NORTH CAROLINA 



is a region dear to botanical collectors for its wonderful 

 flora and of great interest to the horticulturist on 

 account of its capacit) for the production of fruit, espe 

 cially of apples Here the apple flouri>5he6 and pro 

 duces the most wonderful and unifoim ciops under 

 conditions of abbolute neglect What could be done 

 here in the production of apples, with careful and intel 

 liRent culture and proper handling of the produ< t h 

 been abundantl> shown m the experience of t!i« t 

 who have attempted the culture In this same n _i ii 

 the French wine and table gi ipes hue been flouiisliiii„ 

 for years, grafted on the natne stocks A conii IUl 

 failure of the apple crop has nerer been known in the 

 mountains of North Carolina On the eastern slope of 

 the Blue Ridge are found the thermal belts Ihese 

 belts are on the mountain slopes and are singularh 

 free from the efleds of early fiosts in the autumn md 

 late frosts in the spring, m fatt hoar fiosts are almost 

 unknown Ihe cold air settling down m the \ alleys 

 pushes up the warm air ind pii\ i nts fn'st ib j\ i i c ( i 

 tain line thus insuring the s if i tii it I tli 



frost line Tliese belts are pi i i i ii I 11 



and WilUes countiis In the lii>' ' i i W ' 



tauga and Ashe ( ounties hm^ i i il \ 



the sea, are nmdo» s where th i i i i ml in 



grow wild, and on the noithem md wistciii slopes of 



NORTH CAROLINA 



and Delawares; they go north early in July, 

 business has been a prohtable one Later it w 

 that the peach flourished on the sand hills e\t 

 than the grape, and that there is si lil mitt 

 of the fruit In the same neighliuili I ili i 

 at least 1,000 acies m peaches, — 1\ i Inn i i 

 oichard Shipments • ■ • ■ 



nd the 

 found 



til. 



lit 1 1 111 li 1 111 II n\ I ) 1 1 u iipt in New 

 > li II 1 1 II 1-, I. iii„ t 1111. 1 lint the bulbs im 

 I II I I 1 1 the use of H .lists for winter foic 



III I Roman hyacinths and narcissus, can 



1 it perfection Experiments are being 



111 1 II I 111 I trmudi lilj, and it is hoped that the 

 bulbs I 111 I . pii.duced here eaily enough for the early 

 forcing, and that we may be ible to grow healthy bulbs 

 to take the place of the diseised Bermuda stock 



Hortiiulturall-v, the most inteiesting pirt of the 

 t,t, , thi iri. It l.\rl mist pltin Here the mellow 

 il null liiii it md ibuiid mt i imfill combine to 

 I I il n lili n^ t t\ ( 1 ililii t' ^1. it production espe 



1 ill\ 111 ilii iiliui. (it sill ill liuits Along the line of 



by the thousand acres, and the culture has brought 



the mountains in Mitchell county there 



lily-of-the-valley and I'ioia tcneUa, natii 



manor born. On the exposed uplands of this section the 



grape and the peach flourish in wonderful luxuriance, 



though nothing has been done with these in the way of 



commercial culture. In these upper mountain counties 



of late years the cabbage and the potato hare become 



important farm crops, the produce being 



southern coast cities in winter. Tli» iii..iin 



is in fact a vast fertile, but uii.l.i li" I. i 



culturally. Coming east of tin i 



Blue Ridge, we reach the wid.- t i : n 



Piedmont section, stretching its In Mm \ -m 



to the line of the coast plain, and varyiiis 



from 1,.")00 feet above the sea-level near th 



to about 350 wherf 



plain bordering th. 



y 



section 



ward 

 itude 



1493. North Carolina. 



horticultural reeions. 



wealth to the growers. This, too, is the section where 

 the greater part of the tuberose bulbs used by florists 

 this country and in England are produced 



tract for the dealers 

 Chicago. Some attention 

 ture of caladiums, gladi. 

 tuberous crnps. The wiiil. 

 covered witli rl.itli iumI ^I 

 important :■' - i in ■ 1 

 section, li . . i ■ I 



elphia i 

 , to the ( 

 lulbous 1 

 le in frar 



out ininli . 111. i-|ii-i~.- .:t ;i li.irin iiliin.il imlur.'. Still, in 

 some parts ul' the vii^i lui.l.lln .,i ,ti,.ii tin re have been 

 efforts to grow fruits, and in this section are the im- 

 portant nurseries of the state. Near the edge of this 

 upland country, where the clay uplands break up into 

 the rolling forests of long-leaf pine, and swelling sand- 

 hills take the place of the red clay, it has been found 

 that the dry soil and balmy winter climate were partic- 

 ularly favorable to those suffering from lung and throat 

 troubles, and many people from the North, having 

 found health there, remained to make homes on the 

 sand-hills. And making homes, they wanted to grow 

 fruit. Then it was discovered that the sand-Jiill coun- 

 try could be made to grow the finest of grapes, and 

 now about the town of Southern Pines there are fully 

 1.000 acres devoted to the culture of grapes for ship- 

 ment north. These are table grapes, mainly Niagaras 



From this 



r .t^4,U(«),000 worth 

 ing steadily. With 



