12 FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR CULTIVATION. 



of 1,000 feet to the southeast corner of Kansas. The Missouri and 

 Mississippi valley sections of the district are its dominant features. 

 The hard}^ deciduous fruits succeed in most portions, and commer- 

 cial fruit growing is a rapidly developing industry. 



District No. 9. — Wisconsin except the small southwest corner; 

 Minnesota; upper Michigan; Iowa north of about latitude 42° 30^; 

 North and South Dakota east of longitude 99°; and Canada west 

 of longitude 80° and east of longitude 99°. This district embraces 

 the upper lakes, including Winnipeg, the upper Mississippi and the 

 Red Eiver valleys. Only the hardier fruits sticceed, but fair progress 

 has been made in recent years in developing varieties adapted to this 

 region. 



District No. 10. — Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma above 2,000 

 feet, and Colorado below 5,000 feet elevation; also Texas above 1,000 

 feet and east of longitude 103° and the Pecos River. This is the 

 central plain and foothill district. It lies on the eastern slope of the 

 Continental Divide. There are small sections, especially in eastern 

 Colorado and farther southward, where the apple and other hardy 

 fruits are successfully grown. 



District No. 11. — Texas west of longitude 103° and the Pecos River, 

 and New Mexico south of latitude 35°. The Pecos and Rio Grande 

 valleys are the characteristic features of this district. Considerable 

 effort at growing fruit, especially of apples and the hardier vinifera 

 grapes, is being made in many localities. 



District No. 12. — New Mexico and Arizona north of latitude 35°; 

 Utah; and Colorado above 5,000 feet elevation. This district 

 embraces the Continental Divide and the Great Salt Lake, and it 

 also embraces the valley and can3^on of the Colorado and the sources 

 of the important streams south of the Missouri and Yellowstone. 

 It affords a great diversity of soils and climatic conditions, and hence 

 a wide range of fruit growing. The species successfully grown within 

 the boundaries of this district range from the vinifera grapes to the 

 hardy ironclad apples. 



District No. 13. — The Dakotas west of longitude 99°; Wyoming; 

 Montana east of longitude 111°; ancl the British provinces lying 

 between longitude 99° and 111°. The upper Missouri and Yellow- 

 stone valleys are the distinctive features of the district. There is 

 perhaps no section of the district in w^hich fruit growing has reached 

 a very high state of development. Leading causes of this condition 

 may be found in the comparative^ undeveloped or unsettled state 

 of the country and its great elevation. 



District No. l.If.. — British America west of longitude 111° and east 

 of longitude 122°; Montana west of longitude 111°; Idaho; Nevada; 

 and Washington, Oregon, and California east of the general coast 



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