The Soils of Elgin County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Table 8 .Agricultural land suitability ratings for some fruit and nut crops in Elgin County (continued)MapSymbolSoil or Misc.Land UnitNaturalDrainageSlopelclassesManagementfactors 1Crop Groups **23BV Beverly Imperfect Bb S3 S3 S2C,c S3 S3 . S2D,d S4 S3 S2E,e S4 S3 S3Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation -BV.C Beverly Imperfect Bb S2 S2coarse phase C,c S2 S3 S2D,d S2 S3 S2Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation - -BV.L Beverly Imperfect Bb S3 S3 S2loamy phase Cc S3 S3 S2D,d S4 S3 S2Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation - - -BY Brady Imperfect Bb S3 S3 S3C,c S3 S3 S3D,d S3 S3 S3Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation +1 +1 +1CA Caledon Well Bb S2 S2 S2C,c S2 S2 S2D,d S2 S2 S2E,e S3 S2 S2F,f N S3 S3G,g N N NDrainage - - -Irrigation +1 +1 +1CA.F Caledon Well Bb S2 S2 S2fine phase Cc S2 S2 S2D,d S3 S2 S2E,e S3 S2 S2F,f N S3 S3G,g N N NDrainage - - -Irrigation - - -* A sigrrifwant improvement in the ratings as a result of drainage or irrigation is indicated by a +1, +2, etc . Where drainage or irrigation would not affectthe ratings, a dash (-) is shown.** Crop Groups1 . Raspberries, Strawberries Z Apples, C arpathian or , 3. Pears, Plums, Heartnuts, Filbert nutsBlack Walnuts93