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South Ciinilinn, the sweot potato inorcasoil iti acreage 

 from 4S.S;U in 18W to 4S,S7S in 1909, wlu-n tin- pro- 

 duction was 4,;>19.92ti bushi-ls, vahied at SJ.tUHi.tiOG. 

 PotatiH's inci^'asotl from S.lHiS in 1899 to S.tilO in 1909, 

 when tlie proiUicticm was 782,430 busliels, valued at 

 S609,424. Of the other veselahles the more important. 

 were: 1.82Saeresof eabbaj;e, valued at S270,t)7r); ."),051 

 acres of watermelon, valued at $1 U),41S; 1,773 acres of 

 asparjigus, valued at S138,317; 902 acres of cucumbers, 

 valued at Sll,"),247; 1,732 acres of beans, valued at 

 $109,805; 977 acres of cantalou))es and nuisl<melons, 

 valued at ?.58,490; 49 acres of lettuce, \-alued at 

 $20,499: and 140 acres of tomatoes, valued at .$12,033. 

 N'egetables of les.ser Lmportance were beets, carrots, 

 sweet com, onions, green peppers, radishes, ami 

 squash. 



The acreage devoted to the production of flowers 

 and plants in South Carolina decrea.sed from 28 in 1899 

 to 23 in 1909. The total area under glass in 1909 wa.s 

 74,318 square feet, of which 00,242 were covered by 

 greenhouses ainl 8,070 by sashes and frames. The 

 value of the flowers and platits produced in 1909 was 

 S.52,094, as compared with .?7,920 in 1899. 



The acreage devoted to nursery products decreased 

 from 84 m 1899 to 21 in 1909, when the value of the 

 nurscrv" products was $4,409, as compared with $4,410, 

 their value in 1899. C. C. Newman. 



Georgia. 



Georgia (Fig. 2514), one of the original thirteen 

 colonies, is located in the southeastern part of the 

 United States just north of Florida. It is the largest 

 state east of the Mississippi. It extends from 30° 31' 

 39" N. on the south to 35° on the north, and its greatest 

 breadth is found between 81° W. on the east and 85° 53' 

 38" on the west. From Savannah to Brunswick the 

 boimdary is the Atlantic Ocean, and from the coastal 

 islands to some 30 or 40 miles inland the territory is 

 practically at sea-level, the soil being alluvial and 

 sandy; the chniate here is subtropical, anil such plants 

 as the palmettos, figs, olives, and citrus flourish. 



From the coa.st section along the Florida border, 

 west to the Alabama hne and as far north as Columbus, 

 Macon and Augusta, through which cities the fall line 

 passes, is found the great Atlantic Coastal plain. This 

 section of the state is known as South Georgia; it has 

 an elevation from the sea-level to 500 feet, the average 

 being around 2.50 feet. The soil is mostly sandy, under- 

 laid with clay, with an occasional outcropjjing of the 

 underlying clay. This is a great cotton, melon and 

 peach section. North of the fall hne to Cartersvillc 

 and Gainesville is found the Piedmont plateau. The 

 country is very hilly and broken, the elevation being 

 from .500 to 1,000 feet. The soil is mostly red clay, 

 producing cotton, peaches and grapes. From Carters- 

 villc cast and to the northern border of the state is 

 located the mountain section. This region is rugged 

 and broken, starting with an elevation of 1,000 feet on 

 its southern borfler and reaching 5,000 feet in I he north- 

 central part. Here the apple attains perfection, and 

 peaches do e.\tremely well. The native forests contain 

 such trees as the hemlock, while pine, and tulip tree. 

 From Cartersville north and west is found the Appahtr 

 chian Valley region. This is comparatively small in 

 extent, is hilly and nigged, the elevation being from .500 

 to 1,200 feet. In all other parts of the .state llic geologi- 

 cal feature are comparatively simple, but hire tlicy 

 are mixed and intric:*to. The apple and [leach succ(*d 

 well in this sf^ction. The extreme northwi'stern (corner 

 of the state dips into the Cumberland plateau, which 

 section, however, is so small as to be practically negligi- 

 ble in a study of Georgia. 



from the rice- and palmetto-covered islands of the 

 coast, through the vast cotton fields, peach orchards 

 and long-leaf pine forests, to the rhododendrons and 



white pines that cover the momitains in the northern 

 parts, one pa.s.-ics through eight of the nine climatic 

 belts repre.'iented in I lie United States. The mean 

 temperature of the nuiuntains runs from 40° to 00°; 

 that of the Piedmont plateau from 00° to 65°; and that 

 of the Coastal plain from (50° to 70°. Zero temperatures 

 have been reported from nearly aU parts of the state, 

 but from the southern parts such reports are exceed- 

 ingly rare. The maximum siunnier temperatures will 

 run from 95° to 102°, the latter, however, being the great 

 exception. The rainfall reaches a maximum of 71.7 in 

 the northeastern corner of the movmtain section and a 

 minimiun of 39.4 inches in Swainsboro, a httle south- 

 east of the center of the state: the average is 49.3 

 inches. This variety of climates, coupled with a great 

 diversity of soils, proves the horticultur.al possibilities 

 of Georgia to be little less than marvelous. 



The Horticultin'al Society has divided the state into 

 four sectioiis, following to some extent the geological 

 divisions: 



1. The Mountain region takes in all the mountain 

 section, the Appalachian Valley, the Cumberland Pla- 

 teau, and a small strij) of the Piedmont Plateau. This 



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2514. Georgia, with the fruit and melon districts. 



region is particularly adapted to the apple and late 

 peach; quinces, cherries, currants, gooseberries, and 

 other fruits of Uke chmatic requirements also do well 

 here, though they are not as yet of commercial imjwr- 

 tance. Cauliflower, celery and many other vegetables 

 can be raised in this section, and a trade is growing up 

 in late tomatoes and beans. The leading horticultural 

 interests of the mountains at the present time are 

 apples and peaches. 



2. The Middle region, the largest division of the 

 state, takes in most of the Piedmont Plateau and the 

 northern half of the Coastal Plain. It is in the south- 

 cential section of this division that the mammoth 

 peach orchards of the state are located. The Japanese 

 plum, as well as other types, used to be extensively 

 grown in this section, but the trees proved to be so sus- 

 ceptil)le to "|)lum wilt" and various other diseases and 

 insects that the industry has fallen to a low ebb. Grapes 

 of the Labrusca and rotundifolia tj^pes do exceptionally 

 well in central Georgia; apjiles do fairly well in the 

 northern i)art of this tlivision, and melons prosper in 

 the southern part. Figs, pecans, and most vegetables, 



