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this soil have been mapped, which makes up 10.4 per cent of 

 this area. 



Peaches do especially well on the more elevated phases 

 of this soil. Apples also succeed well. Rome, Winesap, York, 

 Ben Davis, Grimes and Arkansas were reported as doing well on 

 Loudoun sandy loam. 



Iredell clay loam is a dark brown loam about 8 inches 

 deep, containing small rounded iron concretions on the sur- 

 face. The subsoil is a stiff impervious yellow clay, under- 

 lain by soft decomposed rock. It is locally known as "wax 

 land" or "blackjack land" . The distribution of this type of 

 soil is shown by the following data. 



Area of this soil Proportional 



type Acres extent per cent 

 Leesburg area 18,048 6.7 



Campbell w 1,344 .4 



Where the soil is elevated and well drained, apples 



succeed fairly well upon it. 



Soils of the Mountains . 

 The parallel ranges of the Appalachian Mountains ex- 

 tend across the state from northeast to southwest. The alti- 

 tude of the mountain regions ranges from 1000 to about 4000 

 feet. The rocks of the Blue Ridge Mountains, or the eastern 

 range, are igneous and metamorphic in origin. The rocks of 

 the Alleghany Mountains, or western range, and Alleghany 



