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north of the Ohio river; Ohio and Indiana north of latitude forty degrees; 

 and the lower peninsula of Michigan. The Annapolis valley of Nova Sco- 

 tia, the North Atlantic coast, the lake region of western New York, 01;io, 

 and Michigan, and the Hudson river valley are the leading features of 

 district No. 2. This may be considered the northern grape, peach, and 

 winter apple district. 



District No. 3. — Long Island; New Jersey, except a small portion north; 

 eastern Pennsylvania below five hundred feet elevation; Delaware; and 

 Maryland and Virginia below five hundred feet elevation. This is the 

 Delaware and Chesapeake Bay district. Though a small district, its pro- 

 ductive capacity is great of the fruits that succeed within its borders. 



District No. 4. — Pennsylvania above five hundred feet elevation and 

 south of latitude forty-one degrees; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama above five hundred feet 

 elevation; West Virginia; Tennessee and Kentucky; Ohio and Indiana 

 south of latitude forty degrees; southern Illinois below the general ele- 

 vation of five hundred feet, from the Wabash to the Mississippi; Missouri 

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

 sand feet to the southeast corner of Kansas; Oklahoma below two thou- 

 sand feet elevation; Indian Territory; and Arkansas north of latitude 

 thirty-five degrees, also south of it wherever the elevation exceeds five 

 hundred feet. The Allegheny and the Ozark mountains and the valleys of 

 the Ohio, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland, and portions of the Wa- 

 bash, the Mississippi, and the Arkansas rivers are embraced within this 

 district. Portions of it are noted fruit regions, while throughout its vast 

 territory the hardier deciduous fruits flourish. Many of the varieties rec- 

 ommended succeed best in certain localities within the district. An ex- 

 ception to the general character of the district occurs in those portions of 

 Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri lying near the 

 Mississippi river, where varieties adapted to culture in districts 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 ele- 

 vation. 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 re- 

 maining 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-foot 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 culture of citrous 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 degrees, and are 

 indicated by the letter "s" in connection with the starring. 



