64 . BULLETIN 677, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
loamy sand bears 538.2 acres, or 16.4 per cent of its area in this crop. 
All three types are decidedly sandy to a depth of 2 feet or more. All 
three are underlain at a depth ranging from 30 inches to 4 feet by 
more retentive layers. None of the gravelly soils is used to any 
extent for this crop. 
Cantaloupes.—Cantaloupes are of less importance than the fore- 
going crops, but are still grown to quite an extent in southern New 
Jersey. 
The Sassafras sand leads in acreage, carrying 93.1 acres, or 9.9 
per cent of its area, in cantaloupes. The Sassafras coarse sandy 
loam is the only other type upon which cantaloupes are important. 
The truck crops of secondary importance show some interesting 
soil relationships. , 
Cabbage.——The crop maps show a total acreage of 57.7 acres in 
the four areas. The Sassafras loam leads in cabbage production, 
with 31.1 acres, and the Collington fine sandy loam is second, with 
13.3 acres. These two soils are the only important cabbage soils rep- 
resented. It is known that soils of the Keansburg series are quite 
extensively used for growing the crop. It may easily be seen that 
the heavier loams are preferred for cabbage production. The most 
notable exception, not shown in the tables, would be that sandy 
loam soils in a moist position are also chosen for cabbage growing. 
Watermelons.—Melons are now grown to a limited extent in the 
southern New Jersey trucking regions, although formerly the crop 
was of considerable importance. Only 47.5 acres were encountered 
in the four detailed surveys. Over one-half of this total occurred 
on the Sassafras sand, which carried 24.7 acres, or 2.6 per cent of its 
area, in this crop. All other occurrences of the crop are of minor 
importance. 3 
Peppers.—The pepper crop is of considerable importance in other 
sections of southern New Jersey, but only a small area fell within 
the limits of the detailed surveys. Considerably over one-half of 
the total acreage in peppers occurs on the Sassafras sand. The other. 
areas are scattering. 
Beans.—Two types lead in the production of beans. These are 
strongly contrasted in texture. The Sassafras sand carried 19 
acres and the Sassafras loam, 11.4 acres, or a total of 38 acres in 
beans. It is known that if the surveys had been made at a slightly 
earlier period of the season added areas of beans would have been 
mapped. The significance of the present figures is, therefore, small. 
The production of lima beans for canning has already been noted as 
an exceptional cropping practice on the Sassafras loam near Free- 
hold. 

