FRUITS IN WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, AND TENNESSEE. 



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characteristically level surface of this region offers few sites suffi- 

 ciently elevated above the surrounding country to afford atmospheric 

 drainage and thus escape these late spring frosts. 



The soils of this region are principally sandy loams which support 

 a fair forest growth but are decidedly lacking in fertility. The culti- 

 vated soils are shallow, the depth to the underlying sandstone gener- 

 ally ranging from 1 to -i feet. 5 



POMOLOGICAL FEATURES. 



Because of the untimely frosts and because the soils are lacking- in 

 fertility this region is not adapted to orcharding. Varieties may be 

 originated, however, which will prove especially valuable in this re- 

 gion. Indications of this are seen in the varieties of peaches which 

 have been developed by A. E. Payne of Cumberland County, Term. 

 The>e varieties have proved better adapted to the conditions at Cros>- 



FlG. 



-Apples and peaches interplanted at Keyser, W. Va. 

 made possible by the topography. 



Note the very long rows 



ville than the standard varieties. At the present time the Winesap is 

 the principal apple variety grown. Very little fruit other than 

 apples is produced. 



ALLEGHENY PLATEAU REGION. 



PHYSICAL FEATURES. 



The Allegheny Plateau region covers eastern Kentucky and the 

 larger part of West Virginia. Its southern boundary is the northern 

 boundary of the Cumberland Plateau region. Its eastern boundary 

 is the western boundary of the Virginia -Valley and Ridge region. 

 Extending from this boundary line the region covers the rest of West 

 Virginia and reaches on the north to the boundary line between West 

 Virginia and Pennsylvania. In Kentucky its western boundary is 

 very irregular. A line from Vanceburg southwest through Berea to 

 the Cumberland River indicates the approximate boundary. The line 

 between the bluegrass section of the Interior Low Plateau region and 



* F;>r further information on the soils of the Cumberland Plateau region, see the fol- 

 lowing references: Avis and Hill (6), Mooers <)/. ;<.». Waldrop (68), Wilder and Ocil. 

 (71). 



