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Area of Dekalb stony loam Proportional 



Acres extent per cent 

 Albemarle area, Harrisonburg Sheet 75,136 



Waynesboro M 50,048 14.9 

 " " Buckingham w 9,472 



Leesburg area 19,072 7.1 



Montogmery area 31,372 12.7 



From these figures it may be seen that this soil 

 type is rather extensive. With proper elevation and exposure, 

 the sandy and sandy loam phases are well adapted to peaches. 

 Apples are also grown upon Dekalb stony loam successfully. 

 Rome, Grimes, Stayman Winesap and York are the varieties 

 mentioned on this soil. Data is not sufficient to show the 

 adaptation of varieties of apples to this soil. 



Dekalb sandy loam is not mapped in any of the areas 

 surveyed in the State. The soil consists of a gray to brown 

 sandy loam of medium to fine texture from 9 to 12 inches 

 deep, underlain by yellowish-brown, slightly sticky sandy- 

 loam. It is a residual soil derived from sandstone rock. 



This soil is very well adapted to apples and peaches. 



Soils of the Valley Region . 

 The soils of the Valley are essentially limestone. 

 The limestone soils are residual in origin being derived from 

 the weathering in place of limestone of differing age and 

 composition. These soils constitute but a small percentage 

 of the original rock, the larger part having gone into solu- 

 tion. The most important soils in the Valley region are em- 



