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$ SOIL AND SURFACE. 
2. The rich clay and loamy soils, in the middle south 
and west of the county, and which may, I suppose, in¬ 
clude half the county, and where the peculiarities 
of Worcestershire chiefly rest; here hop-yards and or¬ 
chards, with the various kinds of fruit, are cultivated, 
in addition to the usual culture of other coun¬ 
tries. 
3 . The light sandy soils, or sandy gravel, about Kid¬ 
derminster and Stourbridge, and their vicinity ; of 
these, some are sterile and barren, as those of Mitten 
and part of Wolverley; others, rich and fertile; the 
crops here are generally equally early with those in the 
fertile part of the county ; the elevation of ground too, 
is here less than in the succeeding districts. 
4. The mixed springy gravel and gravelly loam to 
the north-east of Bromsgrove, including the hilly cul¬ 
tivated districts ; here the crops are much later than in 
the other parts of the county; and little attention is 
paid to fruit as not succeeding spontaneously, or with¬ 
out walls and shelter. 
5. The waste lands, mountainous districts, and wood 
lands, but which bear a small proportion to the extent 
of the county at large.—See Waste Lands. 
Mr. Pomeroy says, “ the face of this county, when 
viewed from any of the surrounding eminences, ap¬ 
proaches rather that of a plain ; the gentle slopes and 
risings to the east and west of Worcester, remaining 
scarcely any longer discernible. The state of its culti¬ 
vation appears to very great advantage, as there are no 
tracts of any considerable extent, so barren, or so to¬ 
tally neglected, as to be without an agreeable, and 
profitable verdure. On a nearer view, from the cen¬ 
tral hill, which rises more particularly to the east of 
that 
