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5. We cover nothing but peaches, grapes and strawberries. 
6. We have used fertilizers very little as yet, but find barnyard manure 
good. 
8 V I use London purple and Paris green for insects; of diseases we have 
none. 
9. Irrigation is good for all trees and plants in dry seasons, but good 
cultivation answers nearly as well. For orchards irrigation is by ditches 
from creeks and rivers. 
10. Probably about one thousand acres in orchard, very little in bearing. 
The value of the crop is as a rule the eastern price, with the freight (1.(35 per 
barrel) added, from Omaha, Nebraska.’ 
11. No fruits evaporated as we sell them fresh for better prices. 
12. Hardiness — The varieties I have named are perfectly hardy; even last 
winter did not affect them as the loss did not reach one per cent. 
TENNESSEE. 
BY PROF. R. L. WATTS, KNOXVILLE, CHAIRMAN. 
1. East Tennessee is particularly well adapted to all branches of fruit 
•dtdture. Certain sections of Middle Tennessee are well adapted to the cultiva- 
tion or fruits, and orchard fruits may be grown successfully in all parts of 
West Tennessee, except in the valley of the Mississippi River. We regard 
East Tennessee as best adapted to the culture of apples, grapes, and peaches, 
although all of these fruits are grown in the other two sections of the State. 
Such fruits as pears, plums, Morello, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, and 
blackberries thrive well on the lower lands of Middle Tennessee, including the 
creek and river bottoms. The highland rim of Middle Tennessee, which in- 
cludes the valley of Middle Tennessee, is probably the best adapted to fruit 
culture of the lands in Middle Tennessee. 
Strawberries are grown extensively for shipping purposes in Hamblen 
county, about Chattanooga, and in the counties of Haywood, Crockett, and 
Gibson of West Tennessee. Early apples are also grown to a considerable* 
extent for shipping to northern markets, in the four counties named. Winter 
apples for commercial purposes are grown to a limited extent in a few 
counties of East Tennessee, and all of the fruits commonly grown in this 
latitude are produced for home consumption over the entire State. 
2 . The fruits of the State are grown most extensively on the following 
kinds of soils: 
In West Tennessee sandy loams are most extensively used in fruit culture. 
They are highly productive and durable when properly managed. The' soils 
are easily worked; washing ruinously when neglected. 
The Cumberland Plateau of East Tennessee embraces a large area of light, 
sandy loams which are shallow, overlying a fine yellow or red clayey silt sub- 
soil, usually poor and of small agricultural value. Areas of good fruit lands 
and adapted to potatoes and garden truck. 
In Middle Tennessee there is quite a large area of red and yellow clay loams 
which are fertile and well adapted to fruit lands. 
The soil in East Tennessee varies greatly. Soils of this section which 
are best adapted to the culture of fine fruit lie near the base of the mountains. 
They are quite fertile, sandy loams, affording most excellent conditions, es- 
