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 Plate I. A typical mountain apple orchard on the northeast slope of Sharp 



Peak (Peaks of Otter), Virginia Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1. — Country characteristic of the Piedmont region, Virginia. 

 Fig. 2. — A young interplanted peach and apple orchard at the base 

 of Tobacco Row Mountain, Amherst County, Va., in the Pied- 

 mont region 96 



III. Fig. 1. — A detached knob of the Blue Ridge in Virginia, showing a 



characteristic orchard location. Fig. 2. — Lower portion of a " cove' ' 

 orchard, Albemarle County, Va 96 



IV. Relief map showing a portion of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge re- 



gions of Virginia and the South Atlantic States 96 



V. Map showing the pomological regions of Virginia and the South At- 

 lantic States 96 



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