 33 



(7) Fewer varieties being planted 35 



(8) General adaptation of varieties 36 



(9) Scale resistance 40 



(10) Susceptibility to scale 42 



(11) Disease resistance 43 



(12) Susceptibility to disease 44 



3. Soils and varieties adapted to them 47-73 



(1) Literature on soils and soil surveys 48 



(2) Soils of the Piedmont region 50 



a. Cecil series 50 



(a) Cecil clay 51 



(b) Cecil loam 52 



(c) Cecil sandy loam 53 



(d) Cecil clay loam 55 



(e) Cecil stony loam 56 



b. Penn series 56 



(a) Penn loam 56 



(b) Penn clay 57 



(c) Penn stony loam 58 



(3) Miscellaneous Piedmont soils 58 



(a) Loudoun sandy loam 58 



(b) Iredell Clay loam 59 



(4) Soils of the mountains 59 



a. Porters series 60 



(a) Porters sand 60 



(b) Porters sandy loam 61 



(c) Porters black loam 62 



(d) Porters clay loam 63 



(e) Porters clay 64 



