DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate I. Frontispiece. — A typical mountain apple orchard located on the northeast 

 slope of Sharp Peak (Peaks of Otter), Virginia. This orchard contains many Yel- 

 low Newtown trees. Elevation, about 2,300 feet; soil, Porters black loam. 



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

 the rolling character of the land. Young apple orchard at the right, Peaks of 

 Otter at the left. Elevation, 1,000 feet; soil, Cecil clay. Fig. 2. — A young inter- 

 planted peach and apple orchard, Amherst County, Va., in the Piedmont region. 

 Located at the base and on the lower slopes of a spur of the Blue Ridge. 



Plate III. Fig. 1. — A detached knob of the Blue Ridge on which are located profitable 

 orchards of Yellow Newtown apples and Bilyeu peaches. A desirable location 

 for these varieties. Fig. 2. — Lower portion of a "cove" orchard, Albemarle 

 County, Va., looking down the cove. 



Plate IV. — Relief map showing a portion of the Piedmont region adjacent to the Blue 

 Ridge, the Blue Ridge region south of a point in that region in proximity to 

 Charlottesville, Va., and other contiguous areas not included in the present paper. 

 (Original modeled by E. E. Howell and negative of same loaned by him to this 

 Department.) 



Plate V. — Map shoeing the pomological regions of Virginia and the South Atlantic- 

 States. Section of map indicated by lighter horizontal hatching represents ele- 

 vation from sea level to 500 feet; mostly Coastal Plain. Section indicated by 

 heavier diagonal hatching represents elevations from about 500 feet to 1,500 feet, 

 except in Virginia north of the Roanoke River, where the extreme elevation is 

 1,000 feet; nearly all Piedmont region. Vertical hatching represents elevations 

 from 1,500 feet, except in Virginia as noted above, to 4,000 feet; Blue Ridge 

 region. Lighter diagonal hatching represents elevations from about 1,500 feet to 

 4,000 feet; Allegheny and Cumberland plateaus. Solid green areas, elevations 

 exceeding 4,000 feet. Heavier horizontal hatching, elevations from about 500 

 to 1,500 feet; valley regions. (Base map, section from contour map, by United 

 States Geological Survey.) 

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