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Porters black loam Is known to occur In counties, 



practically all of the counties in the Blue Ridge region of 



the state. The data which follows shows its distribution in 



the areas where soil surveys have been made. 



Area of Porters .black Proportionate 



loam Acres extent per cent 

 Albemarle area, Harrisonburg sheet 18,112 



11 " Waynesboro " 21,888 7.6 

 "' " Buckingham M 28,736 



Bedford area 8,270 2.0 



Porters black loam is an excellent fruit soil. Peach- 

 es succeed well upon it, Bilyeu which is adapted to the mount- 

 ain region does very well on this type of soil. The data 

 given below was obtained from the fruit growers and it shows 

 the varieties of apples which are being grown upon this soil. 



Variety No. of growers reporting it on this soil 



Albemarle 3 ? 



Wine sap 23 



York ^ 



Arkansas ® 



Ben Davis ? 



Grimes ° 



Bonum ^ 



Stayman Winesap * 



Rome 4 



Albemarle and Winesap are preeminently adapted to 



Porters black loam and these two varieties are perhaps the 

 most porfi table to grow upon this soil. Many growers mentioned 

 the fact that Albemarle is limited to this soil type and per- 

 haps a few other members of this series. 



Porters clay loam is not mapped in any of the areas 



