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VEGETABLE GARDENING 
38. Webb series. — In Texas, 184,512 acres. When the 
content of organic matter is large, the fine sandy loam 
is well adapted to growing Bermuda onions. Other vege- 
tables have been grown to some extent. 
39. Collington sandy loam. — Over 110,000 acres of this 
soil have been mapped in New Jersey and Maryland. It 
is one of the most productive soils of the trucking types. 
40. Hempstead loam. — This soil is of interest to vege- 
table growers because it is used to a considerable extent 
on Long Island. It is regarded as a fair soil for late truck. 
41. Muck and peat. — In Florida and Louisiana. 65,558 
acres. After drainage, muck and peat are highly valued 
for the culture of celery, onions, peppermint and cab- 
bage. 
42. River flood plains. — United States Bureau of 
Soils, Bui. 55, p. 1 18: “An extensive and characteristic 
group of soils, usually known as ‘bottom lands,’ is found 
in the flood plains of numerous rivers and streams of the 
United States. The largest development of this group 
occurs along the Mississippi river, where the bottoms are 
often many miles in width.” The most important series 
for trucking are Huntingdon, Miller, Wabash and Wheel- 
ing and the muck and peat soils. 
43. Huntingdon series. — 258,496 acres of the Hunting- 
don series are distributed. Through a dozen states, the 
loam and the gravelly loam are largely used in trucking. 
44. Wabash series has 1,861,497 acres widely distrib- 
uted. The loam can be used to advantage in growing 
canning crops, as sweet corn, tomatoes, peas and beans. 
The fine sandy loam is a good melon and potato soil and 
is also valued for other truck. 
45. Wheeling series.- — In Ohio and West Virginia, 
20,032 acres. The gravelly loam has wide adaptation for 
truck crops. Melons and tomatoes are produced on the 
fine sand with marked results. 
46. Muck and peat. — In Kentucky, Louisiana and 
