SOIL SURVEY OF THE OCALA AREA, FLORIDA. 
the fragments consist of flintlike limestone. These are irregular in 
shape and range in size from small pieces to blocks a foot or more in 
diameter. This limestone, before it is exposed, is very soft, but upon 
exposure to the air becomes very hard. 
The Parkwood clay loam occurs in the southeastern part of the 
area, in the vicinity of Panasoffkee Lake. It is of comparatively 
smiall extent, being limited to a few small areas. The largest of 
these are the Warm Spring hammock, just southeast of the corpora¬ 
tion limits of the town of Coleman, and a somewhat larger area 
southwest of Wildwood, in which the Monarch orange grove is 
located. The other areas are small spots occurring as islands in the 
extensive swamps of this section. 
This type occupies low-lying, flat areas. All of these, with the 
exception of the Warm Spring hammock, occur in the swamps oc¬ 
cupying slightly elevated islandlike situations, indicated by their 
hammock growth of hardwood trees in contradistinction from the 
swampy growth of cypress. Owing to their low-lying position they 
are poorly drained. The Warm Spring hammock, however, owing 
to its higher position and nearness to Warm Spring Run, as well 
as its somewhat porous substratum, has fairly good drainage. The 
area near Wildwood lies low, and in putting out citrus trees they are 
planted on mounds in order to get better drainage. 
The Parkwood clay loam is residual, being derived from lime¬ 
stone and deposits of marl or a soft marl-like limestone. 
The Parkwood clay loam is considered the best and strongest soil 
in the area surveyed. It is well suited to a large number of crops— 
that is, where it can be drained sufficiently. At Coleman it is used 
mainly for cabbage and tomatoes, and these products have made a 
reputation on the markets for their good quality. The cabbage yield 
ranges from 200 to 450 crates to the acre, averaging about no 
pounds to the crate. From 1,200 to 1.500 pounds of high-grade fer¬ 
tilizer analyzing about 5 per cent of phosphoric acid, 6 per cent of 
nitrogen, and 8 per cent of potash is used. It is a cottonseed meal, 
blood, and bone mixture, with acid phosphate and potash. The same 
fertilizer is used for tomatoes, the quantity generally being about 
1,000 pounds to the acre, and the yield of tomatoes ranges from 250 
to 300 crates. The tomatoes are said to be of first quality. They 
are sound and heavy, and on the average are said to bring 50 cents 
more per crate than tomatoes from other soils. Cabbage and to¬ 
matoes are often grown year after year on the same land, but there 
