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THE PLANT LIFE OF MABYLAND 



While tobacco is characteristic of the Coastal Zone, a considerable 

 amount is now raised in the region along the lower end of Parr's 

 Ridge, in parts of Montgomery, Frederick and Carroll counties. 

 Here, as the seasons are not so warm as in the lower areas, the barns 

 are adapted to the flue-curing of the tobacco, as is the custom in 

 the Ohio Tobacco region. 



Tobacco being a crop which can stand long hauls to market, it has 

 maintained its supremacy in the counties of Southern Maryland 

 where facilities for rapid transportation are less developed, and has 



Pig. 12 Map of Maryland showing the relative Annual Production of 



Tobacco. 



given place to varying degrees to other crops in areas better fitted 

 for prompt marketing of produce 



Truck Crops. 



In the Coastal Zone there are to be found the broad fields of corn 

 and tobacco, of wheat also, with fields of strawberries and sweet 

 potatoes in the warm loamy areas. As the vicinity of Baltimore is 

 reached, the area of the single fields of the general crops become 

 smaller, and the various special crops included under the general 

 term "truck," become more prominent. Tomatoes, sweet corn, peas 



