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Table VII. — Areas of irnpnrfanl fall Irvck crops on (he more imqwrlaiit soils of the 
Diamond Springs areas. 
Soil type and crop. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent of 
type. 
Soil type and crop. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent of 
type. 
Sassafras coarse sandy loam: 
Strawberries ' . . 
7(1.6 
G5.7 
()2. 1 
48.8 
76.6 
36.7 
84.1 
36.5 
26.0 
22.9 
27.5 
23.5 
21.2 
16.6 
22.2 
10. 6 
17.1 
7.4 
5.3 
4.7 
Key port fine sandy loam: 
Kale 
27.9 
17.3 
54.7 
10.8 
8.4 
27.9 
24.0 
16.2 
13.0 
4.1 
4.1 
13 3 
Spinach 
Potatoes 
8.3 
Norfolk coarse sandy loam: 
Strawberries i 
Sassafras loam: 
Spinach 
53 5 
Strawberries i 
10.6 
Sassafras fine sandy loam: 
Spinach 
Suffolk fine sandy loam, kale ..... 
Norfolk loam: 
5.7 
Kale 
5.6 
4.6 
Kale '. 
Norfolk gravelly loam: 
Potatoes 
6.1 
Spinach 
Spinach 
5.0 
Suffolk gravelly loam: 
5.4 
Turnips 
5.4 
Occupy the ground throughout the year. 
SOIDS PREFERRED FOR DIFFERENT TRUCK CROPS. 
The soil and crop surveys of the Churchland and the Diamond 
Springs areas indicate a, preference of certain soil types in the growing 
of certain crops. Such preference is brought out in the following 
recapitulation : 
Potatoes. — Potatoes are the most important spring truck crop in 
the Norfolk district. The maps show a total of 746.7 acres in this 
crop. The four fine sandy loam types carry 591.3 acres, or 79.1 
per cent of the total. The types constitute a little less than 35 per 
cent of the total area mapped. The fall crop of potatoes covers 
88.8 acres, and of this total 53.8 acres consist of the Norfolk and 
Keyport fine sandy loams. This constitutes over 60 per cent of the 
area of the fall-grown crop. The preference for the fine sandy loam 
soils for potato growing is thus marked. 
Strawherries. — The spring crop maps show a total area of 336.3 
acres in strawberries. The Sassafras and Norfolk coarse sandy loams 
carry 180.3 acres of strawberries, or nearly 54 per cent of the total 
acreage, although they cover less than 20 per cent of the total area 
mapped. The Sassafras loam is the only other important type used 
for strawberry growing within the sections mapped. 
Cahhage. — The cabbage crop occupies 260.8 acres, rather evenly 
distributed on the Keyport fine sandy loam, the Norfolk coarse 
sandy loam, and the Norfolk fine sandy loam. Over 56 per cent- of 
the crop is found on these three types. 
Beans. — The spring crop of snap beans occurs largely on the Nor- 
folk fine sandy loam, while the pole lima bean crop is chiefly on the 
Norfolk gravelly loam. The latter crop is exceptional in the Nor- 
folk district. 
