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 UnitNaturalDrainageSlope/classesManagementfactors1Crop Groups **23GO.C Gobles Imperfect Bb S3 S2 S2coarse phase C,c S3 S2 S2D,d S3 S2 S2Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation -GO.L Gobles Imperfect Bb S3 S2 S2loamy phase C,c S3 S2 S2D,d S3 S2 S2Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation -GON Gobles Imperfect Bb S2 S2 S2washed phase C,c S2 S2 S2D,d S3 S2 S2Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation +1GY Granby Poor Bb S4 S4C,c S4 S4 S4Drainage +2 +2 +2Irrigation -HI Highgate Imperfect Bb S2 S2 S2C,c S2 S2 S2D,d S3 S2 S2Drainage +1 +1 +1Irrigation +1 +1 +1KE Kelvin Poor Bb S4 S4 S4C,c S4 S4 S4Drainage +2 +2 +2Irrigation -KE.C _ Kelvin Poor Bb S4 S4 S4coarse phase C,c S4 S4 S4Drainage +2 +2 +2IrrigationKE.L Kelvin Poor Bb S4 S4loamy phase C,c S4 S4 S4Drainage +2 +2 +2Irrigation* A significant 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 2. Apples, Carpathian or 3 . Pears, Plums, Hettrtnuts, Ft7bert nutsBlack Walnuts96