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Data on ffruit Soils . - The following question was 

 asked: "Give a brief description of the soil in your orchard; 

 state whether sandy, sandy loam, clay loam, heavy clay, light 

 clay, color, etc., and state character of the subsoil." 



From the answers received to this question I was able 

 in most cases to identify the soil type from the descriptions 

 given by keeping in mind the location of the orchard and com- 

 paring the growers' descriptions with the technical descrip- 

 tions of soil types given in the soil surveys. 



Soil surveys have been made in several counties in 

 the State. (See tig. 3). The information regarding soil 

 types herein discussed was obtained from the surveys made by 

 the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. I asked the fruit growers to give a brief descrip- 

 tion of the soil on which their orchards were planted. In 

 some cases, where the orchards were located in an area which 

 had been surveyed, it was easy to determine the type of soil; 

 in other cases where the orchards were located in areas which 

 had not been surveyed it was more difficult to determine the 

 type of soil from the grower's description. I have made an 

 attempt to correlate varieties of apples with the different 

 types of soil. The data at hand is not sufficient to warrant 

 definite conclusions. 



