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District No. 7. — Florida west of the Cliattahoochee river and above one 

 hundred 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 denominated 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 tend- 

 ing 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 por- 

 tion of southeastern South Dakota; Nebraska and Kansas below two thou- 

 sand feet elevation; and Missouri north of a line drawn from near St. 

 Louis and along the elevation of one thousand feet to the southeast cor- 

 near of Kansas. The Missouri and Mississippi valley sections of the dis- 

 trict are its dominant features. The hardy deciduous fruits succeed in 

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

 dustry. 



District No. 9. — Wisconsin except the southwest corner; Minnesota; up- 

 per Michigan; Iowa north of about latitude forty-two degrees thirty min- 

 utes; North and South Dakota east of longitude ninety-nine degrees; and 

 the British provinces west of longitude eighty degrees and east of longi- 

 tude ninety-nine degrees. This district embraces the upper lakes, in- 

 cluding 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-five degrees; also Colorado below five thousand 

 feet. This is the central plain and foot hill district. It lies on the east- 

 ern slope of the Continental divide. There are small sections, especially 

 in eastern Colorado, where the apple and other hardy fruits are very suc- 

 cessfully grown. 



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

 and latitude thirty-five degrees; and east of longitude one hundred and 

 three degrees and the Pecos and Rio Grande rivers. This may be ac- 

 cepted as an extension southward of District No. 10, with very similar con- 

 ditions 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-five degrees. 

 The Pecos and Rio Grande valleys are the characteristic features of this 

 district. Considerable effort at growing fruit, especially the apple and 

 the hardier vinifera grapes, is being made in many localities. 



