GALLS—GEORGIA 
D. S. Stanley, at Weiser, Idaho, re- 
ports that the growing season for garden 
crops will vary from the Medford, Ore. 
season from a week to 30 days at each 
end, the Weiser season being for the 
most part later and shorter, but crops 
will mature much quicker so that so 
long a growing season is not needed. 
Roseburg Nursery Co., Roseburg, Ore., 
reports that many of the hardy crops list- 
ed may be planted as early as midwinter. 
The time to mature the crops is about the 
game. 
Prof. O. M. Morris, at Pullman, Wash., 
reports that the season for early vege- 
tables will be a month to six weeks later 
than Medford and crops mature in about 
the same period, though the growing 
season is not so long. 
In this the dates were considered for 
the upland regions of Eastern Washing- 
ton. The Snake river sections could, in 
practically every case with early vege- 
tables, plant about one month earlier, 
and in the case of late planting the work 
could be done about one month later and 
still give the plants time to mature. 
Irrigation will not be necessary with 
any of the crops mentioned, but suffi- 
cient temperature will not be attained 
to grow such crops as watermelons, pep- 
pers, eggs plant and tomatoes successfully 
on a large scale. 
GARDEN Situe. See Radish Pests. 
Georgia 
On account of its altitudes and lati- 
tudes, its mountains, hills and valleys, 
Georgia produces the kinds of crops 
erown in every state in the Union. On 
its seacoast and islands in the south- 
eastern portion, it produces oranges, 
lemons and bananas; in its higher eleva- 
tions, it produces small fruits, pears, 
peaches, plums and apples. It has great- 
er resources than are found in any of 
the Southern states east of the Rocky 
mountain range. Its climate, soil, tim- 
ber, coal, minerals and marble are all 
natural advantages, while its navigable 
rivers and railroad lines give it better 
transportation than is available to most 
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Southern states, and tend to make it a 
section of great possible development. 
The eastern portion of the state was 
once a part of the bed of the Atlantic 
ocean. This is shown by the Tertiary 
and Metamorphic rocks which cover a 
large portion of the state. The soil in 
the lowlands and valleys is alluvial. In 
the Cumberland plateau and the Great 
valley regions there are red and brown 
loams, rich in decomposed limestone, 
calcareous shales and sandy or gravel 
formations. 
In the Piedmont plateau and Appala- 
chian mountain regions the surface is 
generally sandy, but in considerable 
areas the subsoil is a red clay, derived 
largely from the decomposition of horn- 
blende. 
For horticultural purposes, the state 
has been divided into four parts as fol- 
lows: 
First: The fig and citrus belt, in what 
is known as the Quatenary formation. 
Second. The pear and melon belt, in 
what is known as the Tertiary forma- 
tion. 
Third. The peach and grape belt, in 
the Metamorphic formation. 
Fourth. The apple and the cherry belt, 
in the Tennessee Dip. 
It is interesting to know why these 
fruits thrive in the sections designated. 
Why is the apple, for instance, adapted 
to the Tennessee Dip, and not to the sec- 
tions occupied by the Quaternary or 
Tertiary formations? Soil conditions 
have something to do in determining 
this question; but the principal reason is 
found in the climate. 
In another connection we have shown 
how, in a mountainous country, great 
changes occur in short distances, on ac- 
count of elevation. That which is true 
in a general way is true in Georgia. 
Other conditions enter into it, such as 
wind currents, and relations to large 
bodies of water, so that the climate of 
Georgia is perhaps as variant as that 
of any other state in the Union. There 
are nine climatic belts in the United 
States and all of them are represented 
