TEXAS 



TEXAS 



ITSO 



that (liseasos are alnio.-.t 



fall and the air is very jiure. 

 unknown. 



7. TIk' l\io (.iraiutu VallfV is iiiurh waniirr in tin- 

 same latitude than The 1\-C08 valley, utlierwi^e ibe htTti- 

 onltnval coinlitiuns are pretty nuudi the same. 



At EI Paso and Ysleta, a little way sonth on the 

 Texas ^ide, eonsiderable qnantities of vinifera ;j,raiM-s 

 of table varieties are grown nn<ler irrignt iun and shipped 

 toother Texas and 

 to northern eiTir^ 

 iu A u :;■ u > r and 

 Septeudirr. Tears 

 and p t VI ni s are 

 also iT r n \v n to 

 s o m e (.■ X t e n t. 

 Farther down on 

 the Ri" Cirande, 

 at Del Rio. Eagle 

 Pass and Lart'do, 

 grapes, tig-^ and 

 onions are eun- 

 siderably i^mw n 

 and shipped to 

 the larger Texa^- 

 cities and the 

 North. Tlie 

 grapes are of the 

 Old World varie- 

 ties, and ripen in 

 J n n e ; e o n s e - 

 queutly have m- 

 oompetiTion and 

 bring tiite ])riees. 

 The conditions 

 are such that im- 

 mense qnantities 

 of as tine grapes 

 of this elass can 

 be grown in this 

 part of Texas as 

 in the best re- 

 gions of C a 1 i - 

 fornia. and the 

 cost of getting to 

 market is not 

 more than half as 

 much. Undoubt- 

 edly the triangu- 

 lar region be- 

 tween San An- 

 tonio, Laredo and 

 Del Rin ^YiI| in 

 the near future 

 have extensive 

 commercial vine- 

 yards of vinifera 

 grapes. 



The S p a n i s li 

 taste in home 

 grounds among 

 the wealthy of 

 southwestern Texas, who are cliieHy stock-growers and 

 merchants, prevails largely. It eonsists i.f a plaza, 

 or open sqiiare in the center of tin- resiiU-nee. havinii; 

 fountains (where water is to lie bad abuntlantly I . and 

 borders, beds and vases <:'f rare tropical and subtropical 

 flowers, shrubs and fruits. Aroutn.l this highly artistic 

 garden the house is built, often of adobe, sometimes ot' 

 stone, cut and carved, in large rooms adjoining aiul 

 opening into each other, all on the ground-floor and one 

 large door opening out to the street or small front yard 

 from a big hall, sometimes having grand arches and 

 marble columns. No windows are in the outside walN, 

 except perhaps in the front, the rooms all being lighted 

 from within the plaza. Thus great seclusion is secured 

 and a perpetual conservatory scene is had from every 

 room. Paved walks, usually coverei 

 plaza next the rooms and similar wa 

 the plaza. 



The phiza-park prevails also in the inner hotels, as 

 -*een in some at San Antonio; and these, on an enlarged 

 scale at various phu-es in the denser i>arts of the city, 

 give a very refreshing appearance. In the central and 



wt'sTrrn parts (..f Thr ^tair 

 stylo of park, cemetery and 

 i^ mostly copie-l. as is ai.^i 

 \ ory creditable examples : 

 Austin, Paris, Sherman, (-i; 

 other places. 



There are nuTuerous sn 

 niirs.Ties scattered over tli' 



2492. Texas Horticulture. 

 Circles indicate localities devoted to grape cultxire; libick dots to strawherries; 

 horizontal lines indicate areas suitable for apples; veriieai lines lor peaiMi 



Kiver Valley atid eastern Texas, as at HouvtMU. 

 there. Hrenham. Austin. Dallas. :MeKiijiiey. Ft. 

 I)enj--oii. Honham. Paris, Tyler. (Taim-s\-ille. 



Plant and cut-tlower liu-.iness is deveIopill^■ 

 in the laru'cr cities. 



Seed business is almost entirely <-onimereial 

 l)iii:;\ I'i'w bein:^' enu'ngod in growing si-r.K of a 

 as a busini-'ss and the sup[)Iy counts from north' 



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'Idir Toxas State Tlortieulrural Sorii-ty. nrg;ini7,( <1 in 

 ISs:: nv bss4, is in a Ib'iiri- h in-' eondii iou ate I units 

 aiiniiallv with the Texa> Srate Farmers' ("'mu-ii -~. at 

 Coiie-vStation. Tlioro aiv several bieal Imm m.ii li m a I 

 soeb'tics in the state, and some 411 or ."n Fmit- ami 

 Tnie]';-( i rowers' A'---0(-iations I'or i-onmiercial pni-po-es. 

 with one u^eneral head To hiok after freight rairs, ilis- 

 tribution of prridiicts and jdaidng in market. No state 

 Liid is i;iven to any of the hortictjltural soeietics, )et 

 duriuLj: the last twenty-Uve years great dev(do]imenf s in 

 the various lines of hortiettlture have been made. Along 

 with those developments have come varieties s])ecially 

 suited to the climates and s<.dls, as few of the eastern 



