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I'ruits flourish. JNIany of the varieties recommended succeed best in certain locali- 

 ties within the district. An exception to the general character of the district 

 occurs in those portions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and southeastern Mis- 

 souri lying near the Mississippi River, where varieties adapted to culture in Dis- 

 tricts 5 and 7 generally succeed. 



District No. 5 — Eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia below 

 five hundred feet elevation ; and Florida north of latitude thirty degrees east of 

 the Chattahoochee River and above one hundred feet elevation. This district 

 embraces the southern Atlantic seaboard, with its many frith-like indentations 

 and valleys. The climate is generally mild, and within its borders many of the 

 more tender deciduous fruits flourish. 



District No. 6 — Florida south of latitude thirty degrees, and the remaining 

 portions of the state with elevations below one hundred feet, and those portions 

 of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, lying below the one 

 hundred feet contour line as it skirts the coast from Florida to the Rio Grande. 

 This is the Southern Peninsula and the Gulf Coast District. The successful cul- 

 ture of citrus and other subtropical fruits and nuts is restricted to the peninsula 

 portion of Florida and to the delta of the Mississippi. Tropical species are only 

 recommended for that portion of Florida lying south of latitude twenty-seven de- 

 grees, and are indicated by the letter "S" in connection with the starring. 



District No. 7 — Florida west of the Chattahoochee River and above one hun- 

 dred feet elevation : Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas above one 

 hundred and below five hundred feet elevation ; and Texas south of Red River and 

 above one hundred and below one thousand feet elevation. This may be denomi- 

 nated the Valley District. It embraces portions of the Chattahoochee, Alabama, 

 Pearl, Mississippi, Arkansas. Red, Sabine, Colorado, and Rio Grande Valleys. The 

 climate in the eastern and larger portion is warm and moist, in the extreme west 

 more dry and tending toward aridity. A wide range of the more tender varieties 

 and species is adapted to culture in the district. 



District No. 8 — Illinois north of the five hundred-foot contour line as it crosses 

 the state between thirty-eight degrees and thirty-nine degrees latitude ; a small 

 portion of southwest Wisconsin ; Iowa south of about latitude forty-two degrees, 

 thirty minutes ; the Missouri River Valley portion of southeastern South Da- 

 kota : Nebraska and Kansas below two thousand feet elevation ; and Missouri 

 north of a line drawn from near St. Louis and along the elevation of one thou- 

 sand feet to the southeast corner of Kansas. The Missouri and Mississippi Valley 

 sections of the district are its dominant features. The hardy deciduous fruits suc- 

 ceed in most portions, and commercial fruit-growing is a rapidly developing industry. 



District No. — Wisconsin except the southwest corner ; Minnesota ; upper 

 Michigan ; Iowa north of about latitude forty-two degrees thirty minutes ; North 

 aud South Dakota east of longitude ninety-nine degrees ; and the British Provinces 

 west of longitude eighty degrees and east of longitude ninety-nine degrees. This 

 district embraces the upper lakes, including Winnipeg, the Upper Mississippi, and 

 the Red River Valleys. Only the hardier fruits succeed, but fair progress has been 

 made in recent years in developing varieties adapted to this region. 



District No. 10 — Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma above two thousand feet 

 elevation ; Texas above two thousand feet elevation and north of Red River and 

 latitude thirty-flve degrees ; also Colorado below five thousand feet. This is the 

 central plain and foothill district. It lies on the eastern slope of the Continental 

 Divide. There are small sections, especially in eastern Colorado, where the apple 

 and other hardy fruits are very successfully grown. 



District No. 11 — Texas above one thousand feet and south of Red River and 

 latitude thirty-flve degrees ; and east of longitude one hundred and three degrees 

 and the Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers. This may be accepted as an extension 

 southward of District No. 10, with very similar conditions, but a warmer and 

 more southern climate. 



District No. 12 — Texas west of longitude one hundred and three degrees and 

 the Pecos River, and New Mexico south of latitude thirty-flve degrees. The Pecos 



