1960 



ENCYCLOrEDIA OF PRACTICAL HOUTICULTUUE 



Frost and Precipitation in Tennessee 



Texas 



Texas is the largest state in the Union, 

 containing 205,780 square miles. Its 

 greatest length is 825 miles and its ex- 

 treme breadth is 740 miles. The general 

 surface of the state of Texas is an un- 

 dulating plain, similar in appearance to 

 the lands of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebras- 

 ka and the Dakotas. Tliere are moun- 

 tains in the northwest, heavy timber in 

 the east, and marshes along the Gulf. 



The state in general has a warm dry 

 climate, varying in water-fall from five 

 inches per annum in the extreme south- 

 west to CO inches in the northeast. 



Divigions of Texas 



Prof. T. V. Munson has divided the 

 area of Texas as follows: First, the Gulf 

 coastal plain; second, the East Texas 

 forest region; third, the Red River val- 

 ley; fourth, the black waxy prairies; 



fifth, the brown chocolate plains; sixth, 

 the Pecos valley; seventh, the Rio Grande 

 valley. 



The Gulf coastal plain extends from 50 

 to 75 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexi- 

 co, and varies in altitude from a few 

 feet, along a sandy beach, to 100 feet 

 some distance from the shore. This sur- 

 face in places is timbered with oak and 

 pine, but is mostly a black sandy prairie 

 well adapted to the growing of figs, 

 peaches, strawberries and vegetables. 

 Pears are grown in a limited degree, but 

 our observation was that blight was so 

 great an enemy to the pear that it is 

 doubtful if it will succeed commercially. 

 Oranges and lemons are grown success- 

 fully in a few sheltered places near the 

 coast. 



The second division, or the East Texas 

 forest region, has an elevation of from 

 100 to 600 feet above the sea. Here the 



