. Soils of southern New Jersey and their uses . Fig. 24.—A good crop of canning tomatoes on Sassafras tine sandy loam, near Penns Grove, N. J. Practically all that portion of the area which lies to the northwestof the Woodbury-Salem pike consists of a gently undulating and SOILS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THEIR USES. 45 slightly dissected portion of a higher terrace. This terrace alsoextends to the southeast of the pike to a distance ranging from one- HHHHHE9P * •?. :--^HjK- ^*: ^M;- 1 9 i^j jfe 1 »^* i H ^d^^BailkllO&^ ? ? jfljjff nb:>v . _. *? -* ^^IBKBE^^y *^^ f ^iiiKn «^7 1 l^j. &
. Soils of southern New Jersey and their uses . Fig. 24.—A good crop of canning tomatoes on Sassafras tine sandy loam, near Penns Grove, N. J. Practically all that portion of the area which lies to the northwestof the Woodbury-Salem pike consists of a gently undulating and SOILS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THEIR USES. 45 slightly dissected portion of a higher terrace. This terrace alsoextends to the southeast of the pike to a distance ranging from one- HHHHHE9P * •?. :--^HjK- ^*: ^M;- 1 9 i^j jfe 1 »^* i H ^d^^BailkllO&^ ? ? jfljjff nb:>v . _. *? -* ^^IBKBE^^y *^^ f ^iiiKn «^7 1 l^j. < V&A W ~1^^^±l Fig. 25.—Selling truck-crop tomatoes to the highest bidder. A common street scenein Swedesboro, N. J., during July and early August. fourth to one-half mile. The general level of the surface of thisphysical division varies between 50 feet and 95 feet above tide Fig. 26.—Delivering canning-crop tomatoes at a Salem County, N. J., canning factory. The terrace form is most distinctly seen to the northwest of the of the same physical feature may be detected at higher 46 BULLETIN 6*77, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. levels along the Raccoon Creek drainage in the extreme southeasterncorner of the detailed survey. Rising above any of these elevations, a high ridge of land extendsalmost from the margin of the Raccoon Creek swamps, northeasterlyacross the area to its extreme northeastern corner. The summit ofthis ridge is clearly indicated upon the soil map by the areas oc-cupied by the Colts Xeck gravelly sandy loam. From this summitthe land surface slopes rather steeply down to the upper levels ofthe higher terrace. It is probable that the extreme summit of this higher ridge repre-sents remnants of an older formation which has elsewhere been re-moved by long-continued erosion. The slopes are undoubtedlyformed from soil wash from
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