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ci pally at Yau tepee. In the State of Vera Cruz there is an extensive, 
well-known orange region in tlie vicinity of Orizaba and Cordova, as 
well as farther south. Oranges are also grown to a limited extent in 
east central Coahuila, and do very well at Matamoras. 
Bananas grow outside at Guaymas on the west, and Victoria to 
Matamoras on the east. They grow only in sheltered patios at Mon- 
terey. Plantains, however, are grown outside in towns of northeast- 
ern Coahuila, where the frost kills the tops in the winter, but does not 
injure the roots. Bananas grow and fruit in the barrancas to the 
west of Guadalajara, between Yantepec and Jojutla in Morelos, and 
in the Orizaba and Cordova region. They do not grow or fruit on the 
table-lands. 
Cocoanut palms can grow and survive at Guaymas, as Mr. Graf has 
demonstrated, while Tampico is close to the northern limit for them on 
the Gulf of Mexico coast. 
Sugar cane is grown in southern Sonora (in the Hermosillo region), 
and some is grown near Magdalena. To the east it is grown from 
eastern Coahuila to Matamoras. It is extensively raised farther south, 
in the States of Morelos, Vera Cruz. etc. 
Cotton is raised near Santa Bosa, in southern Sonora; near Santa 
Bosalia and Jimenez, in southern Chihuahua; very largely in what is 
known as the Laguna district, comprising the region around Lerdo and 
Torreon, being in northeastern Durango and southwestern Coahuila. 
Another cotton section of considerable importance is that in north- 
eastern Coahuila, along the International Bailroad, between Monclova 
on the south and Ciudad Porfirio Diaz on the border. Cotton is also 
raised around Matamoras, and the cotton belt extends into northern 
Texas. 
Corn, beans, etc., are raised more or less all over Mexico. Wheat is 
largely raised in the Magdalena (Sonora) region, and northeastern Coa- 
huila is well adapted to wheat raising. 
Pomegranates are extensively raised in the Magdalena region, espe- 
cially at San Ignacio, etc.; also some at Hermosillo and Guaymas. 
They also grow at Monterey, San Luis Potosi. and Matamoras. 
Olives grow well at Hermosillo. The olive is grown as a tree in 
plazas in Chihuahua, but probably does not fruit. 
Grapes produce but little in Guaymas, Hermosillo, and Magdalena. 
Some 20 miles to the west of Chihuahua City there are fruit ranches 
where considerable quantities of grapes are raised. Some are raised 
also at Santa Bosalia. 
Peaches and pears grow well in the Magdalena (Sonora) region, along 
the railroad from Cerro Blanco (or Imuris) on the north to Santa Ana 
on the south. Peaches bear especially well at San Ignacio. They do 
not seem to do well as far south as Hermosillo. At the ranches west 
of Chihuahua City they are quite extensively produced. Plums and 
apricots also do well at Magdalena. Peaches are grown at Santa Bosa- 
