IDAHO—ILLINOIS 1155 
Frost and Precipitation in Idaho 
Frost Precipitation 
9 N Average Date of Date of 
tation O. 
First. First Last Annual 
Killing in in in 
Autumn Autumn Spring 
Post Falls 1 Sept. 17 Aug. 29 July 9 24.6 
Murray 2 Sept. 18 Aug. 14 July 17 40.4: 
Moscow 3 Oct. 2 Sept. 6 May 30 23.6 
Lake. . 4 Aug. 29 Aug. 15 July 27 16.4 
Payette 5 Sept. 26 May 10 Sept. 7 June 5 12 1 
Boise... 6 Oct. 24 May 3 Oct. 2 June 5 12.9 
Soldier. 7 Aug. 29 July 4 Aug. 5 July 26 13.2 
Blackfoot 8 Sept. 12 May 29 Aug. 22 July 5 8.0 
Garnet... .. 9 Oct. 20 April 22 Sept. 26 May 4 6.3 
American Falls. 10 Sept. 14 May 28 Sept. 3 July 1 12.4 
Pocatello . 11 Oct. Il April 10 Sept. 26 May 2 9.8 
Chesterfield 12 Aug. 10 July 21 Aug. Il July 30 10 8 
Oakley.. 13 Sept. 7 June 5 Aug. 22 July 7 8 0 
Lewiston Oct. 27 April 8 Oct. 10 April 29 14.68 
Illinois 
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KAP Of IDAHO 
Showing 
the 
NORMAL ANNUAL PREGTPITATION 
Based on the Racords 
of the 
U. 3, WEATHER AUREAU 
RCALE OF SHADES-—Inehew 
(CU) Lese than lo inches 
E=3 20 to 15 inches 
fy 15 to 20 inches 
(GBB 20 to 75 inches 
7s WHER wore than 25 inches 
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Fig 2 Map of Idaho Showing Normal An- 
nual Precipitation Based on the Records of 
the United States Weather Bureau 
IDENTIFYING VARIETIES, MerHop or. See 
Apple Nursery. 
There is more good farming land in 
Illinois, in proportion to the area, than 
in any other state in the Union, unless 
it may be Iowa. From a horticultural 
viewpoint, the principle productions for 
commercial purposes are in the southern 
part of the state, south of a line begin- 
ning at St. Louis, Missouri, and extend- 
ing to Vincennes, Indiana. Some author- 
ities claim that the southern one-third 
of the state should be included in the 
area of commercial apple production and 
this I grant is possible; but practically I 
would include only about one-fourth of 
the state, and that mainly the southern 
counties. Even in this region the plant- 
ing of new orchards is not as extensive 
as 25 years ago. As I traveled through 
from St. Louis to Evansville, Indiana, I 
counted 88 orchards that seemed to be 
more than small home orchards. Of that 
number, I saw but one that was less than 
three years old, and only two that looked 
to be over three and under ten years old 
More than half of the family orchards 
were old, the trees in an unhealthy con- 
dition, and new trees are not being 
planted to keep up the original number. 
