SOILS OP MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT. 73 
the climate is a little warmer. Heavy silty loam or light silty clay 
loam with similar subsoil brings a good " green " Rhode Island 
Greening, but lighter soils such as fine sandy loams and warm mellow 
loams excel if a high blush is desired. 
Soils favoring the Hubbardston are rich fine sandy loams, or 
heavy loamy fine sands with subsoils of fine sandy loam or mellow 
loam. 
For the Northern Spy and the Wagener, a mellow medium loam 
underlain b}' heavy loam or friable light clay loam is desirable, but 
the supply of humus and the application of ammonia-carrying fer- 
tilizers should be much greater for the Wagener than for the North- 
ern Spy. 
The heavier of the soils described for the Baldwin seem promising 
for the Mcintosh. 
For Tompkins King and Gravenstein, an open-textured loam, 
rather than a fine loam, with subsoil of the same or only slightly 
heavier texture, is preferred. While similar soils are excellent for 
Ben Davis and Gano, it is believed that these varieties should be 
grown outside of New England. 
Both the Tompkins King and the Northern Spy soils give good 
results with the Fall Pippin. 
A deep rich loamy soil with subsoil of at least medium porosity, 
preferably a sandy loam, is excellent for Roxbury. 
Soil adaptedness under Connecticut conditions to some of the com- 
mercial varieties of peaches follows: 
Champion succeeds best on soils of only medium productivity, but 
they should be deep and well drained. Medium to heavy friable 
sandy loams underlain by material not heavier than a friable loam 
and preferably a heavy sandy loam are very desirable. 
Carman and Mountain Rose succeed best on soils somewhat less 
pervious than the Champion, but still deep and well drained. This 
soil condition seems typically supplied by the loams of the Wethers- 
field and the Middlefield series. 
The Elberta and the Belle prefer stronger soils than the Carman 
and the Mountain Rose. Loams, silty loams, and silt loams, with 
subsoils of similar material seem best to meet these requirements 
under Connecticut conditions. 
For Late Crawford, a fairly strong soil, such as a light porous 
loam somewhat less retentive of moisture than the heaviest of the 
Elberta soils is desirable. 
Some of the early varieties, such as Greensboro, are less sensitive 
to shallow soil conditions than the varieties mentioned above. 
