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and at greater depths grading into a stiff, yellowish-red 

 clay. The type occupies rolling valleys and expands. It is 

 widely distributed in the areas which have been surveyed. 



Albemarle Area, Harrisonburg Sheet 11,776) 3.4 



H M Waynesboro w 19,008) 



Montgomery area 22,400 8.9 



Leesburg area 4,864 1.8 



Bedford area 40,520 10.0 



Hagerstown loam is well adapted to fruit growing where 

 elevation, exposure and drainage are favorable. The follow- 

 ing varieties of apples are reported on it: York, Stayman 

 Wine sap, Arkansas and Ben 6a vis. 



Hagerstown clay loam is a heavy reddish loam or silty 

 loam 24 inches deep, overlying stiff, tenacious red clay. 

 The type occupies rolling valley land and is derived from 

 the weathering of pure massive limestone. 



This soil type occurs in the Montgomery area, where 

 1,792 acres are mapped which comprises only 0.7 per cent of 

 this area. However the Hagerstown clay loam occurs in other 

 parts of the Valley region. It is a good, strong soil and 

 apples succeed well where exposure and elevation are favor- 

 able. The data below shows how varieties of apples are 

 distributed on this soil. 



