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How TJiE York I:\rpERiAL CjK' .. - , x Adams County 

 (Every Apple Perfect.) 



SOILS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT AND 

 THEIR ADAPTATION TO VARIETIES OF APPLES. 



H. J. Wilder. 



It is difficult to describe in a half hour's time the adaptation 

 of various kinds of soil to the many varieties of apples. A\ e are 

 not accustomed to talk about the soil even though trvino; to get 

 our living from o-rowing crops in it. A\^e are not vet in the habit 

 of thinking in soil terms. Some dav we shall do this. And the 

 growers of special crops, the fruit grrowers, the vegetable growers, 

 ets., w^ill be the first to realize the need for so doing. The numer- 

 ous requests for soil facts that come to the Bureau of Soils from 

 leading orchardists indicate that the desire for a much more inti- 

 mate knowledge of the soil is alreadv here. But meanwhile it is 



