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BULLETIN 1189, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



peaches. The variety of peach chiefly grown is the Elberta. About 

 Bowling Green, Ky., the Carman and Champion also are grown. 

 The Winesap is the common winter-apple variety in both home and 

 commercial orchards in this region. In the extreme northern part 

 of Kentucky, near Covington, apple varieties, such as the York 

 Imperial and Grimes Golden, are grown as much as the Winesap. 

 In the early-apple orchards of Tennessee, although many varieties 

 are grown, the Oldenburg and Fanny are the principal ones. To 

 some extent in Kentucky the Yellow Transparent, Early Harvest, 

 and Wealthy are grown also for the early-apple markets. 



Strawberries for the general markets are grown about Bowling 

 Green and Louisville, Ky., and to a less extent about Nashville, Tenn., 

 and Covington, Ky. Under proper management they are profitable 

 in each of these localities. About Nashville the Gandv and Klondike 



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Fig. 9. — A peach orchard at Bowling Green, Ky., in the Interior Low Plateau region. 

 The orchard is ahout 20 years old and has borne several crops since this picture was 

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are grown chiefly; about Bowling Green the Aroma; about Louis- 

 ville the Aroma, Gandy, and Haverland ; and about Covington the 

 Aroma, Gandy, Warfield, and Dunlap varieties. Figure 10 shows 

 a typical field in this region. 



GULF COASTAL PLAINS REGION. 



PHYSICAL FEATURES. 



The Gulf Coastal Plains region is bounded on the east by the 

 Tennessee River and extends beyond the limits of the area in the 

 other directions. It is composed of rather level country lying be- 

 tween 350 and 500 feet above sea level. 



Along the Mississippi River in this region there are bottom lands 

 usually too poorly drained to be adapted to fruit growing. Rising 



